The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-05

III one OF the most important factor
j In the growing OF beets IL the prspa
i. ration 81 the soil. Especial attention
}. should be paid 20 this the rest %
. ~ simple.
i Beets IKE loose soil and they ex
i tend for some distance into "
d ground. They dislike clods and az
d spaces m the soil and refuse 20 grow
! in their company. SO you must selec
E land With fairly loose subsoi' thal
7 extends down FOR at least twenty
! inches. or two feet n they strike 9
/ hard soil which they cannot pene
. trate they are forced up out OF tne
ground and the quality suffers soil
that has been plowed 70 2 depth q
fourteen to eighteen inches ~ the
FALL. before planting time - IDEAL
t.soii that is pfcwed 70 this depth 10
4 the SPRING IA NOT ideal because ron
bwill not often have sufficient rain 70
i settle aud firm the soil to this depth
and beets hate air spaces In the seed
| bed. SO II you have no land that mas
been properly prepared at the proper
! time--and most of you have not-~tRen
| you should select land that is loose
/ by nature, |. e.. containing some sand.
humus, etc The sandy Brown and
| ehocolate.cOlored lands of western
Oklahoma are excellent This does
not refer to pure sand as the beet
plants can be smothered In the first
few days OF their growth After they
are fifteen DAYS cid they can With
stand a considerable amount OF sand
moving or still Soils thar contain
too much alkali to grow grain sue
cegsfully will grew good poets u
plowed to sufficient depth
The land to be used should be
plowsd In the spring II II 10 foul with
weeds But remember that y0u are
blowing 10 kill weeds and do not plow
deep moi in the spring, The time to
piow deep is In the fail. II the lann
Is free from weeds a thorough diseirg |
will do No matter whether you piow
or disc, follow AT once with harrow,
on the same day IL possible Thor
oughly apulyerize the SURFACE of the /
soil Keep the weeds out II your
land Is apt to blow, II should be
slightly ridged with the ridges run
ming cast and west You sandy-land
farmers will understand why say
this. This can be done with lister
or with cultiyator In the way that
many farmers bed up" FOR cotton
But the furrow must not be deep and
there should be some we'll pulyerized
soil In the bottom of the furr0w.
Seed. 4
The variety OF seed Ia not important
to you In beginning the culture Off
beets. This will be. true in some /
as long as you are growing
them for sale to q sugar factory The .
'coefffcient of purity" need not De !
until the factory comes. I
However. the best are: Vilmorin,
Lion Brand and Zehringen. I,
Il you can not get one OF these, get
my recognized vafiety--but get (
sugar beets, not stock beets.
A large part OF the seed used In the |
United States is imported. II viii. not /
lay you TO try to get them direct a
Set them from the U. s. Dept of d
grfculture, from the beet sugar fac I
ories, or from standard seed mousse. q
Right here, let me make a practical 4
uggestiOn: II you want best results. 3
ct several VI your neighbors to Join h
ou and have your local merchant, 7
anker or commercial club buy the '
eed for all OF you at once. They can 4
ct better service for you, both In \
rice and quality. IF you are growing v
lerely small experimental patch, 4
lis Is not necessary. The irregular.
title balls that are known and used 4
; beet seed" are nor true seed at all a
hey are really balls containing from :,
vo to seven or more seed and each y
all may produce from one to four or q
We plants. This is one Of the draw n
acks to beet growing as It makes II
ecessary for the farmer to ableck" !,
10 field will explain eblockinga :. !.
lder the heading Cultivation. : q :,
rained men are now working to =
'odnce seed ball that will contain =
It one seed When they have done y
Is. "blucking" will not be necessary y
ID the work Of growing beets will be y
I down considerably. p'
Planting.
Now, get your eyes and ears open. as
ana going to tell you about planting a.
d you want to get 1t thoroughly IN oc
nd. These directions VIII not all OF
ply to the growing nf irrigated &c
cts. but WILL apply 10 the growing "a
beets under dry conditions. There 60
E two methods Of planting: the raw be
sthod and the hill method. You wi
i not be able TO use the hiil metho, SO
th the tools that you have on hand We
! viii not describe It. Ia using the to
y method, yoa must determine the wi
stance between the rows by the
plement With which you will have DIR
cultivate. The best distance Ia be
IN eighteen to twenty inches, but II mi
have no implement that viii cal. re-
ate them that close, then spread de
rows apart until you CAN culti. an
70 successfully. II necessary. make 20
rows three 10 three and one-half tel
I apart and then you can use any vi
liDary enltiYator
rhe seed should be planted on the
'ei or tn shallow turro3 never
8 ridge. Planting In turrow Viii
laisy Do best You can make tkel
row BY bedding up wita a oDlti. Il
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