The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-04
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The soil should be well supplied WITH
numus.
Beet seed should be planted in moist
soil but not more than lH inches
deep.
Beets should be spaced and thin
ned just as soon as they are large
enough TO handle.
Beets should be cultivated and hoed
often enough to destroy all weeds and
to keep the entire surface of the
ground covered with mulch.
Beets should always be rotated with
other crops in order 70 keep the soil In
good tilth and free from pests.
Live stock. especially dairy cows.
should always be found on beet farms.
The by-products of the sugar beet
and of the sugar mill are worthy Of
cereful attention. These are describ-
ed in detail in both the newly issued
bulletins on sugar beet.
Temperature and WisAs Must Be
Considered
Besides the precipitation. two impor-
tant climatic factors to be cconsider-
ed are the temperature ard winds.
Both high and low temperatures have
q direct bearing upon the growth and
quality of the beets. A study of the
most successful sugar beet localities
of the world leads to the ccOnclusiOn
that beets OF the best quality cannot
be grown where the average tempera-
ture for the growing season is much
above 20 degrees F. This does not
mean that sugar beets cacnnot be sue
cessfully grown in warm countries or
in warm sections of a country, but 1t
does dean that in succh localities
beets sohuld be produced during the
cooler portion of the year. which is
now done successfully In certain por-
tiOns of our country. 1t is possible
that beets adapted to higher tempera-
lures may be Produced by selection
and breeding. and in this way the pres
ent large sugar-beet territory in the
United States may be greatly increas-
ed
Low temperatures are most like
ly to be injurious to sugar beets when
the plantlets are just breaking through
the ground. At this period the young
plants are very tender and suscepti-
BILE to injury by frost, but after the
roots are established in the soil they
rapidly become hardy and resistant to
frost to a marked degree. Since the
to year in the same territory 1t is not
always possible to avoid injury from
this cause. A killing frost when the
beets are coming up does not destroy
the chance for a successful beet crop
but it often necessitates the expense
and labor of replanting. 1t is there
for wise to delay the planting until
the ground is warm and the growing
since such conditions will rapidly
push the beets beyond the period of
frost injury. When the beets are ma
ture TIL y will .tand severe freeze
Nitliout IlC 6itdl udLlkeT lEOJn
low temperatures at the end of tn,
growing season is that the beets n,ay
lie frozen In the ground, making tie
harvesting Of The crop difficult or even
impossible. To avoid this danger
and the consequent loss that might
result from such condition 1t is ai-
visable to get the beets out of tie
ground as SION as possible after they
are r"c and to cover them to ay1i:
freezing OF drying. Apparently be-.
roots ar net ;njarcd Cor sugar IN H.
ing purposes by freezing, provided that
they freeze and remain frozen until
they are put through the mill, but al
ternate freezing and thawing ccauses
them to decay and blacken, SO that
their value for sugar making is mater
tally decreased.
Winds are briefly mentioned in con-
nection with soil selection for sugar
beets. but they have still wider bear
ing upon crop conditions Not only
do high winds have tendency to de-
lotioS souhS DtbtS anu OlIlCT DlanJS DIV
cutting and buryng them with shift
ing sands, but they have a marked in
f1uence upon the amount of evapora-
tion from the soil. For this reason
a given amount of moisture in a local
ity where hot, dry winds prevail dur
Ing the spring is much less effective in
crop production than would be the
same amount of moisture in a local
ity where such winds do not prevail,
other conditions being the same.
However, the injurious effects of
winds may be overcome to a great
extent by the use of proper cultural
methods. For example, both the blow