The Delta independent., 1920-11-19
AeRicuLrURIsT
GIVES SOME COMPARISONS

0bVEo o0me S0MPAnboON0 o.
The Holly Sugar Corporation real
ICES that the beet sugar industry is
dependent upon the success of the
sugar beet crop and the Holly Sugar
Corporation realizes that every far
mer desires to secure as great returns
as possible from all of his farm oper-
ations. The following information has
been furnished us by Mr. J. G. Lii,
agriculturalist in the U. S. Department
of Agriculture and We believe that
this information is of interest to YOU.
The effect of manure on the 1919
beet crop in the Arkansas Valley in
Colorado is shown following:
5240 acres of unmanured beets aver
aged 9.s tons per acre.
1877 acres of manuerd beets aver
aged 10.9 tons per acre.
The above averages are made
without any reference to the kind.
quality or amount of manure applied
per acre or to the portion of the field
manured. Any field. part Of which
was manured was classed as a man
ured field.
The effect that the date of plowiug
the field had on the yield OF the 1919
beet crop in the Arkansas Valley in
Colorado is shown in the following
averages:
33I acres of beets on fall plowed
land averaged 1873 tons per acre.
acres of beets on winter plowed
land averaged 22.1 tons per acre.
1901 acres of beets on land plowed
in March averaged 10.6 tons per acre.
92l2 acres of beets on land plowed
! in April averaged 1O.1 tons per lcre
1916 acres of beets on land plowed
in May averaged SO tons per acre.
IA acres of beets on land plowed in
June averaged IA tons per acre.
The following averages show the
effect of the date of planting the beets
on the yield secured in 1919 in the
Arkansas Valley in Colorado:
1l6 acres of beets planted first week
in April averaged 14.1 tons per acre.
539 acres of beets planted second
week in April averaged 1875 tons per
acre
so3 acres OF beets planted third
week in April averaged Ills tons per
acre.
lo7 acres OF beets planted fourth
week in Aprii averaged 1o.s tons per
acre.
2544 acres OF beets planted first
week in May averaged 1o.7 tons per
acre
2s2s acres of beets planted second
week in May averaged 10.7 tons per
acre.
c324 acres OF beets planted third
week in May averaged 81 tons per
acre.
1035 acres of beets planted fourth
week in May averaged 9.2 tons per
acre.
81 acres of beets planted in June
averaged 10 tons per acre.
The effect of the method of irriga-
ting the beets on the yield secured is
shown by the following averages, Ia
ken from the crop yield of 1919 in the
Arkansas Valley in Colorado:
4611 acres OF beets which We're
flooded during irrigation averaged
90 tons per avre.
1890 acres OF beets which received
clean furrow irrigation averaged ll,9
tons per acre.
We believe that the effect of the
different farming methods on the
yield of beets secured. as shown above
should be OF interest to you.
II you have manure on your farm
you will be well repaid for spreading
It on the field by the increase in the
crop secured next year. You will al
so secure n greater yield from the
beet crop II you pillow your field this
fall or winter and thoroughly prepare
your seed bed early enough in 'he
spring. so that you can seed your
beets in April In preparing the seed
bed sufficient leveling should he done
so that irrigation during the season
can be accomplished with the mini
mum amount of labor.
On account of the labor conditions
we believe that the beet labor TINT
has given satisfaction this YEAR should
be encouraged to stay through the
winter. Many of the men who have
families will be glad to stay IL the"
can secure small house or other
comfortable quarters. The prospect of
IA little work throughout the winter
will also help to hold them. by hold