Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

secretary of he United States Sugar
Manufacturers association. He said:
Bects Increase Yield.
"'Sugar beets are declared to be
the greatest crop yield stimnlator
known to agricultural science. Their
culture so improves the mechanical
and physical condition of the soil that
for -four or five years after having
cropped to sugar beets, fields yield an
increase of from fifty to eighty per
cent in the tonnage of all other crops.
The sugar beet grows long, deep
into the soil, if it a penetrate it.. 1t
grows above the soil if the lower end
encounters IL rock or other hard sub
stance. and such portion of the root is
low in sugar content. AS q conse-
qucnce, land to be- planted to sugar
beets is plowed deeper than usual, the
resul being that the farmer virtually
doubles the quantity of his fertile soil
without increasing its area.
lin order that the tender young
plant may secur a good start, q
mellow seed bed is required. the
preparation of which improve the
mechanical condition of the soil. AS
the leaves may be said to gather the
sugar fro mthe atmosphere by the aid
Of light, shading by weeds and other
noxious growth reduces the sugar con-
tent of the beet. The frequent hoeing
and c%ultivating which are required to
eliminate shading still further i'm
proves the mechanical condition Of
the soil and cleans the fields of foul
growth which Saps the vitality of the
soil.
Millions of fbrous roots ranging
in size from that Of a needle to that Of
n lead pencil penetrate the soil to q
depth Of several feet; broken off and
left to decay when the beets are plow-
ed out in the fall. they add an aver
age of one ton of humus to the acre.
AS the roots decay. the air penetrates
the network of minute channels. thus
airating and making fertile the lower
strata Of soil. The root channels fill
with winter moisture and from an I'M
foreground reservoir which supplies
the roos Of succeeding crops with
summer moisture, thereby stimulating
plant growth and increasing tho crop
yield.
Cattle and Bccts.
To secure maximum results the
sugar beet requires generous fertil-
ization. but absorbs only a portion of
the fertilizer applied. leaving great
quantities of it in the ground to stimu-
late the growth of succeeding crops.
BY reason of its ~by-products furnish
ing an excellent stock food, it doubles
the stock carrying capacity of the
farm. a consideration of the utmost
importance to the farmer. Doubling
the stock on the farm doubles the
quantity of parnyard manure with
which to improve the chemical con
dition Of the soil and add to it's fertil-
ity.'
strI,~ ,-nrn~ ,-to17 .o,,, JN;,l,o~
last year was 12 ton per acre. AS this
is a cash crop grown under 4 guaran-
teed price. and Il crop of great de-
pendabilitN it is q very safe crop for
armers to raise. There is no Dues
ton but that wheat farming is a thing
of lit past in this part of the country.
and the sooner our farmers get into
diversified farming the sooner they
will make money. We have just as
good soil here in tho Red River Valley
Tor raising sugar beets as can be
found anywhere in the states. and our
climate offers almost ideal conditions.
SO why not grow them"
toned. Typhoid. for instance, is
more of a rural disease because sew
age in rural districts is not AS
ly disposed Of as it is in urban CEN
ters. This is evident from statistics
Of 1919 where, of 5000 typhoid cases,
$500 were among country jewellers.
AS shown in the illustration, the
sewage enters the larger chamber of
the septic tank where it is acted up
on by the anerobic bacilli. They
change solid matter into gases and
liquids. A heavy scum forms on the
surface OF the chamber. indicating
that the enerobic bacilli are WORKING.
1T is essential that battle boards b.
used as a protection for the scum. AS