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STATE BOARQ OF AGRICULTURE. 



SUGAR BEET SUGGESTIONS 



Grow beets on fertile loams, silt loams and clay loams. 



Tile drain to increase yields and insure crop in wet seasons. 



Fall plow to good depth. 



Fit seed bed early and thoroughly. 



Plant early — early to mid-May — in average season, in rows 22 to 24 inches 

 apart. 



Use enough fertilizer, 300 to 500 pounds of complete fertilizer or 300 pounds 

 of acid phosphate with from 8 to 12 tons of well rotted manure per acre. 



Lime with sugar beet lime, marl or ground limestone in rotation. 



Thin carefully, blocking to vigorous bunches and thinning to strongest 

 plant in bunch. Space plants from 10 to 12 inches apart. 



Cultivate and hoe often enough to keep free of weeds. 



Harvest when mature, as indicated by browning of bottom leaves and wilted 

 appearance of plants. 



Grow in good rotation to conserve and build up fertility and prevent loss 

 from insects and diseases. 



Feed tops and crowns and sugar beet pulp on the farm to conserve fertility. 



A mo(Jerii beet sugar factory will handle from 600 to 1,500 tons of beets per day, during the 



season's run of from 60 to 120 days 



