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As soon as the seedlings appear they should be culti- 

 vated with the wheel hoe, and the cultivation repeated 

 at frequent intervals. When they are eight or ten inches 

 high, thinning should be commenced and continued 

 until the plants are six inches apart in the rows. These 



thinnings make excellent greens. 

 If sown as recommended, they 

 will be large enough for table use 

 in June and will be good for use 

 the rest of the summer. For 

 winter use, the seed should not 

 be sown until the last of May or 

 first of June. For late planting 

 some growers prefer to put the 

 rows two feet or more apart so 

 that when the plants are nicely 

 started they can be cultivated 

 by horse power. 



Stock and sugar beets should 

 be sown in rows about thirty 

 inches apart, to allow of easy 

 cultivation. Seed should be sown 

 from the middle to the last of 

 May, and covered somewhat 

 deeper than is recommended for early table beets, per- 

 haps one and one-half inches deep. The importance of 

 very early and constant cultivation cannot be too strongly 

 insisted on. 



Beet seed may be sown by a machine seed sower, but 

 most of the sowers in use will need a little more careful 

 watching when sowing this than most other seeds, as the 

 rough seeds (fruit) are apt to clog the feed hole. There 

 are a few beet seed sowing machines adapted for horse 



Fig. 74. A bunch of Eclipse beets. 



