26 SUGAR-BEET 



the weather be wet, the last rolling may 

 be dispensed with. The seeds are drilled 

 in rows from 15-21 in. apart, which 

 should allow for horse hoeing when the 

 beet is cultivated on a large area. The 

 seed must not be planted more than | in. 

 deep. 



About three weeks after the drilling 

 is done the plants come out of the ground, 

 and as soon as the rows are well visible 

 the fields must be hoed. 



About six weeks after the drilling the 

 plants will be about from 1 in. to 2 in. 

 high. The growth has then proceeded 

 far enough to show that the plant will 

 live. Then by means of a hoe the 

 rows are chopped out. In this way the 

 rows are divided into clumps of from 

 three to six plants, each clump being 

 about 10 in. apart. 



This chopping out proceeds very quickly 

 as nothing else is done at the same time, 

 and the little chopped-out plants are 

 simply left lying on the field. Singling 

 should take place as soon as it is possible to 

 detect the strongest plant in each clump. 



