THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



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irrigating beets, we take every other row, and find that the water when run slowly 

 will irrigate both. Then we alternate the next time, and run water through the other 

 rows, giving the beets moisture on both sides. After every irrigation cultivate as 

 deep as you can, practically eight inches. It is necessary to loosen the ground around 

 the beet so that it may have a chance to deve^p. To do this we take a little 

 A-shaped sweep, with the point running into the ground, and all it does is to lift the 

 ground a little, but it loosens the soil around the beet. In Utah, our water is run to 

 us in canals and ditches in which we are all interested, and have turns to use it. 

 Only two or three nights before I left home, I found a water notice at my house, 

 stating that the water would be given me at 8 that evening and taken off at 4 in the 



THE MOLINE BEET CULTIVATOR 



Can be used to work either foui" or two rows. The gangs are so adjusted that they can be handled with 

 ease, and the shovels are so adjusted as to be run right up close to the beets. This cultivator is widely 

 used in American beet fields. 



morning. At 4, my neighbor is there, and he takes it. We never have more than 30 

 minutes to the acre in Lehi, and sometimes it is cut down to 15 minutes, during 

 which the water is allowed us." 



William Bone, Jr, another very successful beet grower for the Lehi concern, says : 

 "I think beets can hardly have too much water at certain times, which can only be 

 judged by practical experience. A great deal depends upon the season and the land, 

 too. I would not water them until they show that they need it the first time. In 

 naturally light land they will stand watering pretty early. They should have at least 

 two good cultivations before they are watered at all. In regard to the last watering, 

 my idea is with them the same as with any other crop. If you let any crop wither 

 and die, it is not good for anything. It naturally loses its strength and vitality. 



