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Element. Pounds of different material for one acre. 



f 400 to 650 Ibs. cotton-seed meal ; or 

 v .. J 250 to 400 Ibs. dried blood ; or 



JMitrogen -j 160 to 275 Ibs. nitrate of soda ; or 



L 130 to 200 Ibs. sulphate of ammonia. 



f 800 to 1,300 Ibs. kainit ; or 

 p , , J 100 to 180 Ibs. muriate of potash ; or 



sn 1 110 to 190 Ibs. sulphate of potash ; or 



I 200 to 350 Ibs. sulphate of potash and 



sulphate of magnesia. 



p, , i ( 360 to 600 Ibs. acid phosphate ; or 



Phosphoric acid., j m iQ m lbg difigo f ved H bone ' 



The fertilizer should be applied along the row and 

 worked in thoroughly a week or ten days before the 

 seed is planted. 



VARIETIES. 



Extra Early Bastian (see Fig. 33) is one of the best 

 early beets. It has the. disadvantage of becoming 

 stringy, if a dry spell occurs, if it matures or if allowed 

 to stand too long. Eclipse and Extra Early Egyptian 

 are also good for shipping. As a rule, the turnip- 

 shaped varieties are preferred in the northern markets ; 

 as to color, the market prefers a deep red. 



There are many other varieties worthy of mention, 

 and desirable for home use. 



The varieties used for making sugar, and for feeding 

 to stock, are large and coarse grained, consequently, 

 not valuable for a garden crop. 



SEEDING AND CULTIVATING. 



Make the rows eighteen inches or two feet apart. 

 Sow the seed about three times as thick as you want 

 the plants to stand. While the seed rarely fails, it 

 does not come up evenly, so we sow it very thick, and 

 cut out to make a good stand. Seeding is best done 

 by drill. When the plants are about an inch high, 

 thin out to about three inches apart in the row. If 

 the land is strong, two rows may be drilled, about four 



