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of April, or perhaps even to the beginning of June, then 

 sow for the second time, and if this even should fail, the 

 third is recommended in France to be tried even if a month 

 late r. 



That ho disappoinment may arise from a want of seed, it 

 is always proper after estimating the quantity of land to be 

 sown, to provide seed for at least half as many acres more, 

 that is to say, if eight pounds are required for an acre, to 

 provide twelve pounds for every acre to be sown, this would 

 occasion an expense of about three dollars an acre for 

 seed, at the price it may be produced. 



A sowing lost must always be a source of considerable 

 disappointment to the farmer, for it not only obliges to new 

 expense for seed, and labor, but reduces his prospects of a 

 favorable crop by restricting bis time for the cultivation 

 and harvesting ; however this may be, there is no doubt it 

 is belter for him to obtain but an indifferent return in beets, 

 than to leave his ground in fallow. 



As, has been before said the ground to be in a proper 

 state to receive the seed should be thoroughly and deeply 

 ploughed and well harrowed and rolled, and moreover suffi- 

 ciently manured. 



The distance between the roots, in a good rich soil, should 

 be about a foot in the rows, in land less fertile about fifteen 

 inches and in a close clayey soil eighteen inches or even 

 two feet. These premises are applicable to all the methods 

 of sowing of which we are about to speak. 



1. Broad cast, which involves thinning and transplanting 

 where required. 



2. Sowing in nursery beds for the purpose of trans- 

 planting the whole crop, 



3. Drilling thinning and transplanting where required. 

 These three methods have their respective advantages 



