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. REQUIREMENTS AMD ?iIETHODS OF GROWING STOCK BEETS 



Time to Maturity- 120 - 160 days 



Life- Annual 



Soil Requirements- Level, deep, rich, fertile, black loan, at least 



4' in depth. 



Climatic Requirement s- Freedom from excessive heat during germination and 



early grov7ing periods. 



Water Requirements- Plenty of moisture, either from irrigation or 



natural sources. 



Calendar of Operations- 



Preparing seed bed: September - April, plowed, replowed and 



worked into shape. 



Planting ; 



Time : October to May 



Quantity: 12# 



Method and Distance: 24 - 36" rows 



Care of Growing Crop: Cultivated 4-6 times at monthly intervals. 



Thinned to 15" apart in rows. Irrigated 

 when needed- usually none given to winter 

 plantings. Spring plantings heavily 

 irrigated (S") in June and August, or 

 lightly irrigated (3") monthly beginning 

 in June. 



Varieties: 



Mammoth Long Red, One-half Sugar, Golder. Tankard. 



Harvest: 



Time : V-lien wanted for stock feed. 



Method : Dug by hand or plowed out as needed, hauled to 



stock and fed tops and all, 



Yields- 



Good : 25 tons 

 Usual : 18 " 



Commercial Sections - 



Raised only for stock feed in dairy sections. 



