Bui. 995, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE III. 



Fig. i.— Blocking and Thinning Sugar Beets, an Operation That Must Be 

 Performed by Hand as Soon as the Beets are Large Enough. 



Fig. 2. — Flooding a Field of Sugar Beets, a Poor Method of Irrigation, 

 Since It Reduces the Stand of Beets, Wastes the Water, and Injures 

 the Soil. 



