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BULLETIN 148, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BLOCKING AND THINNING. 



As pointed out under planting practice, the beet seed is drilled 

 in solid rows to insure a good stand. Therefore the .young beets 



Fig. 16. — Temporary movable quarters provided for labor doing the handwork on the 



beet crop. 



must be thinned in order to provide sufficient space for the growth 

 and development of the plants allowed to remain. The proper time 



Fig. 17. — Sugar beets that were not thinned at the proper time. This work should 

 be done as soon as the young plants are up and the rows can be seen plainly. 



to block- and thin is just as soon as possible after the young plants 

 are up and the rows can be plainly 3een. (See fig. 17.) 



