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from an acre of Beets when thinning them out. In 

 case the seed-drill does not cover the seed sufficient- 

 ly, passing along the rows and draw- 

 ing the earth by the feet over the 

 seeds will secure a full covering. 



It is a good plan to sow some 

 Turnip or long scarlet Radish-seed 

 in the drill at the same time. The 

 Radishes mature, they are pulled 

 and marketed before the Beets are 

 of any size. 



Those sown early will be ready 

 for market in June, and the crop 

 all off by the 15th of July. When 

 pulled, the Beets must be trimmed, 

 removing all the decayed leaves 

 and the rootlets, then washed and 

 bunched, putting four or five beets 

 to each bunch. This is consider- 

 able trouble, but they usually bring 

 from seventy-five cents to one dol- 

 lar per dozen bunches, and, with a 

 good crop, they vsdll yield about 

 two hundred and fifty dollars an 

 acre profit. In some favorable lo- 

 calities the profits will average high- 

 er, but in our garden the sum named 

 is the amount generally realized. 

 During the growing-season the 

 groimd must be kept loose, and free 

 from weeds. The young Beets must 

 be thinned out to three or four in- 



liONG SMOOTH BEET. 



