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plant is Kenneiiy's Improved Truckers' Perfection. The 

 Crimson Globe, Eclipse, Early Model and Egyptian are all 

 popular kinds. 



Some of my readers will ask : "Why don't you plant the 

 seed where you want the plants to grow?" I will admit it 

 does look like double work transplanting the plants, but it 

 is about as much work thinning them out. Replanted plants 

 make twice as quick, and we are after saving all the time 

 we can. 



Now, while we are letting the plants grow, we will get 

 the field ready to set them in. As I have said above, you 

 must get the land in the best condition possible. For ferti- 

 lizer there is nothing better for beets in the field than good 

 v/ell rotted stable manure, put on as heavy as you can. Let 

 me say right here, when growing a succession of crops, 

 what fertilizer one crop does not get the next one will, and 

 the succeeding ones will make twice as fast. Besides t!ie 

 stable fertilizer you should use about a ton of kainit to 

 the acre, for it not only furnishes what potash the plants 

 require, but is a good cut worm preventive. After the field 

 is well fertilized and plowed, it should be gone over with 

 a home-made board drag to level and pack the ground. 

 When it is level and packed we will proceed to lay it off 

 for planting. The first thing to do is to mark oiT the land 

 with a wooden rake marker, as advised for laying oflr' the land 

 when setting lettuce plants. The rows should be eighteen 

 inches apart, and the plants set three or four inches apart 

 in the rows. There is one thing to remember in setting 

 any kind of a root plant, and that is, do not get the bulb 

 down too deep in the ground, or your labor will be lost. You 

 must be careful in watering the plant after setting. Do not 

 pour the water on the plant, but on the ground at the side of 

 it, packing the soil well around the roots. It is best to water 



