Types of contracts: . . : 4 
Sample contracts : 3 : . 
CHAPTER VIII 
PREPARATION OF SEED-BED AND PLANTING 
Effect of previous crop . 
Reasons for plowing. 3 z - 
Time of plowing . 3 3 ' - 
Depth of plowing . . : F 3 
Final preparation : “ : ‘ 
The seed ‘ : : 3 3 
Method of planing ; - - 3 
The stand : ‘ : x. 8 x 
CHAPTER IX 
CULTURAL METHODS : $5: fare of 
Thinning. ‘ F 
Preparation for Sess 117 
Blocking arid thinning, 118 
Losses from poor thinning, 121 
Hoeing z : . 5 " : 
Cultivating ¢ : i S 2 
CHAPTER X 
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE . .  . 
Irrigation 
Beets adapted to en Sabina, 126 
Sources of irrigation water, 127 
Measurement of water, 128 | 
Preparing land for irrigation, 129 
Methods of irrigating beets, 130 
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