THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. 99 
irrigating beets, we take every other row, and find that the water when run slowly 
will irrigate both. Then we alternate the next time, and run water through the other 
rows, giving the beets moisture on both sides. After every irrigation cultivate as 
deep as you can, practically eight inches. It is necessary to loosen the ground around 
the beet so that it may have a chance to develop. To do this we take a little 
A-shaped sweep, with the point running into the ground, and all it does is to lift the 
ground a little, but it loosens the soil around the beet. In Utah, our water is run to 
us in canals and ditches in which we are all interested, and have turns to use it. 
Only two or three nights before I left home, I found a water notice at my house, 
stating that the water would be given me at 8 that evening and taken off at 4 in the 
THE MOLINE BEET CULTIVATOR 
Can be used to work either four or tworows. The gangs are so adjusted that they canbe handled with 
ease, and the shovels are so adjusted as to be run right up close to the beets. This cultivator is widely 
used in American beet fields. 
morning. At 4, my neighbor is there, and he takes it. We never have more than 30 
minutes to the acre in Lehi, and sometimes it is cut down to 15 minutes, during 
which the water is allowed us.’’ 
William Bone, Jr, another very successful beet grower for the Lehi concern, says: 
‘*T think beets can hardly have too much water at certain times, which can only be 
judged by practical experience. A great deal depends upon the season and the land, 
too. I would not water them until they show that they need it the first time. In 
naturally light land they will stand watering pretty early. They should have at least 
two good cultivations before they are watered at all. In regard to the last watering, 
my idea is with them the same as with any other crop. If you let any crop wither 
and die, itis not good for anything. It naturally loses its strength and vitality. 
