GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO. ~ 13 
Six men in the Caro and four in the Alma district reported on 
the practice of planting beets after beans without plowing. In the 
cases where the plowing was omitted the disk and spring-tooth har- 
row were substituted for the plow in the preparation of the seed bed. 
Very good results, where the land was free from weeds, were re- 
ported by this method. ) 
Two common types of plows were observed, the common mold- 
board walking plow (fig. 5) and the one-way sulky plow. Two hun- 
dred and twenty-five walking, 76 riding, and 7 two-furrow gang 
plows were reported. The walking plows ranged in width from 12 
to 14 inches, and the sulky plows were practically all 14 inches in 
width. Three-horse teams were used almost exclusively with sulky 
plows (fig. 6), while with the walking plow not only the 2-horse, but 
also the 3-horse team was used. Forty-eight per cent of the men used 
ig. 5.—A crew of one man and two horses breaking land with a walking plow. 
This was a common type in these districts. 
a 1-3 crew and were able to cover an acre of ground in an average of 
5.2 hours, while the 47 per cent who used a 1-2 crew required 6.1 
hours per acre. The width of implement ranged from an average 
of 12.7 inches for the 1-2 crew to 13.2 inches for the 1-3 crew. Five 
per cent used a 1-4 crew and plowed an acre in an average of 3.4 
hours. Mainly two-bottom 12 to 14 inch gang plows were used with 
the latter crew. 
- One grower in the Alma district used a two-bottom 12-inch gang 
plow drawn by a tractor. With one man to operate this outfit, plow- 
ing was done at the rate of 1 acre in about 34 hours. 
DISKING. 
The disk harrow, or pulverizer, as it 1s commonly called, is often 
used in preparing a seed bed for the sugar beet. Disking destroys 
