24 BULLETIN 748, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
BLOCKING AND THINNING. 
As pointed out under planting practice, the beet seed is drilled 
in solid rows to insure a good stand. Therefore the young beets 
Fig. 16—Temporary movable quarters provided for labor doing the handwork on the 
beet crop. 
must be thinned in order to provide sufficient space for the growth 
and development of the plants allowed to remain. The proper time 
Fic. 17.—Sugar beets that were not thinned at the proper time. This work should 
be done as soon as the young plants are up and the rows can be seen plainly. 
to block and thin is just as soon as possible after the young plants 
are up and the rows can be plainly seen. (See fig. 17.) 
