Agriculture for beginners . he sugar-beet was introduced. Maple Products. In many states sirup and sugar are stillmade from maple sap. In the spring when the sap is flow-ing freely maple trees are tapped and spouts are these spouts the sap flows into vessels set to catchit. The sap is boiled in evaporating-pans, and made intoeither sirup or sugar. Four gallons of sap yield about onepound of sugar. A single tree yields from two to six poundsof sugar in a season. The sap cannot be kept long afterit is collected. Practice and skill are needed to produce anattractive and palatable
Agriculture for beginners . he sugar-beet was introduced. Maple Products. In many states sirup and sugar are stillmade from maple sap. In the spring when the sap is flow-ing freely maple trees are tapped and spouts are these spouts the sap flows into vessels set to catchit. The sap is boiled in evaporating-pans, and made intoeither sirup or sugar. Four gallons of sap yield about onepound of sugar. A single tree yields from two to six poundsof sugar in a season. The sap cannot be kept long afterit is collected. Practice and skill are needed to produce anattractive and palatable grade of sirup or of sugar. 2l8 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS Sugar-Beets. The sugar-beet is a comparatively new rootcrop in America. The amount of sugar that can be obtainedfrom beets varies from twelve to tA,\ent)- per cent. The rich-ness in sugar depends somewhat on the varien gTo\\Ti andon the soil and the climate. So far most of our sugar-beet seeds have been broughtover from Europe. Some of our planters are now, Fig. 2IO. Catchlsg Maple Sap gaining the skill and the knowledge needed to grow theseseeds. It is of course important to grow seeds that willproduce beets containing much sugar. These beets do well in a great \-ariet} of soils if the landis rich, well prepared, and well drained, and has a poroussubsoil. Beets cannot grow to a large size in hard land. Hencedeep plowing is ver\- necessar}- for this crop. The soil should FARM CROPS 219 be loose enough for the whole body of the beet to remainunderground. Some growers prefer spring plowing and somefall plowing, but all agree that the land should not be turnedless than eight or ten inches. The subsoil, however, shouldnot be turned up too much at the first deep plowing. Too much care cannot be taken to make the seed-bed firmand mellow and to have it freefrom clods. If the soil is dr) atplanting-time and there is likeli-hood of high winds, the seed-bed may be rolled with growers use fromten to tw
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