. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO. 19 Table X.—Rolling. District. Acres in beets Hours of labor Per cent per farm. Times per acre. of all rolled. records. Total. Rolled. Man. Horse. 93 98 78 85 15. 71 Labor cost per acre. Caro Alma Grand Rapids Northwestern Ohio SO. 63 .74 .60 .56 Sixty-six per cent of the men in the Caro district, 87 per cent in the Alma, 78 per cent in the Grand Rapids district, and 44 per cent i
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO. 19 Table X.—Rolling. District. Acres in beets Hours of labor Per cent per farm. Times per acre. of all rolled. records. Total. Rolled. Man. Horse. 93 98 78 85 15. 71 Labor cost per acre. Caro Alma Grand Rapids Northwestern Ohio SO. 63 .74 .60 .56 Sixty-six per cent of the men in the Caro district, 87 per cent in the Alma, 78 per cent in the Grand Rapids district, and 44 per cent in northwestern Ohio rolled prior to or immediately after planting. The average number of times the land was rolled ranged from to Fiq. 12.—Rolling with a bar roller. This implement firms and als-o pulverizes the soil. The majority of the men rolled immediately before planting, some after planting, and a few rolled both before and after seeding. The object of rolling before seeding was to create a smooth even surface for the drill rows. Still other men used the roller along with the har- row and disk in the general work of preparing a suitable seed bed. Fifty-four per cent of the men in the Caro district, 64 per cent in the Alma, 19 per cent in the Grand Rapids district, and 63 per cent in northwestern Ohio rolled at about the time the beets were push- ing through the ground, or soon after. Rolling at this time, called "rolling beets," may be done for several reasons. If the rain has caused a crust to form at a period when the seed is germinating, it is customary to employ a bar roller to break the crust, thus allowing the young plants to push through to the surface. This condition often. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington,
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