. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN COLORADO. Table XVIII.—Cultivating data for three Colorado districts. 33 Year. Num- ber of farms. Acres culti- vated per farm. Num- ber times culti- vated. Crew. Hours per acre. Total Efisteict. Man. Horse. Man. Horse. per acre. 1914-15 1915 1914-15 110 66 195 1 1 1 $2,46 Greeley soil between the rows. All of the small weeds outside of the row are cut off at the first cultivation. The object usually is to make
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWING SUGAR BEETS IN COLORADO. Table XVIII.—Cultivating data for three Colorado districts. 33 Year. Num- ber of farms. Acres culti- vated per farm. Num- ber times culti- vated. Crew. Hours per acre. Total Efisteict. Man. Horse. Man. Horse. per acre. 1914-15 1915 1914-15 110 66 195 1 1 1 $2,46 Greeley soil between the rows. All of the small weeds outside of the row are cut off at the first cultivation. The object usually is to make a mulch of granular soil, which checks the upward movement of. Fig. 15.—Giving the first cultivation. This work is done as soon as the plants show four leaves. moisture, but does not blow readily. On some farms the .disk cultivator is used for the preliminary work. The dates of cultiva- tion varied for the majority of operators from May to July. On some farms work on late beets ran into August. It is customary in these three areas to give from three to five cultivations per season. The Greeley growers averaged slightly more than four times in cultivating the beet crop in 1914-15 (fig. 16). All of the farmers reported on this operation. The common-field crew required in handling the ordinary 4-row cultivator consisted of one man and two horses. There were a few operators who culti- vated with a one-man-one-horse crew on small tracts. The cost per acre was approximately $2 for the Fort Morgan and Greeley areas,. 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, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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