. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 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- dre
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 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. Fio. 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 hours, while the 47 per cent who used a 1-2 crew required hours per acre. The width of implement ranged from an average of inches for the 1-2 crew to inches for the 1-3 crew. Five per cent used a 1-4 crew and plowed an acre in an average of 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 3^ hours. DISKING. The disk harrow, or pulverizer, as it is commonly called, is often used in preparing a seed bed for the sugar beet. Disking destroys. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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