Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . with thesoil and is lessliable to produce agrowth of the beets, whichwould result in a decreasedpercentage of sugar in thecrop. Artificial fertilizers areapplied in the form of nitro-gen, phosphoric acid and pot-ash, and sometimes, but lessfrequently, as magnesia andlime. While it is importantthat there should be enoughof nitrogen in the soil to pro-duce a maximum crop, it iseven more important that ]sf., b., g. should be a plentiful Championsupply of phosphoric acid and ^^^^ ^*be unwise to sow the seed late in the season,
Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . with thesoil and is lessliable to produce agrowth of the beets, whichwould result in a decreasedpercentage of sugar in thecrop. Artificial fertilizers areapplied in the form of nitro-gen, phosphoric acid and pot-ash, and sometimes, but lessfrequently, as magnesia andlime. While it is importantthat there should be enoughof nitrogen in the soil to pro-duce a maximum crop, it iseven more important that ]sf., b., g. should be a plentiful Championsupply of phosphoric acid and ^^^^ ^*be unwise to sow the seed late in the season, for, even though amaximum crop in weight should be obtained, there would not betime for the crop to ripen properly, hence it would be markedly defi-cient in saccharine properties. Where sugar beets are grown on a large scale, as for sugar factories^the seed is sown with machines made for the purpose. They plantseveral rows at a time. The rows are on the level, and there is no need forhaving them wider apart than from fifteen to eighteen inches. Not less 8. potash becauseof the influencewhich they ex-ert upon thequality of thebeets. Phospho-ric acid may beconveniently applied as su-perphosphate or basic slag,and at the rate of one hun-dred pounds and upwards peracre. Potash may be conven-iently applied in the form ofKainite and in similar quan-tities. The seed should be sownas soon as the ground is dryin the spring, but, as withmangels, it would be possi-ble, in exceptional instances,to sow it so early that theyoung plants would be in-jured by the frost. It would 114 Grasses, Clovers, Field Roots, Forage and Fodder Plants. than eight pounds of seed are used per acre, and in some instances evena larger quantity is sown. The seed requires to be covered to a depthvarying from one-half an inch to four or five times that distance, owingto a difference in soils, in soil conditions and conditions of the same is true in degree of all kinds of the seeds of field a ru
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