Canadian grocer January-June 1898 . oon as the plants are in the fourth leafthey should be thinned to a proper dis-tance apart in the row—having been drilledin. Delay at this stage results in a loss offrom two to three tons of beets to the acreat harvest time. Boys, owing to their suppleness and am-bidexterity, have proved to be the best andcheapest thinners. Their help in thefield is invaluable, and very materially les-sens the expense, as thinning is one of thelargest items in the care of the crop. Again,during the harvesting, when the beets havebeen extracted from the soil, the labor ofthe
Canadian grocer January-June 1898 . oon as the plants are in the fourth leafthey should be thinned to a proper dis-tance apart in the row—having been drilledin. Delay at this stage results in a loss offrom two to three tons of beets to the acreat harvest time. Boys, owing to their suppleness and am-bidexterity, have proved to be the best andcheapest thinners. Their help in thefield is invaluable, and very materially les-sens the expense, as thinning is one of thelargest items in the care of the crop. Again,during the harvesting, when the beets havebeen extracted from the soil, the labor ofthe boys is utilized in topping the beetsbefore they leave the field and are deliveredat the factory. In no other branch of agri- 6 THE CANADIAN GROCER THE RISING SUN STOVE POLISH and THE SUN PASTE STOVE POLISH -For durability and Economy,for general blocking. TONS SOLD YEARLY. MORSE BROS., Proprietors, Canton, Mass. For sale by all Wholesale Grocers; also the McClary Mfg. Co., London, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver and culture can the boys be so effectually pressedinto service. The seed from which sugar beets areraised is imported from France and Ger-many, where, for many years, the businessof growing seed has been in progress. Inits indigenous condition, originally alongthe shores of the Mediterranean, the beetcarried 6 or 7 per cent, of sugar ; but byprocess of natural selection and breeding,the amount of saccharine matter has beenincreased to 25 per cent. To raise merchantable sugar beet seedrequires four or five years of patient careand toil. First, the seed is planted in well-prepared ground ; from the resulting cropselection is made of mother beets—those of proper size and weight, which showthe highest percentage of sugar, and thathave the most shapely form. The greentops are carefully removed by severing themwith a sharp knife close to the crown ; theroots are then placed in silo lor the winter. On being taken out in the spring they areagain tested, on th
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