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Excerpt from Thinning Sugar Beets The basic consideration in the distribution of sugar beets is the soil volume in Which the' plants absorb water and plant nutrients. It is obvious that the spacing in the row can be somewhat closer when the rows are 22 inches apart than when they are 18 inches apart. Moreover, a rich soil will support more beets per unit area than an impoverished soil. 'no iron-clad rule can be' laid down, specifying the distance beets should be thinned, which would cover all the various conditions under which sugar beets are grown. However, experience and experimentation have taught that, on the average and on most soil types, 216 square inches per beet gives maximum yields. This is equivalent to a 12-inch stand in the row with rows 18 inches apart, or to a -inch stand with rows 20 inches apart. Crowding beets reduces the amount of light coming to the individual plant, and also reduces the soil volume in which the plants feed. In unnecessarily wide spacing, the land is. Not. Working to its full capacity. It should be stated at this point that a wide stand reduces the-sugar per cent and a' close stand elevates. The sugar per cent. If the beet plant has ample room in which to grow and develop, it becomes large at the sacrifice of sugar per cent; if it is crowded by close spacing, its size is reduced but the sugar per cent is relatively high. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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