People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1896 — Beet Culture In Jasper County. [ARTICLE]

Beet Culture In Jasper County.

The following interesting article appears in a recent issue of the Farmers Review from the pen of a well known Jasper county agriculturist 6. B. Steward. It it reproduced by request of our celebrated beet growing specialist, Norman Warner: Beets should be planted on deep loam, with grave] subsoil, or on land that is well drained. The land should be well manured in the fall and deeply plowed at that time, but not harrowed down. The harrowing should be done in the spring. When the crop is to be used for the fall market the seed should be put in about the 15th day of May, but where the beets are to be used for feeding purposes, June first is early enough. In planting, drill in the seeds about three inches apart, and thin as the plants grow. We use no fertilizer where the land is moderately rich, In cultivating, we use a garden horse plow, and a small harrow at first. A.s to time of harvesting, that will depend somewhat on the stock to which the beets are to be fed. If they are to go to the sheep we do not harvest till late in the fall, and then we plow them out. The greatest trouble with growing beets is to get them started and then keep them free from weeds. We raise our beets only for feeding to stock. The variety we raise is the large dark red, and we consider it good.

If the Democratic National convention declares against silver, or sraddles, which is equivalent to such a declaration, the best prophets at the National Capital predict from 40 to 60 Populists in the next House of Representatives. The Indianapolis News will no doubt see in this an indication that the silver craze is dead.-!-Rockville Tribune.