Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1890 — Growing sugar Meets. [ARTICLE]

Growing sugar Meets.

Except in those few localities where preparations are being made to make sugar from beets, they should not b$ planted for this purpose. It requires more extensive co-operation among farmers than generally prevails to make beet sugar a profitable industry. But the sugar beet for other purposes ought to be grown in a small way by every farmer. It is. considering ease of cultivation, the root to increase milk flow. Carrots or parsnip? may be richer, but they are more difficult to care for, and cost more per bushel. It is cheaper for feed to raise the sugar beet, and add enough grain or oil meal with them to increase the nutritive

ration. The beet may be sown any time through May or June, but gives a larger crop if sown early on rich soil, as it forms more rings during the growing season, if that is prolonged.