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Show TWO COUNTIES , HARVEST BEETS Beet fields of Utah and Salt Lake counties were scenes of activity ac-tivity Thursday as farmers began digging, topping and loading sugar beets for delivery to factories for processing. According to Horace N. Whitney, statistician for the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, the Garland plant of the company started Its 70-day run last Monday. The Spanish Fork plant will begin operation Saturday and the West Jordan plant Monday. Department of agriculture forecasts fore-casts for October estimate a yield of 688,000 tons, which would mean a yield of 13 H tons to the acre. This compares with the actual production pro-duction last year of 814,000 tons. The Sugar City, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls and Shelley plants of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company In Idaho were running last week. The Wilson lane factory of the Amalgamated Amalga-mated Sugar company started Its 70-day Thusday and deliveries were being made to the Centerf leld plant of the Gunnison Sugar company, .which anticipates a run of 80 days. Officials estimated about 19,000 workers will be employed In the and about 2100 others in factories fields at the height of the harvest In Utah alone. Total payroll is estimated at S3.810.240. |