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Show Beckers Use Malting Barley In Making Beer hTat the growing of malting barey is becoming important agriculturally ag-riculturally throughout the inter-mountain inter-mountain region, is seen in the fact that the Becker Brewing plants in Ogden, Utah and Evan-ston, Evan-ston, "Wyoming, will purchase many millions pounds of this home-grown crop this year. One farmer in Idlaho now has 1800 acres of barley maturing, part of the crop on irrigated lands, and part orf dry farms. The seeding jof this vast acreage required 91.000 pounds of "pedigreed" barley. bar-ley. Tests have proved that malting I barley is as good in yield as feed I barley. The fact that it brings a premium price is attracting the j interest of hundreds of farmers, j Since maltng barley requires a j fairly long maturing season, it has not been grown to any extent on the higher altitudes. But j throughout the Intermountain val-ileys, val-ileys, extending as far north as; 'the benchlands of Rexburg, Idaho i farmers have found it a prof t- j ' able crop. |