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Show I I I FEATURES CLASSIFIEDS TV GUIDE PAUL HARVEY. THURSDAY, august is. 1974 SwbiMat Tt (iw Him ' Tin Piute farfe CHiiei, Mim mi Inn, lufci-Caili- TN Mid laUipnH Af' Lmti Flkl I The sugar beets that are now maturing hold the pro- mise of the greatest returns to the growers ever recorded in an old sugar industry of the area, but there is now only one sugar factory left our of scores to take care of the crop. ar Tn light of current market conditions and world-wid- e tight supply of sugar, the value of area's sugar producing industry has taken on new significance. From sugar beets planted in the spring of 1891 in Lehi, , . Christensen said that the reason for the decline in acres has beenthe use of the small farms of 10, 20 and 40 acres for subdivisions, pasture and other uses by owners who have sought other occupations, and the cost of investment in equipment in light of present technology. IN CONTRAST, according to a U and I official, to the first factory operation, the 1972 crop in Utah had a total impact on the state economy THIS INDIVIDUAL Sugar Program, as it is called, is of particular benefit to the conscientious grower. The average sugar content one of the major es factors in the calculation of the payments made to the grower. The higher the sugar-contethe greater the payment. He is paid not just for the quantity of beets but for the quality, as well. Utah sugar lieets are traditionally high in quality. The average for the entire state usually runs lietween 16 per cent and nt SBH t GARLAND Utah, came the first successfully produced sugar in Utah and in the mountain west. And ever since then, sugar beets have been a mainstay in the areas agricultural economy. FACTORY GETS READY of more than $14- -' 4 milion. million were Nearly $6-'- 4 received by the growers as payments for sugarbeets. Another $3- -' million was added to the economy in the form of payrolls for factory and production workers. (4 2 mililion went to pay for costs of transportation, supplies and services, and taxes. ut SUGAR PRODUCED from that first crop of sugarbeets brought hardly enough to pay the operating costs of the pioneer sugar factory's first campaign. Since that time sugar factories have come and gone from a long list of small and large communities throughout Utah. In Cache Valley alone there were some five sugar factories at various times. These included these at Logan, Amalga, Cornish, Lewiston and Whitney in Idaho. There were also factories in Ogden, Brigham City, and Ogden, in addition to the state's only remaining factory at Garland, Utah. . 'i Sugar beet acreage in Utah and a corner of Idaho Ins also taken a big decrease over the past ninety years. The total acreage for the Garland plant this year was 15,039 acres and some 5200 acres were planted in the Utah area that are shipped to the Paul Sugar factory, s. ' SUGAR were I AT ONE TIME there more than 40.000 acres of sugar beets in the Cache Valley area alone, according to Jim Christensen, official of Amalgamated Sugar company. In addition to the Garland factory, Utah and Idaho Sugar company has three other factories one at Idaho Falls, one at Toppcnish, Wn, and one at Moses Lake, Wn. Amalgamated, in addition to the factory at Paul, has plants in Twin Falls, Nampa in Idaho and Nyssa, in Oregon. The one at Moses take and Nampa are among the largest in the country. UTAH'S .1973 sugar beet harvest produces approximately 76,549.000 pounds of sugar, which was refined at the state's one remaining sugar factory in Garland. Though historically it was one of the more sizeable outputs, it hardly equalled e the record of 94.700, 000 pounds set in 1972. Total sugar beet acreage of 15,039 acres was down somewhat from the 1972 crop of nearly 18.000 acres. But Utah growers maintained a good average yield of 17.B5 tons per acre with an average sugar content of 16.5 per cent. all-tim- The sugar content, or sucrose per cent, is an important factor in the determination of the value of the grower's sugar lieets. Samples from each field of sugar lieets are taken at the time they are delivered to the factory or station. Each sample is coded according to the individual grower's contract. Bagged samples are rushed to the modern lalxir-ator- y at the Garland factory where they arc individually tested and analyzed for the amount or per cent of sugar related to the weight of liccls. Many samples are analyzed for each field to assure good representation. of the data is collected and fed through the central computer in Salt take City where it is correlated with other harvest data for each of the growers and stored for later use. All FOR THIS FALL'S BEET HARVEST 17 per cent, which is higher than in some other areas. The ply of world-wid- e tight sup- sugar coupled with inflationary forces has created such a strong market for the commodity that prices throughout the world have reached record levels. For five out of the past six years, world sugar consumption has exceeded production and sugar stocks are at a low ebb. Consumers have reacted strongly to the recent rapid increase in the price of sugar. But they overlook the fact that sugar has singularly remained at a low price level in comparison to other foods and commodities during the past inflationary' period. From September to September 1973. sugar prices rose less that 10 197U And They Also Move A Dog Show Aside from, being an outstanding county fair, livestock show and rodeo, the Cache County Fair has a first for Northern Utah and Southern Idaho. For the second year,' the fair will present a dog show. This special event, which is not usually found in fairs, proved to lie most successful last year. The show registration times will he from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the fairgrounds pavilion. Judging will start at 1 p.m. All registered breeds will lie judged and trophies will lie given for all classes where four dogs or more are entered. Riblxms will also lie given. Another feature of the fair, which is new this year, will lie the horse pulling contests which will lie held Thursday at 2 p.m. The contests will include Shetland and Horses. All teams must be weighed in by 10 a.m. and noon of the day of the contest. There will be three classes, teams weighing 2.9IK) pounds and under, teams weighing 3,300 pounds and under and teams weighing over 3,300 pounds. Top prize will he 875. The Rodeo this year will lie produced by Stephens Brothers of Middleton, Idaho, and will feature Rip Cord." the world's highest priced bucking horse. Concessions will Ik by the Erniser Shows. ht cent, while many consumer products rose over 1(H) per cent. Wheat prices, for instance, increased 137 per cent . As a refined product, suto price controls and was not permit- gar was subject ted to rise during the freeze of 1973 until controls wen relaxed in 1973. At that time the Sept-lemlt- World demand was so strong that it forced the U.S. price In move upward. Inflationary pressures added to the fire and caused a rapid price adjustment that peaked in March this year. In relation tn other, foods, however, sugar is still a bargain. A casual comparison with 011 the grocery shelf will show that sugar is really not overpriced. Dry lieans. split peas, flour, powdered milk, shortening, all cost more per pound than sugar. Yet in almost every case the cost of production and processing is less than for sugar. The high prices Iteing offered for other farm commodities have caused exces- sive competition between crops. The adjustment in (he sugar price came so late that some growers considered sugar lieets to lie less pro- fitable and they chose to plant other crops. However those who waited a little longer and considered the long term outlook are again planting sugar lieets. The pros)ects now are that they will receive the highest returns for sugar lieets ever recorded. |