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Show THE LEADER. Tranonton, Utah HolmgrenMakesAnnualReport To Sugar Beet Growers 00 in the past, now that we have mechanized the harvesting of beets in the manner of which we are all well aware. , At our annual meeting held about a month ago there were m few of the- - members of the local Beet Association in at tendance that the Directors were ouite discouraged with, their work in behalf of this valuable industry. . We have at present 502 beet growers in our valley, and less than. 10 percent at tended this annual occasion. I made my report, as pres ident. and one of the members suggested that it be published in our local papers and thus get the attention of the growers to our progress, and to the statute of our local sugar factory. I think possibly it will be neces? sary to print my report in two editions of the paper rather than to attempt to make a prolonged dissertation that would not be read. I am sure our local papers have been a great benefit to our farmers; they have extended their good officers for our benefit over the past years, and have received little recognition or thanks for this gratuitous expression. We hereby and now extend our gracious appreciation for this modern means of transmitting news and knowledge. First, I would like to let the farmers know that we raised only 65,000 tons of beets in our valley last year. This is about f our normal production, and so low that no factory unit could operate economically under such a minimized production. As evidence of this we have just recently had a number of the yearly employees at the factory reduced considerably just to economize and temporarily get by the depressed period. I em sorry to report that we have not had a favorable acc counting of the sugar industry during the past seven years. During this time with sugar selling so cheaply and other crops, competitive with beets, have been increasing production, and getting returns that would permit those crops grown with less labor and investment to acquire much of the land that formerly was planted to beets. I have no purpose or intent to deprecate the past Administration, or to permit political factors to warp my opinion; I am merely expressing the candid truthful account of the facts as I see them. Congress enacted a law directing the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain the sugar industry. He has within his power the right to set quotas for the amount of sugar to be imported into the United States and thereby regulate the price of sugar; and in turn to adjust a fair price for the production of sugar beets and sugar cane. These quotas were fairly set oftentimes, but the big consumers such as Coca Cola, and the manufacture of ice cream and candy products through their able attorneys and representatives have put the "Squeeze" on the Secretary, and he has invariably permitted additional amounts of sugar into the country and thereby reduced the price of sugar. This has happened not once but many many times until the purchasers and wholesaler dealers are aware that the Secretary of Agriculture Is only bluffing when he indicates there will be shortages to improve the low price of sugar. He has never stood bv his guns, the farmers in turn nave been aecelvea year by year with continual promises, and one-hal- At a meeting of the Utah directors of the beet growers association with the Sugar Company officials recently, Bion Tohnan gave some very constructive and helpful ideas for the coming year on beet seed and beet planting and the proper topping and harvesting of beets. The following is a portion of his report: "You are all awawe of the fact that we have changed the size range on the seed which you have this year. All seed processed for the 1953 season is sized In comparprocessed seed with ing the the seed we found that germination percentage remained constant. However, the percentage of singles increased from 40 per cent to over 55 per cent, and seed units with more than doubles were completely eliminated. The average sprout count per germinated seed unit dropper from 1.67 to 1.43, The average number of seeds per pound increased from 33,877 to our regular drills to plant approximately eight pounds of seed to the acre. This type of planting will drop a seed every inch in the row and will secure a very heavy stand of beets normally. I am aware of down. But business is a timid last Spring's experience and the and exacting science and only terrible drougth, and I rememprofits will retain this industry ber very well that we were told so valuable to our valley. It that four or five pounds of seed is, I believe, the greatest cashj was sufficient, but we live and ' crop producer inaii we nave learn new manners in which to known for more than fifty years. cope with these excess seeds. At the Federation of beets I believe that if all the factors were fully known, this coming growers convention held at about a month ago year farmers would plant many more acres of beets in our val- a very fine description of Spring ley. We have over 60,000 acres Mechanism and heavy planting of arable irrigated land, and was given by a fieldman of the though nematode has curtailed Great Western Sugar Company. the planting of many of these On a large farm known as the acres 20 per cent of that land Windsor Farm, Phillip Smith, could, I believe, be planted to Agricultural Agent, attempted sugar beets. This would make an experiment with the western a rotation of one acre in five beet thinner, and after that or six years and would permit a demonstration he indicated that planting of 10,000 acres of beets the hand work for thinning and which is the relative portion of hoeing can be reduced approxour land that should be planted imately 50 per cent of man hours to this valuable crop.. by our modern means and im I believe some of the factors provements for thinning beets.. that many of the farmers are It is concluded that 100 per cent not aware of should be presented stand must first be secured and so that a full knowledge of the machine can be applied what the future extends may be twice on the beet field and it presented and considered by our will leave single beets in more local growers. First, we have than 78 per cent of the blocks made definite crogress in the remaining.. These can be thinntype of seeds that will be plant- ed and hoed with long handled ed this coming year. This new implements which facilitates seed will be of a dimension that stoop labor that has been known as "8 to 10". This means so irksome in the past. This that the seed is screened so that will reduce the cost of that exthe largest diameter that will pensive process nearly 50 per pass through a sieve is 1064's cent. I believe that this "bugof an inch and the smallest is aboo" has been one of the 364's of an inch. This would greatest handicaps to farmers they have finally reduced their plantings until today only 50 per cent of the factories in the United Statse are operating. I would grievously hate to see the day come when our own factory was moved or closed permit na I Wf LIMA BEANS DREAD IB SSET Itthleei Ltr MARSHMALL0WS CRACKERS I1IV MCrillT WlJVUII fill A PINEAPPLE BimirHlW 40 ox. pkc No, 3 can fancy Cruthed yf yero ffXttZC vvrrii. fin?! Hike. 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I am going to offer you a hopeful report on the price of sugar through the endeavors of our new Secretary of Agriculture. I am going to offer you a promise of better weather and possibly a share of the moon, to convince you to plant more beets. So if you want to be smug in your own security of raising straight grain and wild oats don't read any more of this argument. (to be continued) Airway, "The World's Matt Popular Ceffee Flavor" - V Look At These Bargains! 27 'OMe-COArM- Suit 36,139." wmm. PINEAPPLE JUICE rU SS 8-- LEMONADES Lolonl kj. 44 ex. cm nQY SEMI-GLO- 8-- PEAS.,.. ISsFiol fefeaP .EibgiebgO IN GLISTENING GLOSS & VELVETY . 19S3 r- v ' GDQDG 12, Utah-Idah- o At 1 Thursday. February XL 3 |