Show 9 BEET GROWERS SIGN UP Richfield Riched District Distrct Farmers Farers Meet De Be Demands Demands mands of Sugar Company Two Hundred Acres to Be e Planted Richfield March 20 A A meeting of or the beet growers of this district was held at the time court house Tuesday F B Goold of or Monroe county superintendent was pros pres present ent and entered into contract with the farmers for this season lson He He said sid wih that the company compan hereafter prohibited the u use of the beet hooks which have us CV hook been used In n the n past In this county and that the company compans would require that 10 16 per cent of the crop should be sliced If It the pr sugar company compan could not receive rive the crop cron as fast Cast as harvested After After some discussion the beet growers grower decided dec ded to accept the time new conditions and signed up the con eon tracts About acres were subscribed at the meeting from Crom this district district N L L Sheffield was over from Loa Loa Wayne ayne ae county count Monday to try tl to get the state board of health to send some one th down to look into the recent outbreak of meningitis at nt that place Dr D Clark of the health board came down dow to Richfield and went over with wit him Henry Henr W Davis of Venice Venic was w In Rich field feld this week and reports that the Cove Coe River canal has been finished and Is now in use It I is 19 nearly neary two miles long iong and carries water enough to water about carrie abut 1 acres of land hand In and around Venice It 12 is taken out from the upper part of ot the Cove Coe I i river and runs along the hills his to the east of or the valley vale This canal has ls cost cst a little hitte over 2000 but will m enable the farmers to cultivate a lot of or land which has hereto fore foro laid idle |