Show BOUNTY the price of beets in california the chino valley champion of oct 25 is at hand from sau Be mardino co california it has a lengthy article on beet raising from which we quote the price to bo paid by the sugar company for the beets so grown is as follows for beets containing an average of 12 per cent of sugar to the weight of the beet with a purity efficient coefficient co of 80 at the rate of dollars per ton and an additional 25 centa per ton for each and every per cent of sugar above 12 per cent as determined by testa of each load of beeta delivered which testa shall bo mado daily in the laboratory of the factory the sugar company shall receive any load of beeta offered by the grower whose average of sugar as determined by such is below 12 per cent but not below 10 per cent but in every such case there shall be a reduction of 50 cents per ton from said price of per ton for each per cent of sugar that such average as shows by such teete falls below 12 per cent the sugar company the right to reject any load of beets which may be offered to it pursuant to this agreement when the average percentage of sugar contained in the beets com pris ng euch load shall fall below 10 per cent or the purity efficient coefficient co shall fall below 80 as shown by such test in the percentage of sugar any fraction of one per cent under one half of one per cent shall not be counted but any fraction of one per cent not lees than one half of one per cent shall count as one per cent ii in case at any time during the life of this contract a national bounty or tariff law shall be enacted whereby the sugar company shall receive a bounty equal to that provided in the mckinley law the price paid for all beeta furnished the sugar company shall be 50 cents per ton greater than the prices mentioned above democrats maintained that the me benefit to the beet growers in utah the price also dropped 50 cent per town when the bounty was removed making a loss of to farmers in this county |