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Show After routine conditioning, the draftee can march 25 miles with a 50-pound pack," says an army official. And towards the end of the march the pack will not feel much heavier than a bale of cotton cot-ton with a horse sitting on it Government aid to farmers is probably handled more efficiently now, but we can recall the time when a farmer planted a package of cucumber seeds, supplied free by the government, and grew therefrom a wagonload of gourds. Beet Growers Hold Convention In Salt Lake City Growers representing every sugar su-gar beet producing section in the western states gathered in Salt Lake City Wednesday and Thursday Thurs-day for the annual meeting of the National Beet Growers' association. associa-tion. The meeting was a momentous one for Salt Lake City, as it marks the first time that the national association has convened in Utah's capital city center of the rich intermountain beet growing area. The 1939 convention was held in San Francisco, Cal. Charles M. Kearey of Morrill, Neb., national president, arrived in Salt Lake City Monday morning morn-ing to conclude last-minute arrangements ar-rangements and confer with beet leaders at pre-conventlon meetings. |