Springville Herald | 1948-01-01 | Page 5 | Sugar Beet Yield up in Utah County

SUGAR BEET YIELD UP IN UTAH COUNTY Sugar beet yields throughout the Utah territory this season averaged slightly over 19 tons per acre, as compared with 17.7 tons per acre in 1946. The 10-year average is 12.3 tons per acre. The 1948 prospects indicate sugar beet prices will remain substantially sub-stantially the same as in 1947, when $14.50 per ton was paid for beets of national average sugar content. The field labor picture is better in view of the fact that 60,000 Mexicans will be imported into Utah for work during the 1948 season.