Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-27 | Page 16 | Sugar Beet Slicing Progress Reported

SUGAR BEET SLICING PROGRESS REPORTED GARLAND Slicing of sugar beets was progressing here Tues- Tues day at more than 1000 tons per dayt day At t the Garland Utah-Idaho Utah mill and nd officials report the campaign will last until January 17 the longest long long- est campaign here for many years More than tons of sugar beets representing a a. value of approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately were gro grown n nIn In Jn Box Elder county this year Due to weather conditions which held up the harvest trucks are delivering delivering de de- de- de livering beets to the factory No material loss duo dUG to slow harvesting harvesting harvest harvest- ing however is reported Although dry land wheat wheat the the county's principal crop usually crop usually yielded more than bushels low Jow prices of approximately 50 cents per iPer er bushel held the value of the crop to approximately More than a half million bushels of wheat is stored in two large warehouses here as farmers hope for or higher prices The large majority majority majority ma ma- of the stored wheat has gov- gov loans on it of 50 cents per bushel hushel warehouse officials report