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Show 2 More Plants Start on Beds . Grinding of beets for sugar started at two mors Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. plants In Utah Friday, putting aQ seven company plants Into operation and furnishing employment em-ployment for more than 1500 factory fac-tory workers. . The West Jordan plant started start-ed operations Thursday and the Gunnison Sugar Co. plant, a subsidiary sub-sidiary of U-I Ce, began grinding beets Friday. Tha third Utah plant at Garland started operations about 10 days ago. Officials said that In addition to tha three Utah plants, others In operation are at Idaho Falls, Top-penish. Top-penish. Waah.; Chinook, Mont, and Belle Fourche, 8. D. Approximately 200 woken have been employed In each of the West Jordan and Gunnison factories. It waa reported. Sugar company officials pointed out that the weather is Ideal for beet harvesting. They ssld that tha sugar content of the beets grown this year is much higher than in 1948, which will help to offset the drop in sugar beet acrs-sge. acrs-sge. It was pointed out that less beets are being grown on farms la Utah and elsewhere, because the farm-era farm-era would rather grow support crops . . crops for which the federal government pays a subsidy. |