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Show COLORADO SUGAR BEET RAISERS IN 2 CONTRACTS I DENVKR, Colo.. March 2 Officials : of the Great We-tern Suear company and the Colorado Beetgrowers' association asso-ciation veslerday reached an agreement agree-ment relative to the price to he paid farmers this year for sugar heels. Two tyiws of contract were adopted. The first contract provides for the payment of a flat rate of 17 per ton for hceta. The other provides for a sliding s. ale.of prices I nder the sliding slid-ing scale farmers will ie pai.l Jl 2-per 2-per ton a hove ihe average net price for sugar per 100 pounds, received in the company l.eiween October 1. 121. snd Septemher V). 1S22. Accoidmg to this centract. tlie grower grow-er will receive $7 5 per ton for heets when the price of sugar, between the dates set forth. iww SS per hundred hun-dred pounds and IJ.25 when the price of sugar is $x per hundred. The heet-growcrs heet-growcrs may siKn either type of contract con-tract or may split their acreage sc-cording sc-cording to the company announcement. announce-ment. ' . |