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Show SPECIAL SECTION, LEADER-GARLAN- TIMES. February D 17. 1977. Page 13A Sugar boots NFO growth 4 i important livestock, Earl Wood in speciality crops and Winn figure what it costs them to produce their various com-- , modities, add a reasonable margin 'of profit to their costs and then say to the market place, this is what we must have for our production to stay in business, and because we have large enough blocks of production nationwide if we are not paid prices which reflect cost of production plus a reasonable profit, you will not be able td buy our commodities. This will be a first in agriculture, this is a program which has been in the phases of development for some 22 years nationally and for 9 years here in Box Elder County and in Utah. It is a program which has something to offer to all farmers and to members of all other farm organizations. It is the only one which offers a pricing program for farmers which is tied to a sound business principal of covering all costs of production by passing those costs on in the finished salable product as well as giving the farmer a reasonable profit, something which he has never had in the past by his own hand, only at the whim of a flucuating market. Henrie in communications. The purpose of the NFO movement both nationwide and locally is to effect the present marketing system which procures agriculture commodities from farmers.. This system has become introduced over. the years and has tended to lose its ability to compete for agriculture commodities. With this lose of competition comes buyer cooperation and a lowering of prices to the farmer since he has had no mechanism to offset this situation. The NFO in this mechanism which he has needed to reintroduce competition into the buying sector and effect prices favorably for the seller. The NFO gives the seller or farmer the ability to put his production in large enough blocks so they can be taken out of present low price marketing patterns and moved into higher price areas. This system of collective bargaining has proved very effective as a price enhancing tool for all groups that have employed its use. The afformentioned people who involved themselves in the first NFO commodity movements in Northern Utah understood whathad to be done, so as commodities were blocked they were taken out of the normal channels which had developed in our county and moved into markets as far away as California and the North West for grain, cattle and other livestock were sent to points such as Denver, Souix Falls, So. Dakota, California, Texas, Kansas, Iowa and Washington. Special com modities such as alfalfa seed and hay have been sent both to local markets and to points some distance away. This movement of farm products has reflected higher price for those commodities shipped out and it has also caused higher prices to be paid locally to attempt to prevent more products from -- The Marriott Center at Brigham Young University is now the third largest building on campus... outdone by the new addition to the Lee Library to make it rank number one, while an addition to the bookstore boosted the Wilkinson Center to the second largest building on campus. sinco 1900 Sugarbeets have been an important economic factor in Bear River Valley since 1900. In 1899, prompted by the success of their pioneer sugar factory at Lehi, Utah Sugar Company (now U and I Incorporated) was looking for other promising areas for sugarbeet production. Under the guidance of George Austin, agricultural superintendent for Utah Sugar, several Bear River farmers experimented with beets. The results were encouraging, in fact, the yields and sugar content both were higher than at Lehi. Some of the beets were shipped to the Eccles' factory in Ogden and some to Lehi. The next year many additional acres were planted and the beets were shipped by rail to Bingham Junction (West Jordan) where the sugar company had built an auxiliary cutting station. Juice from the beets was pumped through an eighteen-mil- e pipeline to the factory at Lehi. By 1902, more than 1,000 acres of sugarbeets were harvested in the valley, and Utah Sugar Company saw the possibilities for much larger production. Contracts for a new factory were made in 1902 and a site was selected at Sunset, a pioneer settlement just west of the Mal-a- d River. For some un- - SUGARBEET CULTURE ha come a long way from the days of horses and hand labor. With modem specialized equipment and herbicides, many growers handle and harvest the entire crop with very little or no hired help. known reason, the government refused to grant a post office under the name of Sunset and the residents changed the name to Garland in honor of William Garland, contractor-builde- r of the original Bear River Canal. The factory was completed in the fall of 1903, in time for processing about 18,900 tons of beets that were harvested from 2400 acres in the valley. Beet production doubled and in the next few years. By 1906, local growers harvested 84,000 tons of beets and the factory produced more than 207,000 bags (cwt.) of sugar. As beet acreage increased, the factory slicing capacity was also expanded from its original to 1,000 tons, to 1200 tons, to 1600 tons by 1935. A major expansion in9 program in creased the capacity to 1900 ed 1947-194- BcittiddiilitiHust one of the things I HKe tons per day. Other improvements in 1957, including erection of the bulk sugar storage bins, further increased the cutting capacity. Today, the Garland factory can process more than 2500 tons of beets per day. Of some sixteen beet sugar processing plants that once operated in Utah, it is the last one still in operation. More than 90 percent of the sugarbeets now produced in Utah are grown in Box Elder, Davis, and Salt Lake counties; and the greatest concentration is in the Bear River Valley. Besides the mountainous storage piles that grow each year alongside the Garland factory, there are four other beet receiving stations in the valley at Honeyville, Cor-innFord and Sunset. Quite a number of third- - and n beet grow e, - For years in good times and bad the people at made the difference. They understand my goals, and the financial decisions necessary to keep things on course. The test of time may not be the only way to judge a lender, but for me it will do until a better method comes along. PCA have J. DALE JAMES. S5E. FIRST N. LOGAN BR. MGR. UTAH FARM PCA , f ers still grow sugarbeets on land that grew the first beets in the valley. A "Mr. A. Rhodes of Garland" won the prize for the best display of sugarbeets at the National Irrigation Congress that met in Ogden in 1903. His grandsons and great grandsons are among today's successful beet growers. Economically, the beet sugar industry has been a pillar of the community ever since it began. Hundreds of millions of dollars in beet payments, factory wages and salaries, and payments for locally obtained supplies and services have enriched the local economy. Even greater benefits, of course, have extended throughout the entire state. In just the past 20 years, Utah growers have received a total of $126.8 million for their sugarbeets - more than $40 fourth-generatio- What the others are saying, we've already about PCA financing leaving. These increased dollars have been spent in our local businesses by farmers and consequently have enriched the economy of the whole county thus having a decided effect upon both the farm and business sections. The NFO has had several battles over the past nine years. It seems like any grass roots organization of this type has obstacles and NFO is no exception. Both IRS and SEC have examined the records of NFO to determine if this is a legal way for farmers to help themselves and they have both been beaten in court by the NFO which has grown stronger because of these trails. Now the organization offers to farmers both locally and nationwide a program which within a few short months will allow farmers to be able to set down together, to valley &per PtemiuiB demonstrated. j Synthctr Better engine protection. fuel economy. Better engine (Ml Increased starts. Fast sub-zer- o performance. A cleaner enLess oil consumption. 25,000-mil- e oil change. gine. 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