Show SUGAR BEETS As far as tile the editor of this paper Is 13 able to judge after a rather careful inspection throughout central utah the sugar beet crop Is in better condition that it has ever been at the same season se ason of the year beet growers have generally prepared their land better than heretofore with the result that the stand Is much better than usual very little re seeding it if all any was mas necessary thinning was done under the roost most favorable conditions and frequent rainfalls rain falls during the spring and early summer tended to keep heep the moisture conditions just about right we believe also that frequent rains a and nd the abundance of sunshine enables the leaves to assinia assimilate lat the carbon from the air better than usual and the prospects are exceedingly cee bright for a bumper crop this year we know too that there y Is a great improvement in the conditions in which the fields are kept as compared with a few years ago farmers are gradually getting on to the tact fact that the same piece of land cannot grow a field of weeds and a field of sugar beets at became time the cultivators and hoes have been kept going the soli soil has been stirred deep and often and the fields are in most excellent condition we have not heard of any insect ravages though prof ball Is now in the south find and has promised to report to us should there be anything of this kind the deseret farmer has been assured that the beets are now too far advanced for there to be the same serious devastation from insects that occurred last year some of the beets are arc so bo far along now that cultivation will soon have to cease and nothing remains to lie be done but keep them irrigated properly and then the harvesting and hauling to asket trai ir ket the beet fields in salt lake county are much better than they live have been for a few yea years s n past on some farms farms where bee beets ts have been largely d a failure allure through the operation of the shelters smelters sn sm elters this year the prospects are very promising the deseret farmer Is glad to note this sign and believes that the sugar beet growers of this year are becom for the loss of last year in this prosperity the sugar factories will of course share and all augurs well for our agricultural prosperity deseret farmer |