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Show Beet Growers Name Officers for 1930 "Grow More Sugar Beets," was the ilogan adopted by the Sanpete-Sevier Beet Growers association at the annual an-nual meeting held at Centerfield Saturday Sat-urday of last week. More than the usual enthusiasm was shown when representative growers met from Sanpete San-pete and Sevier counties to name year officers and to discuss important impor-tant issues confronting the beet industry. in-dustry. Encouraged by the returns from the 1929 beet harvest and the fact that it is the only cash crop that brings rapid returns, the growers vere much enthused and strong influences in-fluences are going to be put forth to not only increase acreages, but systematic planting, cultivation, irrigation irri-gation -and harvesting are to be advocated. ad-vocated. The past season, it was pointed out, has demonstrated that with favorable conditions the crop can be made more profitable, from a financial standpoint, than any other farm crop, and with the ready cash market it will in time result in splendid splen-did financial gains for the beet producers. pro-ducers. During the session of the beet growers officers to serve for the coining coin-ing year were chosen, the following being the choice of the members present: pre-sent: C. L. Despain, Axtell, president; C. II. Childs, Gunnison, vice-president; Royal Whitlock, Axtell, secretary-treasurer. The officers, together with Harold Christenson of Gunnison. Alma Larson of Redmond, Claud Burgess Bur-gess of Salina, Christian Sorcnson of Centerfield, and Frank Harward of Aurora, will comprise tho board of directors. |