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Show BeetHarvestingWil! Start Next Monday Officials of the Gunnison Sugar company have announced that the harvesting of one of the largest and most promising beet crops ever grown in the valley will start in earnest next Monday morning1, October 10. This activity will apply to all sections sec-tions of the district covered by the company, excepting north Sanpete, where approximately 1300 acres have matured and digging was started Wednesday of this week in the northern north-ern end of the district. Loading dumps in the various parts of the district have been put in first-class condition, and with the opening of the harvest next Monday both Sanpete San-pete and Sevier valleys will present a scone that will rout "old man depression" de-pression" for several weeks at leas'.. In order to mature the beets properly, pro-perly, the contract for deliveries will be in effect until October 17, and only growers receiving notice to harvest will be allowed to start digging before be-fore that date. It is pointed out that many of the beets are still showing a rapid growth, and at this time are developing a higher percentage of saccharine which will be beneficial to both grower and manufacturer under the terms of the contract. Many of the patches have been tested for sugar, su-gar, and the reports are highly gratifying, gra-tifying, and it is figured that further fur-ther growth and development will increase in-crease the sugar content. Conditions throughout the district, during the growing season the past summer, have been above normal years. While there was an anticipated shortage of water, no real suffering resulted, as several thousand acre feet of extra water was made possible pos-sible for the valley crops by rental from water owners of the Delta district. dis-trict. Timely showers, at opportune times during the summer, aided materially ma-terially in developing the huge crop, and altogether conditions have been better for the 1932 crop than for many years; past. The big mill at Centerfield, with expert crews working for two months or more, has undergone a complete renovation. A test given last week, when steam was turned on and the entire plant put into motion, demonstrated demon-strated that all parts are in fine shape and ready for the campaign. The plant will be started on the campaign just as soon as sufficient beets have been delivered to warrant steady grinding. Indications show that production of tonnage to the acre will average better bet-ter than for years, as the growth has been prolific. It is expected that some 75.000 tons will be harvested and that the mill will be kept buzzing for at least 80 days. |