Show SEVIER IE COUNTY lOO LOOSES ES ESol toy ol toyA olA A Record representative took a trip through the Sevier Valley last Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day spending the time in a vist visit to the various towns and interviewing a aa number of the of-the the farmer rela relative ive to crop conditions and incidentally takIng taking taking tak tak- ing a careful survey of them as they stood in the fields After arriving at Joe Town the first place of any size after a run through Clear Creek Canyon we were were a astonished to note the beet crop appearing appearing appearing ap ap- to b be not net more than half as thrifty as last years year's crop was A visit to a field showed us that that some blight had stricken the beets i and we were told that it was what is known as White Fly which feeds on the leaf and after a time lays eggs which hatch into worms that Immediately attack the crown of the beet thus killing it Several other theories were given to us ris in Richfield Salina Gunnison and other small towns of the country but the white fly theory seems to tobe tobe tobe be the prevailing one One other theory was the excessive drought and heat that the country experienced this summer In asking many farmers cs ts to the amount of loss the beet crop failure to Sevier County would be we received received received re re- the reply from all that the total loss would reach the sum of |