Show J TWILL GROW CHOW BEETS 01 IT s As a result of a public wass west ing held at ike the court house lat last night and attended by fully farmers aad and tiro two dozen business men it ii Is almost certain that leveral several hundred acres of gugar sugar beds beets will be crown grown in the pris river valley this year the meeting WAS the result of letter letters written by farmers of the valley to the officer officers of tho the utah idaho idabo company asking if the company would purchase pur chalo beets raised IQ in carbon county at farat the company was inclined to refuse to take op contracts in new territory but after a confar conference enco between tho the var ious officers it was decided to give 1 the farmers of tho the valley a chance to show what they could do this having baying been decided john Y smith of skit salt lake and carl R maccullen Marc Mar cullen of this city got busy and called a meeting notifying all the farmen farmers within a radius of dozen mile miles most of these attended the meeting which was presided over by mr marcusen george austin of salt lake an official of the ugar sugar company and one of the pioneer pioneers in the sugar beet beat and beet beat sugar industry in this state was at t the meeting and made his offer which wa was briefly stated that tho the company rould furnish and plant the seed for a nominal charge of an acre advise the growers and aud pay per ton for beets at the railroad the same price that is is paid at utah county points his company would decide through an art expert what soil is best for beet culture tell the grower growers how to prepare the ground and cultivate the growing cop the expert will also decide how many acre acres each farmer may grow it was explained that it cost on an average 40 an acre to grow gather and market a crop the average yield in utah last year was 17 toss per acre but the average year by year was nearer 14 tons although some growers bad had raised 30 tons mr austin ustin knew that good sugar beets beats could be grown in carbon and emery counties for be he and associates own a lare tract of land a dozen miles southeast of price tad had ex in both beet and seed growing the company would rather hive have the farmers begin with a few acres say from 2 to 5 and grow them successfully than undertake too much at the start he placed A the minimum at two acres saying their expert could not afford to over see a smaller tract those who want to try are invited to leave their names and the number of acres they desire to cultivate at one of the following places price farmers Fa exchange implement company wellington wallis Welli agton harmon garmon bros store spring glen bishop rowleys residence if enough farmers respond by the first of march a representative of the company will come down with contract for the farmers to sign mr austin stated that while he be had no to promise to make of a factory he wanted ova in eastern utah as a much as any local residents he said the D R G people were ready to build a road or spur to a fa factory in either carbon or emery emer y counties robert H stewart agricultural demonstrator for carbon and emory countie counties told the audience that food good beets rith in sugar could be crown grown in either county john Y smith and C R marcusen told of the bone fits to bo be derived from tho suar sugar industry which meant that nil all crowers growers would hive h lve something sure of ft a market at a fixed price insuring a car certain klain amount of ready cash even van when oilier other crops failed filled of a market the matter of better roads between price and the reservation ro via soldier canyon was discussed at considerable sid id length in a more or less accurate and comprehensive manner and several erroneous erro impressions wore were mado made and corrected it wai was finally decided to leave the solution of the matter to tom road bills as introduced in the house chairman marcuson stated that with a little more activity in boosting abo receipts of the local postoffice post office that institution would be placed in the second class which would give more salaries additional help and advertise advert ifil the town quite a number of citizens promised to get busy before the last of march at which time the rating is made attorney mcgee wanted the meeting to take up the matter of securing county aid in the erection and equipment of a hospital to be b conducted by the county but thrown open te to paying patients when the opportunity came drs cleward cloward and chamberlain and mr mcgee were ere appointed a committee to interview the county commissioners and attorney on the proposition af after ter which tb the meeting adjourned |