| Show SUGAR BEET SEED SEE PROJECT MAY MEAN EAN NEW CROP FOR UTAH success of the sugar beet project in st george initial experiment in beet seed growing tore fore shadows the development of 0 a new intermountain agricultural crop said officials of tho the utah state farm bureau federation within a few years they reported utah may be in a position to supply the intermountain mount aln region with all seed demanded hitherto united states tanners farmers have spent several hundreds of 0 thousands of dollars a year in europe for beet seed purchases largely made in germany Ile hereafter reaf it Is hoped a large portion of this fund will be diverted to pockets kelsof of utah seed producers during the current year st george farmers cooperating with the federal government and the utah idaho sugar company produced pounds ot of seed on the washington county project farm bureau officials were told by county agricultural agent walter F smith of st george the average yield per acre was 1400 pounds but mr air smith said some plots yielded as high as 2800 pounds per acre demonstrating the adaptability of washington county soil for or seed producing the success of the initial experiment has 1 prompted project leaders to increase 1 next years acreage from iro fo acres mr smith said the utah seed compares favorably with beet seed produced in other areas and is of particular value because of its resistance real al si to attacks of white fly and curly top disease whose ravages have caused heavy losses to inter mountain mount aln growers |
