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Show The ChumlKir of Comnicrcfl In (lie ? .,.,- MlewnrccH mid atti actions of Utah for 1 " leiH," has iIr. following lo y ol r.ehi T , and tho heel Mgsr Industry: J u-hl Isn'lliiivingtownlntho north 'If' ' iii)f thocoumy uitli n population ol 1 3,000. Its principal Industiy is the I.ll Sugar VorkB nnd it Is thu nearest town J of any flto to tho Camp l'loyd mining 3k vamp It li:ts n most efllilcnt city a , uovernment, and starts tho year 1801 U ' without ii dollar ol Indebtedness. Ihl if la the Junction ol thu Union l'ucitlc nnd ? 4i.uS.ilt l.iio nnd Western Itallromta. I Sugar hii'l industry. The chief ngri- cilturat puiductatprescnt is sugar beets. : t Tlio crop for 180.1, ns I eccived at '.ho Lchl ', tteyir 1'actory, Is estimated nt 20,800 ( ions. Tho pHco paid at tho factory whs ' ' 45.00 per ton, or (1S5.000 for the entire , nop. Wotlc liei;an In tho enrly part of , i ' September and ended for tho season In j, January. At tho oloso of this season t, 20,600 Wns ol bocts had been roneuimd, ' "ylildlr.(a,877,H0 pounds of dry uianu. ;) rated sugar of llnHua!lty. Tho dally. A uverngo ol beets used was 305 tons, and J th output of sugar 112 eneks of 18 "5 ' pounds ei)ch. Tho totals of other ma- '4 terlals consumed In tho inanufaitunj (& durlfig the past eeiifoli up in Noywubei 30th, were as follows: 1,070 tons of coal ; , .' ' and 1,700 tons of limestone, which rc- j inured 7.BC8 bushels of coko to convert j . " It into llmo (nil Ulnli County products). 'k , Tho factory is tho lai-gest In tho United j J ' States, employing 150 icguhir working J 5 men, nnd tho iiiallty of tho sugar pro- 1 duced has Iiccji nttcstcd bythcnwaid- K ! ing coniiiilleo at tho Columbian Kiposi. f tfon, which gave to It tho flist pri. i ' ' Jho great impnrlauco of tho sugar rfmUrjitlse, however, Is iiioio strikingly J rrtwdd In Its agrarian feature Tho J uvcrarje yield of tho beets, after careful jj comparison, his been fixed nt 13 ton (& per acre, with a maximum yield of S6 '. , tons. '1M deliver thu crop nt tho factory i-oUs tho farmer nn nverago ol M cenlsu 1 ton. Outoithegioi'siccoiptaof IHr j,eiohotherfoiciccelvesi0t.l0periicro A tho net procee'iUofhis labor from tho prcHentjivrrugocrop Hut in Hindi!-;,!ronco Hindi!-;,!ronco biiivecn tlio iweingo ami tho , mnxlniuiiicrop nppei a vast pponlng I for Impiovemont In tl.o methods of C ultrvntivm. Moreover tl.ctfi A Uko (5 : I i diflercnce manifest in tho amount of sacclmrlno matter produced from a given quantity of bcotB. Tho nverago yield per ton Of boots has bcon ascertained to to bo 130 pounds for tho presont Benson, while tho largest quantity produced from one ton wns 200 pounds. It Is mniilfost, then, by experiment In fertilizing nnd general tillage nnd in selection of land,- a vuiy much larger avcrago may bo reached thnn tho ono given; thus increasing the profit of both tho fannar and manufacturer. The further fact that the present scsson Is, In these respects very much in ndvance of its predecessors, shows the lilghwnter marks in cultivation is near nt hand. J. H. Jones, l.elil, reports hftvong raised limt year 127 tons of sugar beefs on four acres of land, O. J. Webb, t.ehl, raised over 214 tons from ton acres, for which he received $1,072.26. |