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Show Sanpete-Wants a Factory. Nothing could be of more value to the farming and business inteiests of this county at the piesent time than th'j establishment of a sugar factoiy. We ne'ell factoiieB very badly, and offer no better natural inducement for any, pei Imps, than one for tho making of sugar We do not know to what extent if any, experiments havo been madein thu line of sugar beet raising ami culture Imabs.-eu attempted in Sanpete, but we do IsnoT tlmt we have soil and climate which yields other harvests second to none in quultity and quantity in Utah The conditions which seem propitious for the growth and maturity or sugar beets elsew heiv pudominnto here. If thebo b-ots can be aucceeafully grown i eie, tlieio are thousands of acres of land which could be devoted to their cultuiv, land which now yields but very iittlo prolit because of depressed markets With a factory wnMi would .furnish " diicet local market for the fanners products and which for a good portion of the yeat would givt employment employ-ment to n largo amount of labor, distributing dis-tributing money directly to ihe farniois and employes, would bo of incalculable benefit to the county. Just at tire present time the matter of sugar factories is receiving moro than ordinary attention, and any reliable and inviting infounation which we could extend in regard to our advantages would b-j eagerly sought and investigated, investi-gated, A practical demonstration should be inlStlthljmv nn- to Ha Wextedrdf proficiency augnr beet culture can be effected in our soil and climate so that we can intelligently present our inducements. induce-ments. It ia worth the while and time for some of our farmers to make a caie-ful caie-ful experiment, and they should bo encouraged en-couraged by business men. If we can raise and mature beets of a good quality wo can easily get a factory. Mt. Pleasant Pleas-ant Pyramid. The average tonnage for last yeat wns a little over ttljy tons per acre. Thc beets increase a little in saccharine and tonnage each year as tho farmers get better acquainted with the crop. There is still room for impiovement. |