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Show Sugar and Sugar Beets. ( H Up to the present there litis been a ' . H alittlo.over U!J00 uures of sugar beets H planted. About (100 uures in Lehi, 400 H act es In Salt Lake county aud tho rest H in tho southern districts. Thoso H planted II rat are coming up aud making H a good showing. Those who have no6 planted will wait a few days and if wo H get no ruin', will irrigate theh1 land as H it is too'dry now to cause.tli6!;eed;t0 &. H germinates. In somo instances wher0 ' H the land will stand it it will bo plowed M again to bring the moist soil to the top H and.will thenbo planted. There are only . H a few llo'ds th.V. will stand this treat- H mentwithoutdrying out. H Supt. Austinwas south yesterday and H says planting has been stopped thcro -H until we got 11 rain or tho land irtigatcd H Some of the beets planted first aro ' H showing up in good shape. Mr. Gardner H went to Salt Lake county yesterday H to see how the work was progressing H The Watson villo, Cal. Pnjaranian says : M Tho weather during the past week has H been clear and rainless. For tho past H three days a hot dry norther has given H sultry, uncotufortablo weather. Tho hot M wind, although damaging grain crops H and pastures, has not affected tho beet M crop. Beet sowing is going on rapidly, H and utiles' rainy weather ensues most H of the. crops wsill be planted before May H About three weeks earlier than usual. H The young beets are sprouting vigorously H and we hear no complaints of worms or H insect pests . Thinning has commenced H and several hundred laborers will bo in H the fields by next week. Labor, is fl fcbntfdnnttllltfrfWnne! held oil' from making labor contracts for M their betts ca-ly in the seabon aro ablo M tocoutract at bedrock prices. We noted M several contracts last week closed at 80 M cents a ton and one or two as low as (15 M cents, the latter prices being tho lowest M ever made In this valley. On account M of tho open win to: fanners nave been ' M cnablo to get their laud into splendid' H H coi.dition. Tho outlook for a big beet"? H crop in this valley is very promising. H |