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Show BEET SUGAR ITEMS .!;, '" Interesting News from. ;T - H Various Sources .;, H The beet crop .is growing iiiii'-'.j M manner that delights both tho , M farmers and factory management . Tho M rains have caused, a ;rapid and vigorous ,;., M growth, BO'iriuch'inifact that it is fouud r difficult to thjn then at the proper time M and some of the plants are getting quito H largo. The sugar company has found it necessary to bring in a lot of extra ' bauds from outside points for thinning M purposes, not being abloto employ them M here. Twenty came In from -Pecos, M Tuesday. About forty havo been M brought in altogether They aro now. - M at work on tho company , fields just , ; M soutwest of town, and as soon na tlio fl work is finished there they will-go to , ' M the farms near Florence. It is tho in- ' H tcntion of the sugar ctfmpauy to put this t' jJ forco'of thinners at tho disposal of every ' lM farmer desiring it. The conditions aro daily becoming more favorablo for a il good crop. Good stands havu been :M secured, tho weather is excellent, and ' thero is little danger from bugs. Care- M ful and persistent cultivation now upon the part of tho grower will guaranfeb 'fll him a full crop.. Cultivate) thoroughly. V M and Wflgc a bitter war against tbo' 'M weeds. With a good, crop and improved ( machinery a successful campaign is . '' ' M promised for tbo factory, Eddy Argua. j Tho New York Sun draws a somewhat ' M novel conclusion from tho data relutivo M to.tho.sugar, cousumptian.,ofrtdiffer,ont,..., ....,.., ...,, , MMli ,frrrr, . jH nmincd, sayH the journal, "It ' Wen' , pvp rm thnt the quantity consumed varies' "; :"mi ; " '"' M radically' and it is a curious fact that in those countries in which the waritimo H spirit the spirit of navigation, com- jH merce, travel and colonization is ?H strong' there is very considerable con- H sumption of sugar per capita, whoreas H in those countries linvhich these qualities m aro not predominant nmong the inbab'- iH tants tho consumption is smaller. In England, first among the maritimo nations of the world, tho consumption M of sugar is 811 pounds a year for each )M inhabitant. In Denmark it is 45, ia f . ,WM Holland 31,111 France 30, and in Norway ? . "M and Sweden 25, whereas in Russia it is M only 10, in Italy 7, inTurkey 7, in Clroeco " 'M C, and in Servia4. ;l jH |