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Show R. C. KIBBEY VISITS A. C. It. C. Klbbey, special agricultural agont for tho American Deot Sugar company, with hoaduartcrs at Itocky Ford", Colo., Is Investigating tho experimental ex-perimental work dono by tho Utah Agricultural collcgo In sugar beet culture. Mr. Ktbboy Is particularly Interested In tho breeding and Irrigation Irri-gation of sugar beats nnd In the growing of sugar beet seed. Tho Utah station has dono probably moro than any other station In this country coun-try In theso phases of sugar boot cul-turo cul-turo For fiftoon years experiments in tho brocdlng of sugar Scots have been carried on, and for tho past six ' years tho commercial production of sugar beet seed has beon Investigated, I with tho result that It has been demonstrated dem-onstrated that excellent sugar beet seed can bo produced In tho western j states. Tho college has Just harvested Its' crop of sugar beet seed for UiIb season. sea-son. Tho yield was most satisfactory and the results of this year's work tend to emphastzo tho fact that Cache valley Is an Ideal place for the pro- ( ductlon of BUgar beet scod. |