Show IA A CHAT WITH PROF Prof L. L F F. F of Ogden was here hem IlISt week looking after He made H-made made the e office ts- ts a welcome v VISit t tand and renewed his hla subscription for forthe forthe the le Chronicle Prof is isell is well ell pleased d with the country and believes Delta has bas a bright future before her A country with a lovely climate an abundance bond bond- bondance ance of water and excellent soil IS bound to make good With sugar Bugar beets promising from 20 to 40 tons per acre and sugar soarIng soar soar- mg Ing sky high It is ia only a matter of a short time when a sugar factory will be established at Delta the hub of Millard county Also with the sugar beet for its natural home together with its c the alfalfa there is no spot in m Utah that has hm a brighter prospect a Prof has manifested d his faith here by in m- m i vesting liberally in m land He is la proud of his farm and would not today take less lesa than an acre for It Had not the rust struck his wheat he would I have cut from 35 to 40 bushels to the arm acre and this IS the first year the land has been cultivated But that's not the fault of the land Cali Cah- forma fornia and other states have suffered in m a ao sual similar air manner but no ODne o one thinks of moving out of the e country because of it or of speaking leaking derogatory of it Hundreds Hundreds Hun Hun- ot of farmers m in Idaho and northern Utah lost their crops thiS is year One man in Cache Cuba county offered to sell him acres res The man had not been to see his farm for about a month He e expected to cut at least taut from 6 to 7 bushels of wheat Not from rom it and made all his hia calculations ions accordingly He invited him to go over m in his hia auto with him To his great surprise and chagrin and terrible nt- nt ment financially he found the heads completely empty The Thes whole field of acres acrea would not YIeld a bushels The fault was s not due to Cache valley It was due to the peculiar season a thing which one farmer send said has not happened in twenty five years ars and would not be likely to happen again agam in m the same aam length of time m in the future Prof IS a surprised at the progress pro pro- gress graw ess the country has made madene in one ne year as evidenced by the beautiful fields of new alfalfa and nd in m some cases the excellent showing lowing of the sugar beets He was fas also else surprised to notice a some beat teet seed growing in Mr Wards Ward s sarden t hi besides garden arden which indicates the e alfalfa seed seea that the ne sugar Bugar beet seed Beed might also be added to tole the le catalog of useful products And nd if the sugar beet grows here and nd this proves to be almost its home ome why not the seed used which IS now grown almost exclusively In Germany Belgium and France and nd which the promised war threatens to de debar bar from shipment shipment ship- ship ment ent causing great apprehensIOn sIOn ion to the sugar augar beet beat growers for r the com coming g year |