Show county agents column FARMERS CONTRACT LARGE PEA ACREAGE farmers of 0 flowell Fl owell sink and pah vant contracted with the san diego I 1 fruit and produce co for over acres of peas and potatoes to be grown and said sold to tho the contracting company this year the pea crop in particular will bring a new farm industry into this community and promises to afford considerable farm work and I 1 it successful will establish a continued sluice of 0 tarm farm revenue the contracting company otters offers every possible assistance and supervision to the farmer and their contracts in past years with growers in parowan carowan Pa rowan cedar and Af ilford as well as extensive operation in neighboring states has shown the grower a continued profit farmers seeking acreage contracts may secure information from edward ard nelson or john allen alien SUGAR BEETS do you expect to grow sugar beets this season do you know that you must apply for or a sugar beet allotment before march 1st ast sugar beet growers are to receive their proportionate share of the allotment from the sugar factory district allot allol ments can be applied tor for through the county agricultural conservation office or through the sugar beet factory field man have you ever thought of how much value the sugar beet industry is to the state of utah this industry creates employment it furnishes additional labor both on the farm and at the factory it furnishes as large amount of traffic tor for the railroads as almost any farm business sugar beet production to the individual farmer means crop rotation more livestock feeding maintain ence of soil fertility diversified farming and more pay days on the farm this worth something to every farmer the products byproducts by of 0 an average acre of sugar beets have as much teed feed value as aa an acre of corn this Is enough livestock food to produce pounds ot of meat it if properly led fed did you know that the average conage for or utah in 1938 was waa sixteen tons per acre in millard county it was waa tons per acre william webb of hinckley produced 1926 tons per ace george ward ot of nash baah a oregon produced in 1938 25 tons per acre on acres these two men did not produce their beets on poor land for profit grow your sugar beets on your best beat soil |