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Show OUTLOOK IN THE BEET FIELDS Before the peach crop Is gathered tho sugar beet harvesters will bo In the field and during the latter pait of the month, there will be much activity ac-tivity In orchard and farm. Alreadj there are complaints that laborers are scarce. There aio a good many men about the country abklng for work, but thoy do not nil seem to be of tho kln.l that really desire to get lu AQQlsfnnl s(irplnri' nf iho Amiliri. mated Sugar company, Emll Rolapp, states that tho factory Is ready for the fall campaign of sugar making. hnlng recently been tested thoroughly thorough-ly and all tho machinery gone over In detnll. It Is anticipated by the company that beet digging will begin between the fifteenth and twentieth of this month and that, withlu n fow days after tho digging commences, tho factory fac-tory wheels will be put jn motion Once started, tho factory will continue Its run until the last beet is turned Into sugar. The' drouth of this season hns had Its effect on tho sucnr beet crop, Mr Rolapp says, both as regards the tonunge and the Bacchurlno percentage. percent-age. Both will be lowor than they would have been had there beon plenty plen-ty of water to mnturo the beets. The crop, however, will bo larger than It was laBt year and more sugar will be turned out from the factory. Last ear's crop was a little below normal, owing tothe lateness of planting an I tho falluro of some of the farmers to jilant beets at all, because of disagreements dis-agreements with the sugar company. Tills year harmony prevails and everything ev-erything regarding sugar beet farming Is perfectly satisfactory Loading plnces are being put in good ordr and the farmers aro going to receive $4 75 a ton for their crop. The com pany will have an expert In the fields within' a fow days for the purpose of making tests on the beetB and o determine.' as nearly as possible, the probable tonnngc the company will have to handle The Inspector will not report on these matters until some time next week ' oo |