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Show EXPERIMENTAL STATIONFOR OGDEN. H The agricultural department of the government has established H nu experimental station in "Wilson Lane, just beyond th wesL M boundary of Ogden, and W. P. Shaw, in charge, is beginning a H study of the beet posts, soil requirements, methods of cultivation of M beets and other problems which confront the beet raisers of this M part of Ctah. Ten acres of ground have been leased for the pur- M poso and a laboratory building is to be erected wherein a force of M experts, under the direction of Mr. .Shaw will labor for the de- B velopment of the beet industry here and elsewhere. M B. S. Rolapp has been instrumental in having the experimental H station opened and he, with the "Weber club and the sugar interests, H is now laboring to have a. seed culture station established iu con- junction with the laboratory in "Wilson Lane Bi The boot growers of Weber county and of all Utah should wel- H coine this laboratory as it promises to supply a guide which, if carc- H fii'ly followed, will lead to great advancement in beet culture. H The government, through these experimental stations, is per- Hl forming a work that no individual could hope to carry on. The cul- H) livation of the beet is being made a study by the most capable ex- H perls in plant life and the farmer is to be given, the benefit of this H .scientific investigation in order that his efforts may be directed to Hj best purpose. H At present the sugar beet men of this region must depend on H the .German" beoL seed, but. with government aid in intelligently. H propagating the seeds, the industry of seed growing for the Ameri- H. can market may be transformed from the German beet fields to the H neighborhood of Ogden, to the advantage of our people. H The importance of this latest move of the agricultural depart- fl ment, in its desire to help the beet" fanner, cannot be overestimated. B Tlieu-esults promise to be so far reaching as to be beyond our fond- H est. dream of sugar beet development in the western part of the H United States. |