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Show 'SUGAR FACTORY' .' CUTTJNG' BEETS tf ive Hundred Tons Will Be Put Through the Plant Each Day 140 ' Persons Employed in the Making of ' Sugar Farmers Notified Noti-fied to Rush Beets to the Factory; Tho sugar factory, to the west.ol the city, Is the sceno of activity today, the great wheels having been started to make sugar of the largo supply of beets on hand. Theinanugers of the factory state that tho farmers will have to get busy, if they keep up with tho machinery ma-chinery and supply all tho beets that can be iitcd Tho factory Is stalling stall-ing with only about a thveo-days' bP ply of beets on hand It Is expected that the farmer will bo equal to the occnslon and. that they will sec to it that the d.ally supply will bo augmented aug-mented to a point whore there will bo no danger of having to close the miii because of a scarcity of boots i-fotlccs were sent to 500 farmers this morning that the factory Is running and advising them that they must di? boots with all their might from this time until the crop Is harvested. The factory started early this morning morn-ing and tho superintendent says that, before the day is over, 500 tons of beets will pass through and bo converted con-verted into white sugar, 220 pounds to the ton This means that the factory fac-tory will produce 110,000 pounds of sugar during the day. This run will be continued each day dining the entire en-tire campaign, If the farmers keep the required quantity of beets on hand To close the factory for a single day waiting for beets or any nther cause, would mean a great loss to tho com-pany'and com-pany'and also to the boot growers. When the factor started this morning morn-ing one hundred and forty people wcie put io work, nearly all local people. peo-ple. This means that at least five hundred people will be directly benefitted bene-fitted by the operation. The dally payroll will amount to fiom $400 to ?500. It also means that the farmers will soon begin to realize on their beet crop. The beet crop in quantity Is a Httlo below the average er acre, but tho acreage Is somewhat greater than It was last year, and the tonnage of sugar will bo gronter. The dry season sea-son has had a tendency to cut down tho tonnage per acre and It is also said that the percentage of saccharine will not be so greatas It was last year. But, notwithstanding, the crop is good and the effect of Its harvest lng will bo felt by the business Interests Inter-ests of Ogdcn and Weber county nimmitujmi |