Show FINEST FINES BEETS ARE SELECTED Samuel De Marriott Receives es First ward Award Samuel DeVres of Marriott was ws awarded first prize In the Lighthouse e Electric company's company s sugar beet bed et con con- contest contest test for lor having grown Town the largest and but bet sugar beet entered In the uhl exhibition I Saturday Sa The award was wat made after tests teats by Vern R R. R Ekins of the Amalgamated Sugar company as asto asto asto to the actual sugar rogar content of each beet The TM beet submitted by DeVres weighed 13 33 pounds and had per percent percent percent cent sugar su ar content producing 2816 28 16 ounces ol of 0 sugar augar The second best beet was that grown by b Melvin Stratford of Wilson weighing only 9 pounds but with a sugar rogar content of 14 3 per cent and end containing 20 ounces of sugar Miss Vera Ure of Roy submitted the third winning beet weighing 9 pounds but with per cent sugar content and producing 18 ounces of sugar The largest beet that was submitted was vas a mangel weighing 16 pounds with only 57 per cent sugar con con- content content content tent and producing only ounces of sugar The sugar beet Is 15 a development de from the mangel tuber with greatly increased d sugar content Sugar ex experts ex- ex experts perls Saturday estimated that If it the beet growers could raise an acre of beets of ci equal quality and size to the first prize winner the yield would be 90 tons Instead the yield varies ules from frem 14 to 30 tons per acre The Lighthouse announces that the sugar beet contest will be made an annual event |