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Show II FARMERS MAKE I SUGAR BEET CONTRACTS I i The Ajnalga mated Sugar company H now ready to make sugar beet con tracts lor rhe year 1918 Many farmers have raised beets tor 15 years, and the methods of cultivm Hon and manner of growing the crop are nr.T h". new to them The crop Is sold when the contract is made, and There Is no uutstion In the grower" mind as to whether or pot there will be a market for his crop or what he will got for It. Beets are a hardy crop, and there Ib but little- dangor of their being Injured by frosts. Laai year many beet growers said that the beet crop was their beet help in 1912 as other crops either failed entirely or yielded but meager returns. The price for beets this year will he the same as last year, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the fact that the tariff agitation Is still on. and, from all appearances, the sugar company will not be able to sell Its product after this year for aa much as it has done heretofore. The season is advancing and by this time every farmer should have determined as to what crops he will grow. Those who sow may expect to reap Now is the time to get ready for the sowing, for 9prlng will soon be here The field superintendent of the srrsjar company will be in the com-1 pany's offices, just east of the First National b3nk on TwentyMonrth ; street. In Ogden, on Saturdays and Mondays of each week In this month, so that all farmers coming to the city on those d a V8 may call and make i beir coniractB |