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Show BEE! FARMERS ARE 10 ASK $10 A TON BRIGHAM CITY, Doc. 10 The Box Elder county farm bureau held its annual an-nual meeting In the courthouse in this city Saturday afternoon. That the. farmers of Box Elder county are Interested In-terested in the farm bureau movement that has already taken a firm hold in the state of Utah was indicated when the stalwarts of the soil gathered hero in large numbers from every corner of tho county. Every auxiliary organ, ization In the county was represented by a good delegation. President John P. Holmgren of Bear River City was in charge of the meeting meet-ing and also read a comprehensive report of the bureau's activities tho past year. The report of Agricultural Agent Robert H. Stewart was next in order of business. The agent's report was a lengthy document, and set forth In detail the achievements and the work done by the agricultural depart-' ment the past year. The election of officers followed, and the following were chosen: John F. Burton, Fielding, president. Ephraim White, Willard, vice president. presi-dent. John Q. Wheatley, Brigham City, secretary and treasurer. A resolution was presented for the vote of the membership, condemning the work of J. W. Jones, western representative rep-resentative of the department of agriculture, agri-culture, in regard to sugar production. It Is alleged he is working In the interest in-terest of the sugar companies against tho interest of the sugar beet producers. pro-ducers. A lively dobato followed the presentation of the resolution, and it was amply shown that the resolution was lacking in facts and the Box Elder bureau went on record as opposed op-posed to the resolution. It was stated that the resolution had been adopted by Borne of tho county farm bureaus in the state. In regard to the sugar beot ques. tion, little was said or done. It was the sentiment of the meeting, however, how-ever, that the farmers should bo paid $10 for the 1918 beot crop. The bureau bu-reau already has made a demand of the sugar companies for a bonus of $2 per ton for the present season's beets, on the ground that the cost ot harvesting was so much greater than anticipated that beet growing was unprofitable un-profitable this year. This action was taken at a meeting held In Tremonton last week. |