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Show RUSSIAN SUGAR BEET SEED PROVES TO BE ; MANGEL WURZEL Five per cent of the hee; seed purchased pur-chased by farmers of I'tah and other States last spring trom Russian districts dis-tricts proved to be of the variety l:issed as mancer wurzel. which carry the name of common beet These beets, according to officials ot the Amalgamated Sugar company, are valueless, except for feeding Cattle, and in purchasing the beets from the farmers at ?10 per ton the company Is compelled to sell them back at $5 per ton which is a severe loss. The bcot seed was Imported from Russia and it is though! that the Russians Rus-sians endeavored to rover themselves with glory by saving the best beets and mixing Ihe quality with the common com-mon beets. While the beets are large in size, they carry only about three per cent sugar. In the future every precaution will ho taken to guard against similar ventures and the Amalgamated Sugar company will 1 creel a hot house here where samples i will be taken and where the arious 'seeds can readily be determined. |