Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-24 | Page 4 | Two Thirds of Best Crop Still in Ground

TWO THIRDS OF BEST CROP STILL IN GROUND BURLBY, Ida., Oct 21. -Two-thirds or the beet crop and more than half of the potato crop Is tlll In the ground on the Minidoka project, with little prospect of their being harvested as the result of nine inches of snow falling fall-ing during the middle 0f the week It Is estimated by sugar factory officials mat mere are approximately :) at rea of beets on the south side MiMi-aowa MiMi-aowa project and only ftOO acres have been dug. (if the a-rex of ,,,-,. toes grown about ::.000 acres ur.- In storage or have been shipped Four year ago this month potatoes and frZt'n lhc ground. Should the weather turn cold at the Present time with the ground so thoroughly thor-oughly watersoalc. th farmers stand tola C f harVeaUn thcir - R.nLv 'i". ,mectlK of the citizens of' Bui ley. held last night in the city hall, arrangements were made to extend all available assistance to the farmers In the endeavor to help harvest the ,ro,, Committees l were appointed to confer With the city council in an etfort to! I vagrancy and Idleness among hlldren can htdp wltn the harvet of. agreed that all schools will be cloied. if necessary, to help on the farma. , ,,f if i7eKPar! f lhe tnird -uhiB! of alfalfa ha, been seriouslv d. , I by the recent rain and snow storms and the threshing of clover seed has been prevented.