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Show CLINTON FARMER HAS RECORD BEET John Drayer. sugar beet grower of, I'llnton. claims to have the largest beet of record in Uie county. The beet weighed 2o 5 pounds and was grown with the regular crop on I Drayer's in acres. All around this beet. Mr Drayer said i he found others weighing as much as : 19 and 20 pounds. "I always rotate," said Mr. Drayer , "One year I plant potatoes and the next year sugar beets on the am' land." This, together with keeping out the weeds, was said by Mr. Drayer. to he the reason for his success with beets Mr Drayer harvested 24 tons to the acre, on an average, this vear, which is slightly below last year s average. |