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Show ho frozen In the ground and lot. tj every farmer who baa notice coin, nunce early and get tho work alonij while he cannd have his children help him In dry weather. SUGAR BEET DIGGING ON SEPT. 5 The Ogden sugar factory Intends to start woiking up beeis on September Septem-ber 12, and In order to do so they must have quite a lot of beets delivered deliv-ered before that date; hence, notices , have been given to the farmers to j commence digging on September 5, j giving one week to get a supply on I hand This has been a very dry and J hot summer, making the crops mature ma-ture some two or three weeks earlier than some other seasons. The sugar beets are found by testing test-ing to be riper than some other seasons sea-sons at this time of the year, although i the starting of tho factory Is about the average time in years past. On account ac-count of the early' season, the farmers have mostly harvested their grain and hay and their threshing Is. done, leaving leav-ing nothing in the way to harvest the beets. Some sny it is early to dig. and that they wJl lose In weight, but others whn have always dug their beets early consider the benefit is to their land to stir It up early and get i their fall w..rk done In good time and I prepare for the nexi season The beets will be dry and clean, having less tare, and save hnullD? many tons I of .dirt, as in wet w eather; also the ; days ar- lonsr and the roads are dry. Fanners -will get their money for beets deliver) d in September, on the lr.th of nrt..b.-r, while those who dig In October .nud Novenibc. l?et their, money in November ynd TVccrnbcr to., bite to pay their taxes. Those who load on cars generally get better service before October 1" than after, when all are digging thejr beets. Those who get notice to dig should start in their ripest beets first. Beets j ripe will increase t.m. ;tt, n tonn?ge If left to liter in tho season; an.j by the t.ine the awruire fanner h;is dug I one acre many will want to harvest theirs, who cannot get the chn-, i f.r it would not ) right to stop those who commence early to let others dig. Beets taken out early will escape sno'.v and mud later on. This has been a very dry summer, and we may k-et the other extreme this fall, and hive lots of rain, making mak-ing It very dl? agreeable. There is a claiYye In the sugar beet contract that every farmer signs who rrlses beets, by which he agrees to dig find deliver his beets under the direction and in such quantities a the field superintendent or his assistant may require. Now, let all thoRe who get notice to dig live up to their agreement. agree-ment. Should it not be possible for ome to comply, they should see the Tlebj superintendent and let the condition condi-tion be known. Thoso who commence early will be Pure their beets will net |