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Show Good Beet Acreage Expected For 1938 Prospects for a heavy acreage of sugar beets in western states this summer were seen Tuesday after the Utah-Idaho Sugar company and the Idaho Beet Growers' association had agreed on a 1938 beet growing contract. con-tract. Negotiations of Utah growers and processors are expected to open this week. s Factors presaging a bumper crop and possibly offering of more acreage acre-age in some areas than the company com-pany may accept were listed as follows, fol-lows, by Fred G-. Taylor, vice president presi-dent and acting general manager or the Utah-Idaho Sugar company: 1. Probability that the secretary or agriculture may establish individufil quotas or sugar beet acreage, and anxiety to obtain the highest possible possi-ble quota rating here. 2. Favorable weather conditions and a plentiiul water supply. 3. Security of resistant beet seed. 4. Substantial benent payments to be made by the iederal government, expected to bring price to be received re-ceived by the grower to approximately approxi-mately $7.50 per ton for the 1937 crop and a similar price ror 1938. Mr. Taylor said that terms or the 1938 beet contracts have been agreed upon with growers in Montana, South Dakota and Washington and contracting con-tracting is proceeding so favorably that it appears likely the company may not be able to accept all the acreage that will be ottered- |