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Show Bumper Beet Crop !s Seen By Sugar Official i 'ro,, peel s are bright for a bumper sugar i L crop in I'luh county, according ac-cording to .Mark Austin, general ag-neu ag-neu I ! u ral su peril! I eniient. of the I ' I a ii-I'llaho Sugar company, who has jllst ( ' ,111 pi el i ll an ill.;,eel ioll of tin; heel impls in company with his field lie n. Tim licet, growers are very much ilalisl over the favorable prospects billowing a number of discouraging ses-sms. Tlii! beets have nuup; rapid growlli during I he past monlh and give cviilmiee of a very heavy tonnage ton-nage Ibis season. The farmers ar I being urged to irrigate and plow their lands as soon as peas and oilier crops are harvested harvest-ed in preparation for planting beets next season. This is being done by many of the farmers-I, farmers-I, onk lo .Next Year It is hoped to increase the number of acres this coming season, permitting permitt-ing of the operation of as many of the company's factories as possible. A thorough campaign is being made by Hi e agricultural department, according ac-cording lo Mr. Austin, throughout the intermountain district urging the picparation of soil this year for next year's crop. Indications are that the unfavorable unfavor-able conditions of the past three or four years have passed. Normal seasons with favorable growing conditions con-ditions for a period of years seem3 probable. Mr. Austin was delighted to find that the business men throughout the county tire cooperating with the field men In t lie campaign for increased acreage next season. |