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Show JONES REPORTS ON LOCAL SUGAR BEET TROUBLES James W. Jones, Agriculturist, Su-iar Su-iar Beet Investigator of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, spent Friday, Fri-day, September 14, in northern Sanpete San-pete county, lie visited the factory, now nearing completion, near Moroni, Mor-oni, and expressed deep interest in the most excellent and up-to-date plant being erected for the People's Sugar Co. . In company with Secretary N. O. Stringham and several of the field men of the company, Mr. Jones visited visit-ed a number of the beet fields of the section, pronouncing the beet crop generally in excellent condition although al-though some few-patches showed evidence ev-idence of attack from the Woolcy Aphis. In the evening au enthusiastic enthusias-tic meeting was held with the beet growers at the City Hall in Mount Pleasant, a large (iiuniber being present. pres-ent. They were favored with a most excellent address by Mr. Jones, who stated that there was, in his opinion, only one chance in five of the bcels being effected agaiifby the aphis next year. He advised, however, that after the affected crops arc harvested this year that deep plowing be resorted re-sorted to as deep as nine inches, where possible. This would bury the aphis eggs so deeply that they would be unable to do any future damage. Mr. Jones emphasized the necessity of rotation of crops in order to retain re-tain the fertility of the soil and keep it free from disease aud urged that some of the present area now in alfalfa, al-falfa, at least one-third be put into beets now and staled that alfalfa should not be grown for more than four consecutive years on any land. When asked what was to be done for cattle forage if the alfalfa acreage acre-age was reduced, Mr. Jones gave a very interesting aud instructive explanation ex-planation of a method of siloing beet tops and crowns in dirt silos which would produce a greater food value for fattening cattle or for dairy stock than an equal acreage of alfalfa. The plan he described is lo fill a trench with alternate layers of straw and fresh beet tops and crowns which must be packed down thoroughly with a heavy farm roller or otber method and after covering lightly with earth for six weeks to uncover x small section at a time and feed as corn silage is fed. He declared that, an acre of beet tops so preserved will produce fully as much if not more food value than will an acre of alfalfa. al-falfa. During the day Mr. Jones visited the "Dry Farm" patch of beets being grown on the C. J. Christensen farm, northwest of Ephraim. For a first year crop this patch of twenty sires promises moot excellent tonnage of superior beets and In discussing the matter Mr. Jones grew enthusiastic upon the possibilities of the thousands thou-sands of acres of land stretching from Moroni to Manti, whhdi it is declared will produce most excellent sugar beets without irrigation. |