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Show $68,000 WILL EE PAID TO BEET GlffllS NOV. 15 FAC70HY RUNS 1 1 HATS; 11,000 TONS OF BEETS GROWN . I :ijuy-cifcht thousand dollars will le paid to sugar beet growers in North Sanpr.? va'.ley on the 15th. ot I his month for beets delivered to the Peoples Sugar Co. at the Moroni la-troy during the month of October. All tho beets grown this season have be'-n received at the factory and" are practically made into sugar at this writing. The tonnage th.s year is only about one-third of tha amount grown last year. Company officials report that there were only ll.OoO tons received this year which will make only 22,000 bair? of sugar Th' beels have he lowest sugar content of any season since the factory fac-tory was built. The factory will close the campaign cam-paign Monday which makes only . -evcnieen days run, which means a ; i ayroil of about $25,000. j The people of this valley should think seriously of this condition of I the beet industry. Some thing must j be done to improve conditions and I grow more beets. It is an industry that much be encouraged. ! There is one consolation and 'hope held out for next year. Beet growers who have made a business cf growing beets every year say that following a poor year like the ' present one the grower will almost 'always harvest a much bigger crop ;i'uan the average year, which will more than offset the loss of tht; pojr ear.' ! The early fall storms we are re-' re-' ceiving now will be worth much to j the beets growers for next year if i hey take advantage of them and prepare the ground as soon as pos-si-j ble. |