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Show PUS GIVEH FOR B DEE7S I'rizi-s have Iji i n awarded In the hoya and n'.r'.n smfar bn-t club growing grow-ing ironic-:i fr 1:123 as follows: lit Prize La .Mar Lar.ien CLir.sf.irr, .'tali L'ij.31 tuna per acre. 2nd. I'rl.ir Jl.y.nu Kenm-th (,'arul-I.'Lnd (,'arul-I.'Lnd Chi'.s'irr, .'tali 2 tons per nor.1. ril . i'rizc 10.00 Khno llunson Moroni, Utah 4'J ton! per acre. 4 1 li Prize r,H') Odirl Christcnscn ('h'-.-trer, (''ah I''.L", tons per acre. In addition lo t!i."jp prizes which are givi.n ly llm Sim-'ir Co., each boy and girl eu'e iir; tin' ront.'it and i:(j'nplyiiij w'lii the vf u i renien f s received a tn-i i' I i !'u I t'old derorated Iiir'lnla liutiuri. These buttons ii'irrir furniilied l..y the Slat,; Hankers Hank-ers A S'-rir in I ion ami are well worth tlie effort, of any hoy or girl. Kach conles'ant was required to keep a record of coats and crop returns re-turns upon forim furnished by ("'runty .U'enl c. o. Slotl and nls to write a brief story upon some .base or (lie work Or value of growing grow-ing migar beets. The story told by I.aMar Larsen, winner of first prize, If well worth the consideration o everyone interested in beet growing hc 1b given below in full. From th-records th-records furnished by him, we learn that his acre of beets produced ?5.31 tons. Total receipts from same nl $G.0o per ton was $151. SO. The total cost of production from plowing plow-ing the ground in tlie sp'-hig to harvesting har-vesting in the fall, was $S.1.35. This leaves a net rc'urn from aore of H8.G1 to h!,-h he now adds' hi-?2f).flo hi-?2f).flo prize money, mal-'ng 593.51 total net return lo datc from his one i ficre of Riigar beet,-, . J Mow To iS(. .1 (,.,, or Siisj,,,. neets ly Lamar l.arsen Che -iter, UU 1 i,,ors wonip'i- if the DCet., are really worth the work they require. re-quire. I woicld say thnt it all depends de-pends on how they are c.'i.red for 'omo farmers can raise good sugar beet.i on the same ground that other farmers think is poor for su,sa, beets. Some fanners fall plow (heir hnrl others do not. This makes a great difference in the beet cron. If rn6 J-nd is plowed in the spr'-, all the moisture S , ,, n,n bppt have a dry seed l ed. If the groiln(i Is not. p!0we1 at all. the seed has to h-avo the. s:,lp S(,rt, ,,p., fh,it .t ha() the r.eason hofo-e. Therefore be6-round be6-round srvd alw,v, be p,,ve., f th" fa" bera""'(1 best results are ob-tamed ob-tamed by dr-'n.cr. A fine. .v,r,, seed Vl is reoVr-t 'ro"-f" r beet seeds T, must also be a lnt of :,u,:,t:.0 pq; ent when thev a-e sown allrI aho n. t they are Iarge eno ed. Another mfake some farmers "',n. ": i!1 ,h time of pIanMns nongr should he done when the n.ger of frost gone, so the pIants -. not be tlpl,.lvpd , theIr after they are cry,. As ,,on .-,,;,,. Vow, aronp noil(f, to follow. ,hey shct-d be outvoted Bo as to ch k ,he weeds before thev Ull the tender beef There i-, also a certain time ,oth, ,f MlPy are thinner foo h be small pIant9 are , ugh to stand th, Htoek received If they are thinne,, too hUp Z"" in a Z. They shou-d be weeded sooi af(e, be.ng th.nned ro as to ,-et r'd of tb., - 'be p!alUs need a ., --tureand pl3nt food thev can , ' I" I 7 ?0 un!" Plant, are lon begm to show s.'-ns of tu . " ,u ""i" imtoh to do with out and keep ground mo,st obe.k ,he ;.,-!:.1::,;:h":i - common to te-t, r.. M VPry T-ero 1, i r ,,einS topped. if hi- ,;; ca:v,i ,pr but U tnlerV-'--perl, "-;, T1;;,rv f? h- farmer. wa-,. , r.,. ' rc' ,f t.iem the rv,u' m"St ''"'lie |