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Show Sugar Factory i Starts Annual - fall Campaign Smashes Record for First Twenty-Four Hours When 600 Bags Are Dropped. Campaign to Last 85 Days Within twenty-four hours af.er v wheels of the big mill owned rthe Gunnison Sugar company L started Sunday afternoon at o'clock. 600 bags of high class Ljj had dropped into the re-'ling re-'ling bins. During Uns time ne 876 tons of beets had passed Lugh the process of sugar Siting and the production of su-Tas su-Tas well as the slicing, establishes estab-lishes new records for the plant. Dae to the fact that the mill had tat started on the 1932 campaign SXM sugar making, and considering I lie fact that the "tryout" was be-iU be-iU made, speaks volumes for the operation, of the plant. Work is bj well under way and the mill hss reached a record of 900 tons per day, which, It Is expected, will ie maintained throughout the ampalgn. A full complement of men, seme 125, are doing the operating 10 it the various stations in the f ac- Mry, and every workman has f am - )0 iliuisd himself with his particu larity, thus keeping every dc- )Q psrtment in tip-top shape. In ad dition to the factory forces. J 2 5 men are employed at the loading MJ stattoos and a constant flow of beets is kept going through the process treatment to convert, the ft fixes into a high class sugar. Up to the present time. Superintendent Super-intendent Hart J. Sanders stated, the sugar content is not so high is it was a year ago. This is a rsuB.of the warm weather during dur-ing the past few weeks, which kept the beets growing. However, tot recent cold snap, with heavy frosts in the night, will effect a InonMe change and the beets ire ripening much more satisfac- tority, which will materially in- ffose the sugar content. Fourteen carloads, comprising the first shipment from North Sanpeto. W rae unloaded at the factory Sat- I uday. Digging was started in that I section Friday of last week and it I Tffl take several days yet to clean np the 1300 acres planted. Careful check is being made by the fleldmen in awaiting the ripening rip-ening of the beets, and only those W are prime for gathering wil' be taken from the fields at pre- Wm Hit- By next Monday it is be-Serad be-Serad that many of the patches ill have reached the prooer gyt stage for topping, at which time v wui uc given ior narvest-ing. narvest-ing. Entering on the 13th year of operation by the Gunnison Sugar tompany, indications point to one 2 most successful season? t the company has experienced, weather conditions have beer. ms favorable and little, if any Mining has resulted from lac Q Proper irrigation. JQ "o definite estimate as to the 'wage tonnage per acre has been 1 announced, but it is thought thai ''win be higher than ever before. The campaign this year will con- linue for at least 85 days. Gunnison Gunni-son Valley News. |