Show BEET CHECKS SENT OUT T 0 ML loch S gunnison gunnish n sugar co mails as initial payment checks in the amount of were yesterday received by sugar beet growers in sevier and sanpete counties as the initial payment from the gunnison sugar company on the total 1934 beet crop the checks which were sent out six days in advance of the contract date was paid at the rate of per ton as compared with being paid in other sections of the state further payments will be made to the producers by the company depending upon the price of sugar growers will also be compensated by the federal government under the AAA program as explained elsewhere Ise where in this issue the first payment of which is expected to be one dollar per ton to be distributed tri buted about december 1 with future payments from the company and federal benefit payments total income on beets this year will probably run to per ton drought and blight this year cut heavily into the production of sugar beets making it only possible for the sugar company to receive less than tons of beets as against more than tons processed last year most of the beets harvested in this years crop came from sevier county principally from this section in sanpete San pete where only tons were harvested the farmers suffered a severe failure as did those in gunnison valley where fmc practically no beets matured |