Show BEET ACREAGE IN COUNTY r 0 over two Thou thousand acres promised ased farmers are anxious to get into injo the game from beets this year while the matter of beet raising s seems e e m s t to 0 have e be been en lost s sight agh t 0 of f f for cil aas loset lor s some 0 in e t time im past p t th the e fact is t that ha t t the committee has been patiently at work gathering acreage for presentation to the sugar company who in turn will present it to the railroad eom pany in order that proper facilities fqy be provided for the handling of the crop next fall all the towns in the county have sent in their lists except joseph monroe aurora glenwood and vermilion and outside of these to towns ns there is a matter of 2025 acres promised to I 1 e planted to beets the division of the acreage is as follows annabella 87 austin 18 5 brooklyn central elsinore EI redmond rich field salina venice redmond edmond rt asks that a weighing station be established at siding aurora wants the same and central asks that the spur which is the only sid ing that point has be made into a proper siding venice asks that abiding be built at that point in order that the farmers will have a loading station to their fields this would also be an advantage to the richfield farmers having land lying on the bench west of venice it would shorten the haul to a leadin point another point which the farmers of ohp th email m ill towns lying away from the railroad desire is that they be allowed to silo their beets when A hen there are no cirs for them to load their beets A clause in the contract conti iet act with the sugar company will make this silling about 25 per cent of the crop 1 ahe I he smaller towns i want ant the privilege of silling more thin that these m bitters have all been submit ted to the sugar company officials and no doubt they will receive proper attention the lists from all the towns have been durw forwarded crded to the sugar company and the towns that have not dot been heard beard from are urged to get their lists in so they can be submitted to the sugar company A meeting of the committee will be h ld on sati saturday aday and it is expected that there will be a full attend alep and that ane report of the sugar company officials will have been le ie ceded as to uie the matters asked by that time when the other towns are arc heard from the acreage will amount to nearly aires ai res and figuring figurine from last years returns there should bu be about come into this county from beets and this is a conservative estimate if I 1 the crop is better than last year the returns will run up to nearer the beet crop is a winner in sevier county and if a factory were blishel here what with the by products and feeding of stock from the residue the sugar industry would be worth an enormous figure to this countes coun tys resources |