Uintah Basin Standard | 1964-05-14 | Page 1 | Duchesne Co. to Grow Sugar Beets on Trial Basis during '64

Duchesne to grow sugar Beets on trial basis during SUGAR BEETS PLANTED IN AREA In the above photo is Boyd Van Tassell who is planting the first sugar beet seeds In Duchesne County for many years as a trial by Utah-Idaho Sugar Six farmers in area will growing from 5 to acres during the current This is a Farm Bureau sponsored Under the of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Beet several Basin farmers have taken the big step and planted sugar beets in an effort to bring more industry the area and improve cash CONTRACTS HAVE been signed by Carl Van Alden LeGrande Gail Reed and Clyde who were awarded these contracts on a trial Contact was made with the sugar beet company by the president of the County Farm Carl Van Since that time many hours and many trips have been made in spearheading the growing of sugar beets in Duchesne THE UTAH-Idaho Company felt that because of the growers should plant from 5 to 10 acres this Due to previous Kynaston was alot-ted 25 The trial basis for this year was also recommended to see what sugar content and how much yield per acre could be produced in the Basin FOLLOWING the visit of the field men of the Company to the involved these men expressed their feeling that they had not known the vast possibilities of the and also expressed the fact that they are looking if the farmers remain to growing acres of f sugar beets in Duchesne Coun-B j ty in the next three is sj Mr Van Tassell reports that i the Farm Bureau has also been a a I working on other field e he is sure that more cash 3 1 crops will be brought into the t county in the p