American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-09-12
Sugar Campaign
Opens Sept. 21st
Farmers to Commence Digging Sep.
TENDER l7th-COming Season Most
Promising in FactOry's History
Plenty OF Seed for Next Years
Planting.

What promises to be the most sue
cessfu campaign in the twenty-three
years of the lchi sugar factory's his
tory will commence Monday, Septem-
Der 21st. The farmers will commence
digging bects and hauling them TO
the factory. four days before this date.
The men will be given their places
at o'clock next Saturday
Superintendent James II. Gardner
says that there will be no dearth of
applicants for positions. Already
there are more people who want jobs
than there has been for fifteen years.
He could get enough men to operate
three factories, but will give former
employees their old positions and
then iii the few vacancies with new
applicants lie expects applications
from experienced men for practically
all the positions.
Less men have been employed dur
ing the shut down than for any pre-
yious year. Only those improvements
~ necessary Still the mill Is In
first class shape and indications are
that all previous records will be
smashed The engines have been
thoroughly Over-hauled. the pumps
repacked and repairs made In the
machinery wherever necessary.
The tonnage will exceed last years
yield by approximately $4,000 tons,
he estimate from the 10000 acres
planted being 1900 tons. Last year
,he per cent of sacherine In the beets
was very low This year indications
are that 1t will at least be up to nor
NAL The field sampling, now being
made. also shows that the beets are
ten days earlier than last. There has
been plenty of water with which to
mature them and the weather has
been ideal for developing the sugar
so that the growing season has beer
generous both to the farmer and the
| factory The estimated yield oil sugar
now is 33,O00,O00 pounds.
Not only Is the Utah-ldaho Sugar
company well fixed for this season
but II is in much better condition for
next year than most American fac
| tories, particularly as regards beef
seed. Most sugar factories expected
10 get their beet seed from Germany
next month for next years planting,
The Utah Idaho factories have an
ample supply now in their seed
graineries for next year and will raise
their own seed for 1916 Seed for
which the Lehi farmers this year paid
10 cents per pound. could find ready
market for 80 cents, because Of the
German supply having been shut of.
Anticitaping change from German
10 American seed, the Utah Idaho SUI
gar company has been conducting ex-
periments In Garland and at Sugar
city. This year one-third the quantity
necessary for planting the Idaho crop
was raised al Sugar City. There Is
colony of about 100 Geramns, ex-
! perienced In growing beet seed, now
located In Sugar City, and prepara-
tons are being made this season to
plant n sufficient acreage OF mother
beets TO make the company indepen-
dent OF Germany in 1916. Mark AUS
tin, general manager of the Idaho
factories last year paid $1,000 for 100
pounds OF thorobred podigrced seed.
Il was planted last spring, and the
beets which were kept over for
) mothers. will this year produce
, enough seed TO plant an acreage suffi-
cent to produce enough seed for the
companys use for one year. This
seed, which cost the company $1,000
per pond, was bred up by experts for
seven years ana has pedigree as
regular as thorobrod horse. Mr..
WHITEWATER, the company's expert
recently from Germany. was In Lehi
she past week with George A. Smith
and Is enthusiastic over the prospects
II growing the seed