Nyssa gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1937-199?, March 03, 1949, Image 7

Nyssa gate city journal., March 03, 1949, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FIVE THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949 CALLNG SOUTH WEST ami MALHEUR DAHO FARMERS ARE YOUR REST CASH CROP IN 1 9 4 9 Here are eight reasons why farmers in Idaho, Utah and Eastern Oregon should plant all the sugar beet acreage possible in the coming year. * An acreage of sugar beets provides farm ers the only crop with a definite government program which is as good or better than last year. It will also establish a beet acreage- history for possible future allotm ents, The A m algam ated Sugar Com pany’s proposed contract is the highest offered in any sugar beet growing district in the United States. * • * As crop commodity prices drop, potatoes, beans and grain become surplus crops while sugar beets rem ain the steady, de pendable, cash crop. Sugar beets show less fluctuation than other farm crops. * The United States D epartm ent of A griculture said on Febru ary 13, “Domestic sugar prices should be higher in 1949 than in 1948. The present wholesale price of refined sugar at 8 cents a pound is about one cent below the price objective defined in the Sugar Act”. * By-products from an acre of sugar beets will produce as many food units per acre as will an ordinary feed crop such as barley. * .B eet payments to farm ers are m ade at stated intervals after the harvest. There are no delays or w aiting for checks from this contract crop. * Labor saving through spring m echanization will reduce pro duction costs to the grower in many instances and The Amal gam ated Sugar Company will help provide its growers with an adequate supply of field labor. Farm labor prospects are brighter than any year since 1941. H arvest mechanization is now a full reality. # . * A satisfactory sugar beet acreage produces a large factory, agricultural and transportation payroll with its accompanying benefit to the community where the sugar factory is located. THE AMALGAMATED SUGAR CO. LEWISTON TWIN FALLS NAMPA BURLEY RUPERT NYSSA General Offices -- Ogden, Utah