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SUsar
NOTES.
The
Deoartimment
ot
Agricuiture
in
Wasoingion
esiimaies
tnat ihe
beet
secd
erop
in tne United States
for
1919 wiil be
6,700,000
pounds
from
an
acreage
oi
11,
ovo which
means
a
yield
o{
abour
600
pounds
per
acre.
['nc
cariier
estimates
placed it at 7,500,000
pvands,
but
ldano
and aichigan fell below
and
taus
redue-
ed
the
outnut.
The
191¢
crop
is
about
300.000 pounds
greater
than
tae
crop
oc
1618 and 1,520,000 -peands
more
than
the
1917 yield.—-Louisian1Planter,
Jan
17th.
One hunt red and
twenty
ac-es
of
beeot
planted
to
sced
will
be
harves.ea
this
fail
112
Uta:
in
the
Caene
Valley.
i'ne
macter of s2ed pianting jwiil b 2 abandon-
ed
1n this region
say
ihe
odiciais
vi
the
Amaizamated
Sugar
Company,
because
rents
are
t¢
nich and
there
is high
cost
of tabour,
¢ i of
which
is
a
disappoint-
ment and
&
surorise
tc
a
great
many.
Native seed
tosts
show bees coataining
17
per cent of «uizai and yielding 23
tons
per
acre
us o nouared
with 16 per cent
sugar
from ‘oraig
1 secd and a yield ot
27
ons
per
acre.
lae sead
productivn
began
in
19i4 and
ou" observation
nas
been
that
some
»i
(he
more
Northern
States
have
no.
been
so
suceassful
in seed
raising
as
rpose
farcher
souch.
foe
Utan
Agricul-
qural 3cacion
has
Heen
en
years
at
thi
probicm
anl
the
data
furnished
by
it
cesmes
L 0 CO
er
exXperimenis
on
a
mucn
iarger
scale
iaaa
has
been
attempied
waicn
may
aceount
for
the
economic
loss.
In Germany
sced raising
is not
ex-
perinental,
pur
we roand
the Kl:inwan-
zieben
people planting
2
rew
thousand
acres
and
then watching
them
with
ex-
cosaive
care.
It
was
estimated
that
wh re
the seed
cost
16
cents
per
pound
in Utah
and
sold
to farmers
that
the
re-
tur
1 ‘rom
one
acre
of mother
beets
was
sl6! while
the
cost
¢f
producing
it
was
sls)
—lbad.
:
&
Executive Order No. 3.
Tl‘]:] foilo
ing
additional
Regulations
coverning
the ‘sale of
bay
rum
pro-
mulzated
in
pursnance
of liw,
will be
effetive within the Virgin Isiands
of the
United States
on
and
after
Webruary
1,
1920
:
Bay Kum shzll
be sold
only
on deliv-
e-y
of a permit
issned
by
the
Po-
lice Nepartment.
Applicants
for
permit
must
satisfy
the
Police
Department
that
the
applicant
will not
use
tie bay
rum
for beverage
purposes.
Section
4 of
Executive
Order
No.
2,
dated July Tth,
1919,
wherein
such
sales
wer- authorized
upon
the
buyer’s
ovrior
delivery
to the
seller
of
an
application
to purchase,
is
heveby
amended
accord-
ingly.
J.
W. OMAN.
Governor
CHRISPIANSIED,
V. L. U. 8. A,
THURSDAY,
bth
FEBRUARY
18:0
Nao.
29.
830
FRIDAY
E
;
FRIDAY
EVENING
8.30
“Fa Et F
L
”
in 6
Parts.
This
ottract’ve pictura
carries
you
to border
of che
States
and
Uanada,
and
you
w !l among
many
otner
thinzs
see
the
mounted
Royal
Police
hunting
Whisky
~mug
vlers
and
the fight with them:
also
the
Indian
eamps,
dances
when
a
male
Indian
cour:s
an
In
ian girl, and
the
use
of
'Fire
Water’’.
Black
Michel have
promised
an indian
Girl
1o marry
her,
but
at
the
same
time
he
courts
the Factor’s
daugh
er; the
Indian
Girl reminds
him of his
promise,
whereby
it
comes
1o
a tfight and
an
Indian
“"Beer-Fot’’, who loves
th2
same
girl,
comes
to
the
spot
where
Black
Michel and
the girl is fighting,
draws
hiz knife
to fight Black
Michel
but
is himselt
kilied.
Chyenne
Harry follows the murderer
and
a terriole fight takes
place
as
was
never
seen
betore.....
L
Come
and
see
this
universal
special
attraction,
it
will keep
the interest
alive
all
the
way through.
ADMISSTION:
bl
ea s
.
i
o e
(3eperal
Motrance.
.. .......
e
e
s
4
-
8
§
o
St. Croix Sukkerfabrik.
Tl"‘) Factory’s
sca'es
will
be
tested
by
the
Company
together
with
two
Cane-deliverers
or
THURSDAY
THE
STH iNST.
as follows:
Adjustment
of the
weights
at
the Cus-
tor
House
2 o’clock p.m.
Testing of the scale
at the Factory
Sta-
tion 24 o’clock
p.m.
Testirg of the scale
at
the
Peter’s
Rest
Sration
3 o’eloek
p.m.
Testing
of
the
seale
at
the Sion
Farm
Station
34 o’clock
p.m.
Cane-deliverers
are
invited
tu
be
pre-
sent
at the testing.
Chri
tiansted.
Ist Febroary
1920.
AXE!I. BERLAND.
A Light and comfortable
DOUBLE
SitAT CARRIAGE. A PAIR OF
HOR:ES
and
a double set
of HAR-
NES».
-
i
A.
PONTOPPIDAN.
Richmond,
Jan.
.sth
1920.