tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557108415401196276.post7071467707168279481..comments2024-03-20T04:14:34.401-07:00Comments on lake•salt•knit: SugarhouseVirginia Catherallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401694764861162157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557108415401196276.post-4854966258170679862013-11-12T16:14:14.563-08:002013-11-12T16:14:14.563-08:00Wow! Thanks! It's great to hear from someone w...Wow! Thanks! It's great to hear from someone who worked at the sugar factories. It is such a fascinating history in Utah and Idaho. I looked up pictures of the sugar beet and you are right, they are white, and quite ugly!Virginia Catherallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10401694764861162157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557108415401196276.post-50841066955838044602013-11-11T21:36:31.633-08:002013-11-11T21:36:31.633-08:00I believe someone forgot to tell you the rest of t...I believe someone forgot to tell you the rest of the story. The sugar beet experiment was a huge success with U&I (Utah & Idaho) sugar factories covering many western states and Canada. I worked at one for many years into the 1980's. Also, sugar beets are snow white on the inside and dirty white on the outside, they are not red. The piles of beets that were dumped by the farmers at harvest time would sometimes be 50 feet high 200 feet wide and a quarter of a mile long. Trucks lined up for two miles to wait their turn to dump. Economics and a better return on other crops are what has caused the decline of Sugar beet production in Utah and Idaho. (Still going strong in Alberta Canada.) grandmawhitehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759006073562037342noreply@blogger.com