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Show 1 RELATION OF SUM BEETS TOJUH SOLDIERS Posters eloquently telling of the relation re-lation of sugar beets to soldiers and of their importance as war crops are being distributed in (Salt Lake and Utah counties under the direction of the federal food administration. They endeavor to convey a spirit of patriotism patriot-ism arid appeal to farmers to grow sugar beets that the shortage of sugar su-gar may be overcome and that our armies and the armies of our allies may have their slmre of energy producing pro-ducing sugar. Not only may the raising of aupnr beets be considered patriotic in the broadest sense of the word, but it is highly profitable. A crop of sugar beets actually embraces two corps in one year; one for the manufacture of sugar and the other for the feeding of livestock, deeding by-products of sugar beets is becoming highly popu-j lar throughout the west because the! by-products have been superior to al-1 falfa for fattening value. Siloed beet tops and the pulp and syrup, which comes from the aveng4 acre of beets equals one and one-half times the weed of an acre of alfalfa hay, there being six to eight tons of tops, from three to for tons of pulp produced per acre, and about four per icent of the weight of the beets In syrup. It has ne.n domonetrated thoroughly that all these byproducts are excollent feed for dairy tows, also for cattle and shoep, eitl.-er for fattening fatten-ing or otherwise. Development of the shortage of meats and dairy products can be combated com-bated sueeemffully if farmers will do their duty to themselves and by the j government and plant all available land in sugar beets. It is important that they give their beet fields close attention and conserve the beet tops which are of exceptional value for feeding purposes. The siloing of beet tops is inexpensive and syrup applied to straw and poor hay transforms It into a delectable luxury for livestock. Our boys have shown their patriotism patriot-ism by willingly entering our armies and navies reflect a duty at home which fchould be sensed by every farmer farm-er fortunate enough to own a patch of land suitable for the raising of sugar beets. The call upon the farmer farm-er to asoist in the raining of war crops Is a patriotic call and profitable rewards re-wards will come to every farmer who answers the call. Surely fathera, relatives rela-tives and friends at home are ready to respond to this duty. 'Recent investigations have revealed that our allies, fighting our common battles, only are getting about twenty per cent of the sugar which they actually ac-tually need. Our armies will experience exper-ience the same shortage while in the field unless farmers are willing to do their duty in the beet fields und bring i material increase to the sugar beet acreage. to three tons of alfalfa to the acre j Were this same land planted in ! sugar beets production would hr from ; twelve to twenty tons of sugar beets to the acre, it properly pi. mivi and thus it would be doing double to ; treble the service of what it in doinir now. . j The beet crop is the only one producing pro-ducing two corps in one vear. a ttt jot feed and tht other of beeN ei'i.er lone of which is equal to any overcrop. over-crop. . The sugar companies are co-opera t-, t-, Ing, and in doing so have turned their entire product over to be disposal of under the direction of the food administration. admin-istration. I Thero is considerable acreage in Salt iUke and Utah counties which ,has been planted in alfalfa. for years and lias become full of dandelions, cheat grass, fox tail and other noxious weeds, with ful r-mtl that the ro-duction ro-duction is not greater than from two |