Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 19 | Sugar Beet Planting is Urged in Idaho

SUGAR BEET PLANTING - IS URGED IN IDAHO W. F. Ai-n-orth, Hea4 of State Farm Bureau, Issues Statement Asking Patriotic Action by Growers. Special to The Tribune. TWIN FALLS, Idaho. Feb. 2. Y. F. Alworth, president of the Idaho state farm bureau! Twin Fails, Idaho, has the following to say with reference tc increased suar production campaign: Sugar is one of our most needed foods. Idaho is prepare..! to respond to tiie nation's call lor an inrcsed supply tor I'.'IS. Lat year our sevcu Liaho factories produced sufficient suf-ficient su;ar to iced anproxiiiiately one ar.d a qtiarter million soldiers of fuil srezar ration:, for an entire year. I feel that it is easily possible, pos-sible, and also our plain duty, "to increase in-crease our 1 9 1 S planting, so our commonwealth shall make er.outrh sv.car to feed two million soldiers for another year. The stuxar companies have acreed to work in complete hnrmonv 'with the farm bureaus, and the bureau members will' assist in booking additional ad-ditional acreage. The increased price to be paid for beets for 1913 appears to me to be fair and I believe be-lieve that everv row-er Ciui feel that he is pettinf; a just share in the business ud will respond j;en-erouslv.