Show FARMERS INCREASE ACREAGE OF BEETS Food Administration Estimates Estimates Estimates Esti Esti- mates Increase of 33 Per PerCent PerCent PerCent Cent in 1918 If f the first reports received from farmers rs in response nse to an urgent call sent out b by the government for in increased increased increased in- in creased sugar beet acreage may be betaken betaken betaken taken as an example of the ultimate result sugar ugar beet production in Utah will show an Increase of three thirty per cent in 1918 according acCording to J. J Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Taylor executive secretary of the state food administration Reports received yesterday from Utah farmers having under under cultivation acres of sugar beet land containing containing con con- taming pledges of a 33 23 per cent in increase increase in- in crease this year The reports are the tho first rec received ived in response to pledge cards sent out some somo time ago by the administration As the reports so far received came from ruin large and small acreage farmers and from from widely separated parts of the state Mr Ta Taylor lor believes that the estimate of 33 per cent will not fall short when when all the reports report's are inThe in The farmers were asked to pledge themselves to Increase their for the present year over their 1917 production as much as possible Mr Taylor reports that the farmers in all districts are responding 10 loyally aUy and that there Is every indication that Utah will prove a big factor in reducing in ing mr the Uie su sugar ar shortage |