Show L hugah BEET ACREAGE I 1 growers s answering call of government erni nent in a most alost corn coill ni alander sugar companies have agreed to t P Y an n advanced price of per where here an increase of io 10 per cent I 1 in the acreage Is I 1 secured the urgent demand for an Inc reada production of sugar prompted the food administration to issue a special appeal for an all increased acreage of sugar beets sugar Is one of lite import atit wor war oliue foods of which the world 13 19 short the united states food aan administer tion lids liaa used its rood good offices to the end that the price of beets to growers grow era should be as high as possible and aho ho sugar companies compani ew have agreed to PY an advanced price of per too ton where tin an increase of 10 per cent la in the acreage Is secured in many communities a splendid spirit has haa developed community pride has caused many of the growers w 6 feel that their district must go over the top fop in response to the govern M es coll call for more sugar in in tomb bamo bomo instances tile the juniors have rendered splendid aid A former farmer who lived five trillas away from the lie nearest beet dump and therefore had about concluded that tile the haul way was too long was importuned importuner by lits his ten year old son who insisted that he wanted two acres of land so lie ho could grow a war crop lie insist insisted d that liev devould produce enough sugar on the two acres to sustain on ti a full sugar ration for an entire year aud and furthermore lie would 1 alq l got the land and thera flipi lie had enough cash to buy a liberty bond and als had a considerable sum for his hi own bank account from the he proceeds oah OUIA beets rive five miles was not too for far for him to haul wets beets when the question of property properly sustaining our sol nol dier boys at the front beca became tile nn all issuer A large afield av imay 5 lK bd by the dmd V bifid giresi vist bedr ethere were illustrations and practical examples set by the alie younger eloi clement nent they learned the of thrift as aa well ad industry their help came in a timely way anna saved many harvest fields and betl beet fields when transient labor that should have been busy in the fields was wag lottering loitering about the streets I 1 |