Show U TAH MAKES GOOD RECORD SHOULD BETTER IT NEXT YEAR following the announcement that utah lias liaa gone magnificently over tile top in lier glicr sugar bugar boot beet production tile fedron fed roA food is sending out cut u state statewide alde appeal tor for even een a greater reater production next year the beet growers groft cis of the state it la is decin declared red tire aio producing pi educing ono olle of tile most seriously needed war tinie time food products product a gil gar the tha fact that the increased production in will bo be sufficient for tile the 1918 1019 1910 sugar bugar Is do blared by utah food officials to lie ho 1 significant it mi ills nils that atall ling lias responded t to 0 a ga ernail ent waistline tinie call tor for help in a concrete definite way that brings great credit to tho the astute that tills commonwealth Is able to say to uncle sam kain wo va are aie turning over to you for use wherever it may inay be needed an amount of sugar equivalent to our entire pro deetion in years our in creased production will be enough for or our om own OMI howe needs every citizen of the state must it la is believed Lc bo be proud of if this record F 0 r tin t 1 w 1 1 1 teo of f beet growers of tl alif s hante ta t e t alic 1 i e ne d i at food officials lne live cited ile he following foll wIng facts which may aid la ili oil an increased production tor for next year car it Is estimated that hat the best fields ot of utah III this season produce between rind and tons of tops an crowns we weed lived till an increased amount of forage to meet what appears appeal a to be a short liay hay crop our Is making every consistent eifort to produce more moie meats and dairy products to supply the require of 0 our fighting forces as well cl as tile the needs of the ci civilian villau population this culls calls for a tremendous tonnage of supplies this western country produces thou of head of calu and sliced that come coma oft off the ranges each autumn the gi greater eater part of this halt finished stock goes to lo eastern in markets directly off tile the intges A large proportion of this stock ought to be fed and 1 I better finished right here on our western farms the hie results of investigations thus far obtained indicate ery cry clearly that the most profitable use can be made of tile beet tops when they have been converted into silage tile process la Is inexpensive and tile results will mean an ail added cash from the beet crop chop and it will also mean that utah to i iiii greatly aid in ili increasing our on I 1 available meat and dairy supplies easy ea to make a pit silo excavate the earth silo any desired width depth or length the average beet grower will mate make the width 12 or 14 feet and two or three feet deep it if tile the dragage in ic rood good lot lat it bo be tt three res or four feet deep if tile the water table is if near the surface ninke make it more shallow make alalie the silo with team tea and scraper raper Bc leave be botic ends sloping so the team and wagon may drive right through it it Is not necessary to chop the tops pack them well to exclude the air bank the sides bides of the beet top mass which wy natty ie be extended above the surface with tab 9 loose earth top out with earth or finely straw 1 or chaff or bt boot culp u I 1 P X earth arth packed pack firmly against go roe idea will hold the mass solid the location should bo be handy bandy to tho feeding lot the tormenting fermenting process needs tour four or live five weeks when ready to feed strip oft off the earth or other covering and cut down a section at 0 alino |