Show agriculture IN INDUSTRY 0 by FLORENCE C WEED this Is one on of cf i a series tl of articles show ing how bow larm products product are r finding an a im in market in industry sugar acht ar beets napoleon might be called the father ther odthe sugar beet industry since he fostered the research iby by which chemists chem isis learned how to extract sugar from beets in our western states it is an important cash crop valued at 63 03 million dollars annually the chief product is refined beet sugar which competes with cane sugar this infant beet sugar industry has received some government protection through the sugar act of 1937 which requires that 23 per cent of our national requirement of sugar shall be the beet sugar variety products byproducts by of the industry have not been widely developed wet beet pulp from the factories Is converted into animal feed and the green beet tops are arc fed to livestock beet molasses Is not palatable os as cane molasses Is so it is subjected to the stenen steffen process which recovers a great part of the sugar with the aid of finely ground lime molasses which has not been treated is sold for cattle feed and for the manufacture of yeast and alcohol experiments are soon to be made to find ways of utilizing beet pulp as a base in fermentation industries and as a source of pectin and some other acids the main beet producing states in order of their importance are colorado california nebraska michigan utah wyoming and montana midwest states which have some beet growing sections are indiana illinois wisconsin W Iscon sin minnesota iowa and north and south dakota about 80 f factories a are being operated to produce the tons of beet sugar used in this country |