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Show GROW BEETS, SAYS FARMER That farmers able to grow beets have made a big mistake by passing up the opportunity to do so this year in order to plunge on potatoes, is the opinion expressed by oneof the best posted and most successful agriculturists of Idaho Falls section. In a recent interview in the Times Register of Idaho Falls, this farmer set forth the reasons for his belief as follows, at the same time indicating his nitcntion to increase his own beet acreage in 1923: "Lvcry effort wa srnade to induce farmers to grow beets but without much success as all seemed to be bent on planting potatoes in spite of teh prediction of ahcav y crop and a low price, which prediction pre-diction has been varified. I planted potatoes and beets both and my few acres of beets will make me far more money than the potatoes. My crop looks like I 7 tons to the acres and at the price of Sugar I iught to get around eight dollars a ton and the $136 an acre will help out. "If all beets needed to keep the sugar factories in this valley operating had been produced, and they could have been, it would have meant a cash income of about $4,000,000 for labor and beets, which amount of money would put the farmers of the valley and business generally in good shape. "Idaho is too far from the makets to go strong on crops that have to be shipped in the raw state. What we need is to produce sugar in which form the product of many acres can be put in one freight car wool and hogs along with our potatoes, hay and grain. The growing of beets stabilizes the country, for it is certain cash and mighty good insurance for every farmer; increases his income, establishes es-tablishes his credit and is a sure money crop." |