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Show jlfhy Grow Sugar Beets iH 1.,.,. by Mark Austin, Qoilorol 'Htlclc W lu ldall0 Buga iH,.r were no other roaeon than Kir beet culture Increases tho liWKtttMt worth through In- 'HI tho valuo of hli inrm, than K alone nbotild bo sulllclent iK ovory farmor to plant bonte Kt large croi-s ot fc'inln can bo 'Hatter oeete. This scoins to bo H tlio excellent condition In Kho goil Is lctt uy tho boot crop K the Utpth of tho root bod oc-im oc-im by licet roots. JHorousn n'"1 8Htcmntlc rotntlon K is tho wisest moans or koop-smoll koop-smoll fertility Plant your crops ,M following order Such rotation jfteo tho so" ln "rBt clas8 c0111"' Br maximum yields untl frco 'Kecds alfalfa for throo yonrsj HT 0ut and plant potatoes or corn lie year ami follow with sugar ''for tlirco years. Tltun plunt BLedcd with alfalfa, nnd cut for Bir tho next throo years, nnd ho 'Kse barnyard fertilizer on tho 'JM ,nd third yenr sugar boot HSuch rotation keop up tho fur-Henlargcs fur-Henlargcs tho crop ylold, on-, on-, (bo valuo of tho farm nnd ho, Hre stated, Increnscs tho prosont Sot the grower. i lVr" nr0 ot'ier Good n,ul B,,r" JB reasons for raising sugar bootB. mring cash to tho fnrmor at n JBttiea ho most needs It. Thoro Agricultural Superintendent, Utah, r Company, la always a euro markot for ovary boot crop rallied. 80 valuablo do the bankors throughout tho country con-alder con-alder this crop that many aro Insist. Ing that a farmor must contract to grow a certain ncreago of sugar boots ooforo tho bank will lend him money. Sugar boots, thon build up crodlt for tho grower. Kurthornioro, tho farmer to bo sue-eoBstul sue-eoBstul In giowlug beets must do his work at tho right tlmo and In tho light way, and seo to It that tho work is well dono. This colls for Ilrst class cultural methods and teaches the lurmor tho advantages and bonellts to 00 derived from thorough nnd cnrotul fnrmlng not only In raising sugar boots, but nil crops. Tho by-products of sugar boots that Is their usefulness to tho farmor furnish nn additional reason for tho crop. It Is estlmuted by tho American Ileet Sugnr agriculturists, that tops Iroin a crop of Sugar Hoots aro worth J10.U0 peracrc. Tho tops, tho pulp, and tho syrup onablo tho farmers to feed livestock .economically on tho farm. Livestock feeding goes hand In hand with Biignr beet culturo and provides additional fertilizer for tho soil. Sugar boot pulp for feeding Is much sought aftor. It Is n nourishing nnd succulont feed, and Is considered . canal to tho valuo of corn meal In a I mixed dlot, and produces moro rapid 'Jw"1! antaalB, than does SuearmiMNw hiha 0 Utah-Idaho Drferot anLrh,.nn8,?,Slal'ed a S! loiaVaZnr' Wh'Ch 'S an nd' llmtock ontb00t crop ,n " ho "oil nnd not shipped away from ouVX'r'0" of 8UBnr bootB n our locality supports tho larcost mnnu actur.ng Industry inlhoinS nountaln reglon-tho manufacture of Snnlovmf . Th'9 ,dU8lry turnlshoB mt"? thousands of man and nm Jn, U,br,,'B '"to tho community pnnh v t.ns ot mlll,W18 of "J"" tnci year from sugar which Is sold u inii?08 wl'orovr UBar plant is bunt iand values Incrcaso tro-nonuouBly tro-nonuouBly and tho community is ouilt up and prospered. It Is ostl-inntod ostl-inntod that from an equal acrcago. or say 5.000 acres, farmed by 1,000 mon, sugar beots pay $200,000.00 moro than wheat. This cstlmato was on prices prevailing Bomo two years ago. rho sugar Industry, In paying out largo sums annually for supplies and opornting and mnlntonnnco materials, coal, coko, llmorock, mnchlnory, lumber, lum-ber, and so forth, lends an impotus to many different lines N ot trado. what Interests most of tho pooplo, however, Is tho fnct that thoro Is paid out to tho community through tho farm and tho fnctory, from J1G0.00 to $400.00 from ovory aero of boota grown, or two or threo times as much ns wheat or hay according to tho ylold. A largo proportion of this goes to tho farmer himself, but ln tho caah turnover portions of It go to tho farm and factory laborer, tho morchant, tho bnnkor nnd others, bo that Indirectly thoro aro many thousands of poople Interested In tho growing of sugar beots In addition to tho growor himself. |