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Show ,, It Is Interesting to note In a dls- i. cusslonof the growth of tho beet sugar ; Industry that the United States sup-f sup-f ii plies only eight per cent of tho sugar ', i she uses. This country uses no less . !- than 2,r00,000 tons of sugar each year. Cache Valley Is to have another fac- , ' tory and Idaho Is to have live new ones during th" coming year. Tho H western states produce sugar as fol-H'r fol-H'r lows: Colorado, 49,000 tons, Michigan, H. 40,050 tons, California, 41,540 tons, ' S; Utah, ai,274 tons, Nebraska, Kl,- Hj. 35 tons. There were seven other .jBt states that produced beet sugar the '' JB ' total in tho twelve being 209,022 tons, i ft, - but in none of the seven did tho B , figures exceed 10,000 tons. The fact , n that Colorado lias shot ahead of Call- ,. B'' fornla in the production of rcllned " Bl' sugar Is another instance of the value 'VHN of irrigation as applied to sugar beets ,K' and the productlvcncs of soil In the intcrmountain states. From present f'IB ' indications Idaho next year will enter E the list of states leading in best sugar ' B , production. |