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Show Ji . ; sag. STABILITY OF THE SU- GAR BEET The stability of the sugar beet as S safe and profitable farm product is emphasized by tne present unfortunate unfor-tunate conditlon"'of American agriculture. agri-culture. Whllo other products ot the soil hare shrunkon In valuo, beet growers, under tholr contracts with! tho sugar companies and factories, ;have continued to rccolvo the war price of $ 12 a ton for their beets. i The war prlco of $1.2 a ton paid the sugar beot growers this jrear, amid the shrinkage In corn, v wheat, ' cotton, barley, oats, potatoes and ' other products, -stands but as a. prominent! prom-inent! featu.ro, the boet growers taak-f lng good money whllo 'farmers rais-. lng other, crops havo suffered' heavy loaaoev Tho sugar beet Industry has frovan a benefactor to the farmer, addlng manr millions ot dollars In " ' 't I f r return for cultivation, It Is ono of the best, If not tho very beef crop to. which, the farmer may, put a wise, use of his lands,. |