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Show More Beets and Beans Asked of Western States Further Reduction of Sugar Probable if Beet Production for 1944 Lags Warning that a further reduction of sugar allowances for civilian use is in prospect if 1944 beet production produc-tion falls much below this year's "war crop" goals, was made Tuesday Tues-day in Salt Lake City by N. E. Dodd, chief of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-justment Agency, at its Western Regional Conference. This statement state-ment was made before representatives represen-tatives of the AAA of thirteen Western states. Mr. Dodd also stressed the importance of beans "because of their adaptability to many conditions of food- needs" and sugar beets because they "also provide by-products for livestock feed which is badly needed." His complete statement follows: "Sugar beets and beans are two very important food crops needed from western states. Beans because of their adaptability to many conditions con-ditions of food needs and sugar beets to supplement other sources of sugar which are being drawn on heavily for the manufacture of industrial alcohol and to supply United Nation's food needs. "Present manufacturing schedules sched-ules of munitions call for tremendous tremen-dous quantity of alcohol. The United Unit-ed States has already allocated large quantities of cane sugar for industrial alcohol in 1944. The a-mount a-mount of grain and sugar available for manufacture of industrial alcohol alco-hol is hardly adequate to meet the need. "Reduced stock piles plus unusual un-usual war demands have already brought about a 30 per cent reduction re-duction in allocation of sugar to industrial users with further reductions reduc-tions in prospect if 1944 production goals are not reached. "If 1944 production falls much below the goal a further reduction in sugar allocation for civilian use is in prospect. "The acreage goals for sugar |
