Show Aid for Cor the Sugar Beet Growers I The labor situation is serious In aU all 11 lines of at industry and none are more affected than the farmer farmer- The farm arm boys bos have responded generously to o the war call and real efficient farm help elp is scarce scar The beet crop requires a considerable amount of hand band labor at t thinning time and at harvest The mechanical beet harvester has been developed to a point where it Is entirely en- en irely possible for the beet beat growers to o feel that they have haYG relief in light sight against the rush of the tho coming harvest bar hu barest vest est season These harvesters have been perfected per por- to an extent that It was Wt recently recent recent- ly y voted by a large number of at Utah and nd Idaho growers who witnessed I the he demonstrations that the beets boots were topped equally as well as those I by y the average hired labor It Is important to know that the labor abor problem for this essential operation operation op- op ration in beet harvesting is solved It t is of very great interest to know that hat these harvesters even thus far developed will effect a saving of at least east 50 cents per ton In the cost of or harvesting Several growers who used sed the harvesters this fall found the he cost to be less than one-half one that of f labor hand service The sugar companies are taking an active Interest in the further development development development develop develop- ment of the harvesters and have announced announced an- an that they mean to aid In the manufacture and marketing of the machines so that they will be available available avail avail- able blo to the growers at a reasonable rice price The Tho development of the mechanIcal mechanical Ical cal beet boet harvester comes at an op- op time when the nation is needing ceding Increasingly large amounts or of f sugar I |