Show UTAH MAKES GOOD RECORD SHOULD BETTER IT NEXT YEAR Following the announcement that Utah has hns gone magnificently over o the top In her sugar beet production the federal food administration is sending bending out a wide state e appeal for even en a I greater pr production ne next t year e r. r The beet growers glowers or of me Ule state it is declared aro producing one of ot the most seriously y needed war time food loud products products- sugar The fact tact that the Increased production will be sufficient for the 1918 1910 sugar requirements is declared de de- Glared b by Utah food officials to be besl sl significant It means that Utah has responded t to a government wartime war cull call for help In a concrete definite way that brings great credit lt to the state that this commonwealth Is able to su say suy to Uncle Sam We are UlC turning over oyer to you ou for tor use wherever It may be needed an nn amount of sugar equivalent to our entire production production production pro pro- in previous years rears 3 ears Our increased In Increased In- In creased production will be enough for our own home needs l Every vel citizen of the state must It Is believed be proud of this record For the benefit of beet growers lowers of the state the federal food officials als have ha cited the following facts which I I may Inay aid In un an increased production for next year It Is estimated that the best fields of Utah will this season produce between between between be be- tween and nUll tons of at tops an crowns We need an Increased amount of forage to meet what up- up pears to be a u short ha hay crop Our government Is making every consistent effort to produce more meats and dairy products to supply the requirements of our lighting forces as titS well as the needs of the civilian population This calls for a tremendous tonnage of these supplies This western estern country produces thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of head of ot cattle and sheep that come off the ranges each autumn The gren greater tel part of at this half fin stock goes to eastern markets directly off the ranges A large proportion proportion pro pro- portion of this stock ought to be fed and better finished right here on our western farms The results of Investigations thus fur far obtained Indicate very clearly that the most profitable use can cnn be made of the beet tops when they have been converted Into silage The process Is Inexpensive and the results will mean an added cash profit from the beet crop and It will also mean that Utah will greatly aid in increasing OUla our a available meat and amI dairy supplies Eany to Make a Pit Silo Excavate the earth eurth silo any uny desired width depth or 01 length The average u bt host t grower will make the width 1 12 or 14 1 feet and two or three feet deep If It the Is isoo good oo let it be three or four feet deep if the water table Is near the surface make It more shull shallow ow Make ral e the silo excavation with team and scraper Leave bo boiA ends sloping so the team and wagon ma may drive right through It is not necessary to chop tho the tops Pack them well to exclude the air Dank Bank the sides of ot the beet top mass which may be extended above the surface surface sur sur- face with the tile loose earth Top out with earth or finely packed straw or chat chaff or beet pulp Earth packed firmly against the tile sides will hold tho the thomass thomass mass solid The location should be handy to the feeding lot The fermenting tormenting process needs four tou or five weeks When rend ready to feed teed strip off oft the earth or other covering and cut down a n section at u a time |