Show STUDY SUGAR-BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY Need for Increased Production Leads Department of Agriculture to Investigate Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture The rhe urgent need for an Increased I production of sugar In the United States brought about by the war led specialists of the United States department department department de de- of or agriculture to make a n study in areas where sugar beets are arenow arenow arenow now grown to determine factors that are favorable t to the production of this needed much-needed crop A report of the Investigations has just been published by the United States Stales department of agriculture as ns bulletin This bulletin bulletin bulletin bul bul- letin discusses the soils and climate best suited for tor sugar be beets ts sult suitable ble farm equipment methods of culture diseases and Insect enemies farm labor labor la In- la- la bor problems and other phases that should be considered by the prospective prosper tI live tive 0 growers Almost any soil capable ot Qt producing crops of other kinds will if properly handled produce good sugar beets according to the bulletin More 1 depends upon tho the ph physical condition of the soil and the wa way It is handled than upon the so-called so kind and type of the soil Extremely sand sandy soil or soil of a a decidedly gravelly t type pe however however how how- ever is not usually satisfactory for this crop Successful sugar-beet sugar gr growing growing grow grow- v vIng ing Is confined to the temperate re re- gions Frequently the beets will wUl produce produce pro pro- duce dure a n satisfactory tonnage of root In warmer areas but for some reason they generally generall are not sufficiently rich richIn richin In sugar to make mal them profitable In I sugar making Good drainage has an nn I Important bearing upon producing I high yields One of the serious problems on many of the su beet sugar beet nr-beet farms Is that of labor There are periods when considerable considerable considerable con con- labor is needed as during i the blocking thinning and harvesting seasons and the problem of securing tho the necessary help at nt these times Isone is isone isone one of the limiting factors In sugar- sugar beet This problem is beIng being belag be be- ing lag solved b by organizing available labor la- la bor bOI b by adjusting the farm form work and by by the development of saving labor machinery |