Beaver County News | 1925-05-29 | Page 4 | Our Safety Sugar Supply

( u s.it:tv snaii sli'ply : j j lJurini; 1!(24, our country brok.ij all torim-r rucurdu in production of ; licet augar, accordiuK to revised re 1 port ot U. S. dopartnicnt of agricui- ; turti. I Ili-Kanlless of small acreage anu reduced tonnage of l)iets harvested, 1 U 2 4 production exceeded by l,00u ' Hlmrt tons that of 1920 and 1921. which were formally the high record record years. Thi ro were SlJ.niiO acres of beets harvested, yiekllng an average ton miKP of 8.69 per acre. Ninety factor ies were operated in the various sugar su-gar beet states, the average length fo run being 6 6 days The average oxtractlon of sugar was 15.41 per cent, an average sugar in beets was 17.19 per cent. Sugar beet culture, is becoming au increasingly important industry for farmers and Btockmen and should be encouraged by this nation. M.