Show beet growers asked to increase acreage fearing that the nations 1943 beet sugar crop will be tons below the 1942 production leaders of the federal and state governments have united to call upon sugar beet growers to increase their beet plantings up to 1943 crop goals concern about the 1943 sugar beet acreage has been felt for some time by leaders of the industry but it became a matter of national importance when C C davis federal food administrator minis t wired state U S D A war boards to give all possible assistance to growers in meeting beet goals dr E G peterson Pc terson president of the utah state agricultural college declared that sugar Is a war crop almost equal to munitions tanks and planes he advised farmers not to neglect our home sugar industry th in the war effort |