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Show OO SUGAR SHORTAGE TURNS j CANADA TO BEET GROWING (Bj International cw; Service. ) I WINNIPEG. Mnn - Shortage of j sugar, with accompanying high prlcs. has. turned th; uttentlon of Canadian farmers to the profits of sugar bet t produeilon. i Sugar beets grown in Canada and' 'I In the manufacture of sugar in If' 18 totalled 204 017 tons. The crop old at the sugar factories for $2,593.-715. $2,593.-715. or $12 22 a ton Canada had 18.-iii'O 18.-iii'O .m res In sukiii beeUs thot year, which averaged over eleven tons to thf acre The acreage In 1919 was; 24 B00, and the average v ield was 9.80 'tons to the acre Sugar prices were' around 11 cents u pound in 1919. They; recently touched 28 cents Ontario has produced the bulk of! 'anada's siiR.ir beets In the past. Ex-1 pt-rts declare, however, that agrlcul-jturol agrlcul-jturol conditions ar favorable to their! cultivation In many parts of wes-rtrn Canada. The financial possibilities of western sugar heet production are ps-ptclal!) ps-ptclal!) interesting just now In view 'of tho recent decision of tho Hudson s company to elose out to farmers nil Its remaining lands in the prairie provinces. A considerable acreage Is oo |