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Show I LOST SUGAR SUPPLIES During this period of sugar scarcity, it is interesting to read in government reports that of the bees of the United States were properly prop-erly cared for, the deficit in sugar could be more than made up in honey. It is estimated that 100 colonies of bees, working over a radius of two miles will gather twenty-two and one-half tons of nectar, but, owing to improper methods, only two and ene-half tons is made available for human consumption. An authority claims that the total secretion of necktar by flowers for exceeds the amount of all sugar consumed by the American people. The average American has a sweet tooth. Twenty years before the pioneers came to Utah, the consumption of sugar per capita and that means sugar in pies, cakes, candy and syrups did not exceed eight pounds. As late as 1S55 the per capita consumption was only thirty pounds. Today ninety pounds of sugar for every man, woman and child are required. |