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Show IBEET CULTURE 1AH GAINS Industry Becoming Very Important Im-portant Factor in This State Bj nn erli nlrnml Fiprrt. i When We tl.lnk of Utah (Tips, It li na.tur.-il to Hunk M sugar beets first. u r 11 ia our greatest ''ash rop. I" Ine t: areas where beets w grown, better J oropi beets Invariably mean battel j crops of grnln and hay ai well. In 1 most beet growing district, enlarge-, I m-nt ot the beet crop has niao com Ij to menn rxpanjii'Hi and develop I mem of Us.' lidiry Industry and larg er number of sheep eatl being reii ore they me shipped to mar-I mar-I koi. This luis special significance because be-cause the livestock industry must coordinate co-ordinate with beets, else sol) fertllltv I Sacllni I, yield decrease nnrl profit i dwindle Already, thousands of fields, j that formerly produced five or i f torn of alfalfa per sere each season now produce n.t more than three tons., f A reduced amount of hn will quickly reflect In 'he number of livestock thai a Riven nrca will u"luln. i:n ITIOS t ROPS. Rotation of crops It lei 1 inany farms. Nol ai many farmers practice., an Intelligent and effective rotation aaj i ahutild Tim altal... m- .'low i.,uM I), plowed. Other field seeded. Beets and (train must take their place in a; well-ordered rotation. It in lmpcra- the that our present yields must not; 1 onlv be maintained, but rhnst be Increased. In-creased. Land values have gone hlgh-r. hlgh-r. Taxes have mounted higher. Jp-i crating expenses on tin farm at"i much higher. We urns, not depend en-1 tlrely upon Increaked prices for grain nnd beets. There must be incrcaed yield. The quality 01 our grains and other crops must be rained. It . :'' Just as much to plow the land and It It. usually, lor a ten-ton leld as It does for a twenty-ton yield of beets. I It costs Just as much to thresh a poor' nuality of wheat that must lake hea I "dockage" as It does to thresh good' wheat in fact, It costs more, because (lie thresher must be pntd for thresh-InK thresh-InK weed seed and rotthlog lnrt mat--1 li-r tnrotigh the machine. (il'wl IT PROW I TIO S Utl V t Aim v review the b et siifur Indus I try In Its growth and development during the past few years, we are Impressed Im-pressed that Hie greatest growth anal development in domestic sugar pro-; djuctlon in the i inted States has oc-l currcd riKin here In this Intermoun-. tain region. N'o other part of the country lias responded to our sugar i needs lis have our irrigated areas here In this Inlermoiintain country. In, ! making this statement, careful Etudj hns been given to tho can a growing areas as well us to beel growing In our Interroountaln dist.i.t. n g only fair that the slate of. Colorado sh.ili be Included, for thai state has alao fhown a splendid growth. During the wnr, when I fg.n wai o much wanted, no district respoi li In I. quite such a patriotic wu ai did our home state The part ll:i' W'Uih pli.se. I In our days of national need ts chap ter that we can all feel proud of.' The. need of sugar appears to be quits us keen today as if was during the war period. What are we gong to do about! t. it? The growei-i are asking for pibrc l factories rind they will probably be! built. We n''i 10 keep In mind fh,at u ft a,- nnn- rpnrhlnp i.mnil when I very serious attention must he given j1 to soil fertility, which Involves nol only crop rotation nnd getting rid ol disease mid pests, hut ,.Im me n . larger and more profllahli use of the j , by-products of tin beel crop. Aln d , largo numbers of geel growers are silo-j ,- ing their beet lop-, and lluis gi-tting I much larger values from them thai) 1 b) Just grazing Ihem off the field j : Pulp from ths factories Is now all fed 3 . riirht here at home and a more useful g place with the feeders also. Many om- I munltlss now have haj grimier and I -Choppers ami the ortolans,. being 1 "bl-ndeil with tie alf(lf.i ha) 111 i IIIIIIH in nner ih.it means mlxlthum results II v ien fed In conjunction with beet top I I luge and beet pulp. FEEDING IND FERTIUZIXG. I )iv?" More prof it. i hi, feeding means larg-1 I r eeiilns at IDtli. I ; nE-Wltb largei numbers of our cattle J and sheep hems fed here al bomi a I PPPB loading them on the cars and sblpplnj PPPB them down to the corn belt for finish- H ing means greet er fertility available I Along with the rotation of crops and PPPPJ u 'eased fertiliser from the feed lots PPPPJ ; will probsblv soon costio the appllca- PPPPJ rtlo'i of contain vast quantities of high PPPH ; grad rock phosphate and also potash, PPPPJ another lrnporl.ni'. plant food element PPPJg- Hbat l now being commercially reoov- PPPR- i.ere.l from lh- waters of the Great S.ili PPpHI- flske and also (ruin the alunlte ami PPPHI' ' lueit,. foi ml in egl,n PPPPJi , A review of the beel sugar Industry PPpHI Involves many phases of development. Hj I It is much mor- far-reaching than PPpH most people will it PPPHI Involves welfare that af PPpB fe ts every Une of huslness in jVjVJI ,.thls ronritry. Ither din-dlv or Indl- j rectly. Should anything occur to stag-, stag-, note the beet sujtar Industry, ever) 1 nther line of business and eeiy other j Sit P nW ,rro,'n w,,l share the reac- .. UfK, |