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Show r : r - -i TYPICAL SUGAR BEET DJMP IN WEBER COUNTY (IHOOSEv n TO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT (By an Agricultural Expert.) When we think of Utah crops, it Is natural to think of sugar beets first, as it Is our greatest cash crop. In the areas where beets aro grown, better crops of beets Invariably mean belter crops of grain and hay as well, in most beet growing districts, enlargement enlarge-ment of the beet crop has also come to mean an expansion and development develop-ment of the dairy Industry and a larger larg-er number of sheep and cattle being feci before they are shipped to mar ket. This has special significance be-I be-I iu the livestock industry must coordinate co-ordinate with beets, elso soil fertility declines, yields decrease and profits dwindle. Alreaely, thousands of fields that formerly produced five or nioro tons of alfalfa per acre each season now produce not more than three tons. A reduced amount of hay will quickly reflect in the number of livestock that a given area will sustain. ROTATION OF CHOPS. Rotation of crops has set In on many farms. Not as many larm rs practice an intelligent and effective rotation as should- The alfallu meadow must be plowed, uther fields seeded. Beets and grain must take their place in a well-ordered rotation. It is impera-tlvo impera-tlvo that our present yields must not only be maintained, but must be in- erenseil f.nnil T-nlueq Imv-e eon,, lii'-n. er. Taxes have mounted higher. Operating Op-erating expenses on tho farm art much higher. We can not depem upon Increased prices for grair and beets. There must be lncreascc yields. The quality of our grains and other crops must be raised. It costs just as much to plow tho land and il it. usually, for a ten-ton yield as II does for a twenty-ton yield of bi ts It costs just as much to thresh a boot quality of wbont that must take heavy "dockage" a it does lo thresh good wheat in fact, it costs more, because tho thresher must be paid for threshing thresh-ing wood seed and running inert ihat-tc-r tbrotigh the machine, t.ICi -M 1'KODI'C I l K-As K-As wc review the beet sugar industry indus-try In its grow tli and development during the past few years, wo .".re impressed im-pressed that tho greatest growth and development in domestic sugar production pro-duction in the United States has occurred oc-curred right here in this intermoun-taln intermoun-taln region. No other part of tho country lias responded to our sugar needs as have our irrigated areas hero In this Intermduntaln country. In making this statement, careful ttudy has been given to the cane en, win : arras as well as to beet growing, in our intormountaln district, it Is only fair thnt the state of Colorado shall I be included, for that slate has also ShOwn a splendid growth. During the war. when sugar was so (much wanted, no district responded in i I quite such a patriotic way aa did our! home .state. Tile part that Utah played. In our days of national need is a chap-! ter lhat wo can all feel proud of. i i The need of ' i g ir u 1 1 ,k a i-j, to lie Mute ' as keen today as it was during the war! i period What are we gong lo do about' it'.' The growers are asking tor mora , factories and they will probably be We need to keep in mind that; we are now reaching a period when very serious attention must be given! to soil fertility, which Involves not! only crop rotation and getting rid of disease and post, but also means a larger and more profitable use of the by-products of ihe beet crop. Already, large numbers of geet growers are siloing silo-ing their beet tops, and thus getting much largor values from them than by just grazing them off the field. Pulp from the factories Is now all fed .right here at home and a more useful place with the feeders also. Many com-1 munltles now have hay grinders and choppers and the molasses Is bi Ing blended with the alfalfa hay In a manner that means mlxlmum results I I when fed in conjunction with beet top1 ' I I llc. N I I I K TIMIN.. More profitable feeding means larg-i larg-i er feeding operations. 1 1 With larger numbers of our cattle I, and sheep being fed here at home, as they come off the ranges. Instead of i' loading them on the cars and shipping them down to the corn belt for finishing finish-ing means greater fertility available Tor the home farms. ' Along with tho rotation of crops and roast H fertilizer from the feed lots Ivvlll probably soon come the application applica-tion of contain vast quantities of high rrade rock phosphate and also potash, another important plant food element that is now being commercially recovered recov-ered from the waters of the Great Salt Iike and also from the alunite und luclte rocks found in this region, i A review of the beet sugar Industry involves man) phases of development. It is much more far-reaching than most people will readily believe. It involves our economic welfare that af-Ifects af-Ifects every line of business in all of this country, either directly or indi-ircctly. indi-ircctly. Should anything occur to stag-1 jnote the beet sugar industry, every oilier line of business and every other crop now grown will share the reaction. |