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Show I UTAH LEADS IN BEET RETURNS Farmers Get More Money Per Acre Than Any Other State of Union Utah farmers secured the greatest revenue per acre from sugar beets of! any state in tin union ." i irding to m federal department of agriculture sta- W tiatltg for H i 1920 1921 i op whicl 1 havf just be. n Issued Tin s also se ll cured the great. j i id Ol n In . per acre, but five states showed re-j r ports of greater content oi sugar in the beets produced. Jm Sugar experts declare that the ilg. ures Just Issued carry through Ihe 1 same situation as in previous years, . indicating a heavy acreage revenue f until the beet crop that is produced in Utah, even exceeding that of California Califor-nia and Colorado, i The returns per acre 10 the fanners I during the 1920-21 'top wen .1- fol low Utah, si i .: Colorado H25 ' TB 1 1 1 1 . I I) I a . I 1 t 7 eljia.ka. i $118.76; Idaho. Sinr, 72: Wisconsin, f; Mi. digat t SO info s; B I tatea, si"" 80 p per acre, Utah lead 111 12.25 tons, the others being - ' Colorado. 10.68 tons: Nebraska. 9.93 1 tODt; Wisconsin. 9.19 tons: Idaho. 8 82 un-: Ohio. S.8C ton-: California, 8.74 j Cons; Michigan. 8. "8 toni nnar iailori production of sugar km Horn these beets Is given as follows:! ES California, 319 4 pounds per ton:, gtj Colorado, 272 pounds: Idaho. 278 pounds; Michigan, 26C pounds; No 1 bi.iska. 267.4 pounds; Ohio. 24t.2 ; U pounds; Utah, 257.8 pounds; Wiaeon- B sin, 2 IS pounds and other states, 2112; 1 pounds gM Dased upon acreage returns, ton- gm nags and sugar extraction, the govern- Lil y iin hi report shows that the Utah farm r j 'i received better revenue rrom their t3H lands than an other beet producing 9 j area, indicating the importance of the1 1 industry lo the farmers and the proper KB 1 location of the sugar factories iti this U tcrritor. as far us agricultural cou- 1 tilt Ions are concerned. |