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Show Figures Show Value Of Ileot Sugar. According to reports from a great rnajoiily of siiKiir beet companies, I'.ily will sue greatest beet segai-crop segai-crop ever produced In the U. S. Twenty-nil - companies Including all the largest and Home of the smaller report a total of 818, GUI) acres or an increase over last year of 34 per cent. Including companies which' did not report, the total estimated es-timated beet acreage this year is l.ilDi). 111)0 acres. The probable crop will be 11,0011,1100 ions which should make liO.000,000 bags of refined su-par, su-par, an increase of 30 per cent over ID IS. The sugar will be worth in the neighborhood of $200,000,000 of which the farmer receives the lions share. The bulk of this suar is pro'duced in the west and these figures show what it means to the country to encourage en-courage this industry in every way possible. By scientific farming the farmer can greatly increase production produc-tion ped acre thus' increasing his profit. This will reduce cost of por-duction por-duction on the farm as well as in the factory thus helping to establish our sugar industry on such a sound basis that it will be better able to meet competition which is bound to come. |