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Show AS A WAR CROP SUGAR BEETS STAND AT THE HEAD OF LIST " In a recent article, which appeared in the "Reclamation Record," I. D. O'Donnell, Supervisor of Irrigation, U. S. R. S., says: "As a war crop, sugar beets stand at the head of the list. An acre of sugar beets will go further toward feeding the men in the trenches, in making beef, pork, mutton and dairy feed, than an acre of any other kind of crop. And then, after all that has been worked out, alcohol for fuel and acids for munitions can be and are made from the refuse syrups. One acre of sugar beets will make sugar to feed 200 soldiers at the front for a year. "The return from the crop itself will pay the farmer in good shape. The tops will fatten a steer and the pulp and syrup from the factory will feed another steer, so that those who can grow beets that are convenient to a factory should do all that is possible possi-ble to grow them and help the war." |