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Show PLANT MORE BEETS WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE WORK THAN BE IDLE; THERE ARE TOO MANY STRIKES ON NOW. In discussing the subject of sugar beet growing with some of our good farmers, we are told they do not feel to increase in-crease their acreage this season sea-son as they did' not make but little money last year. While there. may be cases ot this kind, but if we stop to1 figure what crop we raised,1 upon which we know we did make money, isn't it a fact that the beet crop will show as large a margin of profit as any other crop grown that year! Furthermore, we know that owing to the heavy frost of July 2nd. that the average yield was below normal. Some of us feel that we will either not grow any beets at all, or plant but a . small acreage acre-age and then seek employment elsewhere during the summer months. This is a matter worthy of due consideration for the reason that owing to strikes in the coal camps many '4-1, lln,- -f'.ITVli- are moving, wiu men xu. . ! lies to agricultural sections, to , uncertainty of obtaining em-,, ployment, but know positively there will be no opening in the coal camps for an indefinate period. I There is little prospect of much activity in mining or development work being undertaken un-dertaken on a large scale m any industrial lines, therefore, we should plan to provide employment em-ployment for ourselves and family at home. The one way of doing so is to grow sugar beets which will not only help ourselves, but will be a benefit to the community, county and our state. |