Show SUGAR BEETS AS A FARM CROP from facts about sugar january 1922 while some may consider the past season in some respects a disappointing one to sugar beet beat growers it ft is generally agreed h ay those from whom we have heard expressions of opinion that beets have been the most profitable crop they have grown the past year in many localities we are told the pay checks distributed by the sugar companies have been the main factors in keeping business moving in judging the results of last years sugar beef beet crop it should be compared not with tho the years immediately preceding but with the returns from other crops during the same ane period it must be borne in mind that 1921 was tho the year of acute agricultural depression sugar like all 0 other t b er products of t the h e soil s shaded 1 i a i e d I 1 in n th this s d depression n T the h e decline 1 1 ne in the price of sugar was greater proportionately than that of any other important staple but whilo while wheat and corn and other crops ac j cumulated on the growers hands disposal dis rosal ot of the sugar beet crop offered no marketing difficulties it was vas promptly taken and promptly paid for aud and as already stated in many communities the cash received for it was almost the only currency in general circulation this is one of the great advantages of 0 sugar beets front from the point of view of the grower within thirty das dabs from the time he begins lifting his beets a large part of them has been paid for and within ninety days practically all the proceeds of the seasons work are to his credit in the bank or have been used to liquidate ris his outstanding obligations when the farmer puts ills his beet seed into the ground he be knows that whatever ills his output he will receive a certain minimum price per ton for it and that while ills his financial return will vary with the yield and possibly to a certain extent with the price of sugar there is no possibility of the crop being left on his hands or of his being compelled to sacrifice it at a price far below the actual cost of production |