Show INCREASE SUGAR SUGA BEET ACREAGE growers answering call of government erni nent in a most alost commendable manner sugar companies have agreed to pay an advanced price of per ton where an increase of 10 per cent in the acreage Is secured the urgent ur gent demand for on nn increased production of sugar prompted the food administration to issue a special appeal for an increased acreage ot of sugar beets sugar is one of the important war time foods of which chlell the world Is 8 short li n rt the united states food administration lias has used its good offices to the end that tile the price of beets to growers should be as high as possible rind and the ha sug sugar ar companies have agreed to pay mi an advanced price of per ton where an increase of 10 per cent in the acreage is secured secure tn in many communities a splendid spirit has developed community pride I 1 lias las caused many of the growers to feel that their district must go over the top in response to the govern inen ments tg call for more inore sugar in some instances the juniors have rendered splendid aid i A farmer who lived five miles away from froin the alie nearest hect beet dump and therefore had about concluded that the haul was too long 1019 was importuned importuner by hiis ten year ear old son who insisted that lie wanted wo two acres of land so lie could grow a war crop lie he insisted that ihal lie could produce enough sugar on the two acres to sustain soldiers on a full sugar ration for an entire year and furthermore lie would ile he got tho the land and then lie had enough cash to buy a liberty bond and also had a considerable sun sum for his own bank account from froin the proceeds of tho the beets five inalea iles was not too far for liidi to datil beets when the question of properly propel prop eily ly sustaining our soldier bos at the front became an issue abarge A large amount of field work will wil I 1 lie be done this season by the boys and girls last year there were many illustrations and practical examples set by the younger element they learned the lie lesson of thrift as well as industry their help canie came in a timely way and saved ved many harvest barvest fields and beet fields when transient 1 labor that should havu have been busy in ill tile the fields was loitering about the streets |