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thousand acres, and the carrying on of general farming 

 operations in order properly to rotate and build up 

 the soil. Vast areas of suitable land are to be had 

 in the United States at a fraction of the value of lands 

 which are used for this purpose in Europe. On these 

 farms thousands of dollars must be expended in 

 laboratories and laboratory equipment, in storage 

 warehouses and in the multitude of other necessary 

 buildings and machinery. To operate these farms suc- 

 cessfully means the creation of organizations comprising 

 both executive and scientific ability of the highest 

 degree. 



Given the proper quantity and quality of land, 

 the equipment and the organization, strains of sugar- 

 beet seed will be developed in the United States which 

 will surpass the best strains in Europe. The cost per 

 pound to produce will be higher than in Europe, but 

 the extra cost will be largely offset by the superior 

 quality of the seed, not to mention the benefits the 

 country will derive from the establishment of a new 

 scientific industry and the freeing of the domestic 

 beet-sugar industry from dependence upon Europe. 



