Cane vs. Be e t 



ed to crops yielding a greater return. 

 For example, land which could for- 

 merly be bought in Idaho for $75.00 

 to $100.00 per acre as beet land has 

 now risen in price from $150.00 to 

 $300.00 per acre because of its adapt- 

 ability to fruit growing. 



In Idaho, Colorado, and other 

 states the beet crop, thus, is rapidly 

 being supplanted by fruits and vege- 

 tables with which the beet cannot be 



expected to compete in earning power. 



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There are many other causes which 

 underlie the recession of the beet and 

 from which its further decline may 

 be forecast. 



Among these is the fact that the 

 milling season is an extremely short 

 one, and because of this beet sugar 

 factories in many states import raw 

 cane sugar to carry their production 

 period over into what would other- 

 wise be idle seasons. In almost every 

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