SUGAR BEETS AT THE 

 FACTORY 



Within very recent years the beet has 

 rivaled the sugar cane as the chief 

 source of the world's sugar supply. 

 This would have seemed quite incredible 

 to the chemists of a century ago, who 

 declared it impossible to produce sugar 

 from the beets in paying quantities. 

 But the plant breeders of Europe solved 

 the problem of increasing the sugar 

 content of the beet, until now it is one 

 of the most profitable of crops. 



