56 BULLETIN" 995, U. S. DEPARTMENTAL AGRICULTURE. 



time to look to foreign countries for a considerable part of our 

 beet-seed supply. To make our beet-sugar industry safe and to insure 

 American growers of sugar beets an adequate supply of high-grade 

 seed free from the seed of stock beets we should produce annually 

 from 16,000 to 20,000 acres of beet seed. This acreage must neces- 

 sarily be increased from year to } T ear to care for the constantly in- 

 creasing acreage of sugar beets if the American beet-sugar industry 

 is to be made safe and permanent. 



