The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-05
SUGAR AS FARM RELIEF MEANS

A change from surp.us-p-oduc1az crops, as wheat, 20
tnoee OF which there Is a deact- between production and
home consumption would seem 20 have .as elements o. a
rational farm relic: plan
A. leas. the proposed program ro1.t not interfere With
.ne operation O. any syz-enl ina ne nav federal farm
relief board may devise sor solving ne agricultural s.ua
ton. /. Of any e.fec. or The boards policies, II would
seem that substitution OF ce.c.. crops for surplus crops
would merely ease The task 9. tie asE organization set Up
BY President Hoover under he aeE .aE.
tbs proposal Of relief more fundamental shan a
marketing system tina. VII, take the drawbacks OF. o. the
surplus situation L seriously proposed o. Stephen H..
Love. president OF the United States Beet Suga. associa-
ton, and the crop he proposes sor Substitution Tor 100
much wheat Is. naturally, sugar bee-s.
NJ. Love would have communities nov overloaded
With wheat each recurring year relieve themselves as is
done II the East Grand Forks section OF the Ped river
valley, n the Sidney section o. Montana, IN the Carter
VILE irrigation section Of eastern Montana, in the Billings
area also in Montana. IN the Sco.tso.uft country OF Ne
hraska, IN Lowell and Torr!ngton. Wyoming, and IN sew
eral districts Of Colorado given ove- TO me culture Of the
ree.s. The Billings area sells a s. 500, 600 bee. crop each
fall.
Since the United States row grows far more wheat than
it consumes and millions Of tons OF sugar less than the do
nestic market can absorb, Mr.. Love is recommending
that farmers be encouraged to turn from one crop to the
other. Expressing the opinion that the program would
cos. far less than any other plan, he said it would bring
about a permanent. solution TO the recurring problems
created by the constan. surplus OF small grains.
In II states in which beet sugar IS produced" Mr..
Love declared, wheat also IS a staple crop and there
IS 70 reason why large areas now devoted to wheat could
Mt ~profitab!y be turned to bee. culture. If the program
we're to be undertaken on a large scale, it would have a
two-told result of decreasing the wheat surplus, there
by advancing the farm price Of that commodity, and
at the same time expanding an industry which guaran-
tees its returns TO the farmer"
Mr.. Love cites figures to prove that a rotation Of sugar
beet5 with wheat is highly desirable because Of the c.
feet It exerts on succeeding crops. Some time ago, he
said, the United States Beet Sugar association gathered
reports from 500 farmers engaged in beet culture. The
reports indicated the following increased yield after bcets
had been introduced into the cycle OF rotation. 40 81 per
cent increase in the yield of wheat, % per cent in corn,
5049 per cent in oats, Sc per cent in barley, 100 per cent
in rye. II per cent in peas and Is per cent in potatoes.
The sugar beet grower, he said. has an important ad-
vantage over the grain farmer, in that the sugar fac
tories guarantee a price OF $3.50 to SO a ton for the beets
even before the crop is planted. In addition, the farmers
under some contracts, as those at Billings. arc granted an
increased price il the sugar conten. o; their crop is UNI
usually high. and they also share in the net proceeds Of
the sale Of the sugar.