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The humble sugar beet, shown inset in the above photo, shown in the huge pile in the background, it is making

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now gizgrrlnes 1150211222133 iwiigorttant fiilloivlon thepanztifilian an enormous contribution toward the success of our war for their daily needs. Large quantities of sugar are our sugar supply. Now, thanks to the visitin oi pioneers, uai . L i ons 0 suc i ma es as ose effoit. If it “O16 not for the home production of sugar, cousuineil in the manufacture oi high explosives. hot \\'e proiliit-t» at illllllt’ and save vital space iii oiti ships.

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This photo shows some of the complex equipment used in extracting sugar from Workers in a large Western sugar factory are shown “Just as sweet as can he!" Violet Cruh \§ili\ni\-. of Iietlilirirlge, Alta" samples some =i ‘ ' beets. This plant has a capacity of nioi'e than 1,500 tons of beets a day. A two- loading beet pulp into a battery of pi'_esses._ Waste of the finished product before sewing up the sugar bag. Much research and other ‘l .' pound beet yields 40 tablespoons of good sugar—for food or high explosives. mash makes excellent food for fattemng Livestock. hard work lies behind these bags of pure white sugar, produced on Canadian soil. a i_

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ilutlt-m n», Pumas 1,091 pff)“ {mm i110 field to rlup; beets. Alongside is a second tractor hauling a [Workers in an Ailieliil itvliieat sit dhwn t<t>1 lunch‘. she liijliiillllffjlYlill1 Qirl-wiin hnlniel it: (‘Illiiiltiilil it latzlo. . n; i;-.7.- pl;o1i> a tractor is shown as it ‘. hon to receive them. The new industry has been a llioly, top_ beets “Ill e ty nnes SllCvnllS l(‘ om Ago. 4|l‘lll‘il(l.li.( ltiiilltli-llltill‘ ms‘ l(‘( n atria i‘ r W‘ h,‘ _ . _;,,i,g,1 1m, linvr (lgvicg down a row of freshly blosliii!‘ l0 both the farmers and our busy war plants. ilflih by Elizabeth Szabo, shown in the inset close-up. lillllllllifJ, heels in soil forineily used loi yttmlllt- l~ " -

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