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T II E CUBA REVI E \V 



Central Orozco, Province of Pinar del Rio. 



SUGAR REVIEW 



Specially written for "The Cuba Review" by Jlillett & Gray, New York. 



Our last review for this magazine was dated April 4. 



With the winding up of the sugar-making campaign at the Utah factories last 

 month the 1918-19 domestic Beet Crop has come to a close, and we have since been 

 compiling from the reports of the factories the figure of total production which is 

 given by us herewith as 674,892 tons, slightly less than the outturn of the 1917-18 

 crop. The prospects of any increase in the production during the past season over 

 previous years were poor from the start; the season was late, which fact, combined 

 with the unsettled state of affairs early in the year regarding the price to be paid 

 for beets, and also the fact that farmers were aide to secure better prices on other 

 crops, had their influence on the amount of acreage which the factories could 

 contract. 



Despite a considerable reduction in acreage, Colorado still ranks as the largest 

 producing state with an outturn of 171,320 tons of sugar against 209,177 tons pro- 

 duced last year. California is second with 109,639 tons despite the fact that this State 

 suffered the heaviest reduction in acreage of all. Outturn last year was 185,208 tons. 

 Michigan after two unsatisfactory seasons has again taken her place among the 

 leading states in Beet Sugar Production, and ranks third with an outturn of 108,782 

 tons. Utah with 97,022 tons has dropped back to the fourth position, although 

 showing a good increase over last year. Incidentally, the crop just finished in Utah 

 is the largest ever produced in the State. Nebraska shows a good increase over 

 previous years and Idaho and Ohio both have small increases. 



The total tonnage of beets sliced was 5,0S9,643 tons against 5,095,217 tons last 

 campaign. Of this quantity Colorado sliced 1,217,346 tons, Michigan 857,514 tons, 

 Utah 802,934 tons, and California 759,178 tons. 



