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CULTUEE OF THE SUGAE BEET. 



Journal des Fabricants de Sucre, and the figures for the subsequent years 

 I have taken from various official reports. The figures of the table 

 vary in some particulars from those given by other authorities, but they 

 will serve to show the steadily increasing progress made by the indus- 

 try during the time covered by the table. 



* The figures for the years 1826-'27 to 1834-'35, inclusive were taken from the work of Prince Napoleon 

 Louis Bonaparte, entitled "Analysis of the Sugar Question." — English translation. 



The general statistics of manufacture of indigenous sugar in France 

 for the years 1873, 1874, and 1875 are given in an official publication for 

 the year 1875 as follows : 



Number of factories 



Laborers employed 



Force employed, horse-power. 



Production of sugar (tons) 



Production of molasses (tons) 

 Total value of production 



532 



73, 485 



62, 819 



409, 916 



231, 770 



, 185, 704 



1874. 



543 



74, 875 



69, 999 



423, 222 



214,017 



, 294, 968 



1875. 



539 



68, 582 



71, 335 



463, 122 



199, 248 



$54, 425, 757 



In 1875 the laborers comprised 51,023 men, 9,3G7 women, and 8,192 

 children. These figures do not include all those employed in the fields 

 in connection with the culture of the beet, though many of these become 

 distributed there during the summer months when the factories are not 

 in operation. 



The next table will show the detailed statistics of culture of the beet 

 in France for the year 1875, whether for sugar manufacture, for distil- 

 lation, or for forage, and of the manufacture of sugar for the same year. 

 It will explain itself. 



