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CULTURE OF THE SUGAR BEET. 



Notwithstanding the difficulty mentioned above, I have obtained, 

 through the courteous assistance of Mr. Worthington, statistician of 

 the department, data from which the following table has been con- 

 structed, showing the relations between the total population that is ac- 

 tively employed and that engaged in agricultural pursuits in the North- 

 ern and Western States, or that section of the United States in which 

 there is any possibility of the culture of the sugar-beet taking firm hold 

 and becoming a source of profit to the producer. From the figures given 

 in these two tables, and the tables showing production in each depart- 

 ment of France, each one may estimate for himself the possibilities of 

 success in the introduction of beet culture for sugar production in his 

 section as depending upon these relations : 



Table shoiving total number and proportion of the inhabitants engaged in agricultural work, 

 as compared with those engaged in industrial and professional occupations in the Northern 

 and Western States. 



States. 



Maine 



Now Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts. . 

 Rhode Island . . . 

 Connecticut 



Now York 



Pennsylvania... 



New, Jersey 



Delaware 



Ohio._ 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Nebraska* 



Nevada 



Colorado 



Dakota 



Utah 



Idaho 



Montana 



Wyoming 



California 



Oregon 



Washington 



8*3 



82, Oil 

 40, 573 

 57, 983 

 72, 810 

 11,780 

 43, 653 



374, 323 



260, 051 



63, 218 



15, 973 



397, 024 

 187, 211 

 206, 777 

 376, 441 

 159, 687 



75, 157 

 210, 203 

 263, 918 



23, 115 



2,070" 

 6,402 



2, 522 

 10, 428 



1,402 



2,111 



165 



47, 863 

 13, 248 



3, 771 



39.4 

 38.7 

 53.3 

 12.5 

 13.3 

 22.5 



25.1 

 25.5 

 21.3 

 39.6 



47.2 

 46.3 



58.1 

 50.7 

 54.5 

 56.6 

 61.1 

 52.2 

 52.7 



7.7 

 36.7 

 42.8 

 48.4 

 13.4 

 15.0 



2.5 



20.6 

 43.2 

 38.6 



13.1 

 14.6 

 17.5 

 5.0 

 5.4 

 8.1 



8.5 



7.3 



6.9 



12.8 



14.9 



15.8 

 15.9 

 14.8 

 15.1 

 17.1 

 17.6 

 15.3 

 8.0 



4.9 

 16.2 

 17.8 

 12.0 



9.7 

 10.2 



L8 



8.5 

 14.5 

 15.7 





56, 941 

 30, 749 

 34, 144 

 39, 766 

 5,954 

 23, 704 



232, 649 



187, 646 



32, 077 



7, 642 



202, 425 

 121, 558 

 181, 895 

 240, 256 

 108, 240 



54, 623 

 139, 478 

 174, 961 



17, 037 



1,242 

 3, 224 

 3,208 

 7,044 

 629 

 1,080 

 34 



24,061 

 9,758 

 2, 880 I 



69.4 

 66.0 

 58.8 

 54.6 

 50.5 

 54.3 



62.1 

 72.1 



50.8 

 47.8 



50.9 

 64.9 

 68.1 

 63.8 

 67.>7 

 72.0 

 66.3 

 66.2 

 73.7 



60.0 



49.8 

 87.5 

 67/5 

 43.0 

 51.1 

 20;-C 



50.2 

 73.6 

 76-3 



