CULTIVATION OF THE BEET 55 



PRODUCTION OF SUGAR IN VARIOUS 

 COUNTRIES. 



RAMON DE LA SAGRA, in his work " Cuba en 1860," 

 states that the average production of sugar per acre 

 from the cane in that island was . . 1,709 Ibs. 

 The highest, ...... 7,980 " 



" lowest, ....... I ? 2 57 " 



Martinique average, .... 15587 " 



" highest, .... 1,900 u 



Porto Rico average, .... 3,950 " 



Reunion lowest, ..... 1,100 " 



" highest, ..... 95625 " 



average, 3 5 200 u 



Mauritius, 8,562 " 



Java, 4,166 " 



I will add that the product in 

 Louisiana before the war was 



about 1,100 " 



In Germany, the average pro 

 duction from beets is about . 2,100 a 

 In France, average, .... 2,200 " 

 " " highest, .... 5,000 



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It will thus be seen that an acre of land produces 

 from beets a larger average amount ofsugar in France 

 and Germany than is produced from cane in Cuba, 

 Martinique, or Louisiana. In Mauritius the system 

 of cultivation is good, but it is a matter of notoriety 

 that the sugar of Mauritius cannot compete with beet 



