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 . . 15709 Ibs. 



The highest, 7,980 " 



" lowest, J 5 2 57 " 



Martinique average, .... 15587 u 



" highest, .... 1,900 u 



Porto Rico average, .... 35950 " 



Reunion lowest, 1,100 " 



" highest, 9,625 " 



average, 3 5 200 u 



Mauritius, 8,562 " 



Java, 4,166 a 



I will add that the product in 

 Louisiana before the war was 



about * i, too u 



In Germany, the average pro- 

 duction from beets is about * 2,100 u 

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

 " " highest, .... 5 5 ooo " 



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 



