220 THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



Raw sugar extracted. 



Tons. Tons. Tons. 



From beets in factories, 1,769,331 1,319,006 1,175,137 



From molasses (special factories), 61,447 55,165 48,925 



From molasses in refineries, 4,396 1,427 500 



Total raw sugar, 1,835,174 1,375,598 1,224,562 



Per cent, extraction from beets worked, 12.17 12.36 11.98 



Per cent extraction, including the work of molasses, 12.64 12.92 12.48 



Yield of sugar per acre (pounds), 3,514 3,149 3,276 

 Weight of beets required to produce 100 Ibs raw sugar (pounds), 822 



Molasses per 100 pounds beets worked (pounds), 2.4 2.63 2.54 



Total molasses extracted (tons), 347.125 279,757 246,272 



Consumption of sugar per capita (pounds), 23.5 20.2 26. 7s 



Tbe chief results of tlie campaign of 1897-98 

 from the official statistics, follow (2,224 Ibs per ton) 



Factories in operation, 

 Refineries in operation, 

 Cultivated area, acres, 

 Beets worked, tons, 

 Tonnage per acre, 

 Sugar production, based on 



raw sugar, tons, 

 Sugar in beets, per cent, 

 Sugar per acre, Ibs, 



in Germany as compared with that of 1896-97, taken 



Table Q. WORLD SUGAR STATISTICTS. 



