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The countries leading in the production of both beet and cane sugar 

 in 1914 were as follows: 



Beet Sugar. 



Cane Sugar. 



The development of the sugar-beet industry in the United States is of 

 comparatively recent date. It was not until 1906 that the production of 



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B73 1810 ll!l 1812 IM3IM4 HIS 18 JS 1117 1111 13 U9I I1JI 1192 H93 11M B35 IMS 1397 119! 1199 1900 1901 190? 1903 1904 DOS BK Ml BO! 190) 



COMBINED 1909 HARVEST OF /UNITED STATES = swooo ACRES. 1.9*7.068,000 BUSHELS. 



WHEAT RYE BARLEY AND OATS 



1 GERMANY 



34,378.536 ACRES. U73.000.000 BUSHELS, 



AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY. 



sugar from beets exceeded that from sugar-cane. At present the produc- 

 tion of beet sugar has more than doubled that of cane sugar in the United 

 States. (See above table,) 



