SUGAR CROPS 



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

 1914 are as follows: 



Beet Sugar. 



Country. 



Germany 



Russia 



Austria-Hungary 



France 



United States. . . 

 Italy 



Short Tons. 



2,886,000 



2,031,000 



1,858,000 



861,000 



733,000 



337,000 



Cane Sugar. 



Country. 



Cuba 



British India 



Java 



Hawaii 



Porto Rico 



United States (Louisiana and 

 Texas) 



Short Tons. 



2,909,000 



2,534,000 



1,591,000 



612,000 



364,000 



300,000 



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 



1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 MM 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 190? 1908 1909 



COMBINED 1900 HARVEST OF /united states = 88,944,000 acres. t.w,06S.ooo bushels. 



WHEAT. RYE BARLEY AND OATS \germany « Mjnsx, acres. U73.ooo.ooo 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.) 



