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However, in July the reverse is usually the case; sometimes stocks are large not 
only in producers’ hands but in jobbers’, manufacturers’ and even in the household— 
buyers anticipating their spring and summer demand, part of which is to be consumed 
after July 1st, but which necessarily must be included as a refiner’s delivery during 
the first six months and hence considered consumed during that period. For this 
reason, consumption of sugar during the first half of the year usually is in excess 
of that of the second half. Therefore, it is not exactly correct to take the consumption 
ef the first half year and double it with the expectation of having an approximate 
figure of the consumption for the entire calendar year. 
SIX MONTHS’ CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES 
AS ESTIMATED BY WILLETT AND GRAY 
Refined and/or Consumption Value 
Tons 2,240 Ibs. 1920 
Jan. 1/June 30 
Consumption through United States Atlantic Ports ..... siecai aber sie ateteis: steustere 1,272,893 
Consumption of Foreign and Porto Rico though New Orleans, La......... 273,123 
Consumption of Foreign and Porto Rico through Galveston, Texas, and 
Servier tris tites Gea cc oehete te tonewene ious, eo Gis  iais/oieiie nro Seevavle Ais wiley exoneteh haa fete ailer asthe nares 92,746 
Hareigne SucAT etn OUsty MabeLlOM wey. jdese vere nicese cies etstoncterere areteteneter oe iotele iether 15,879 
CIGHSUMPLLOM THroOug PAbAanticeand. Gulf *BOrtsisciasis « eleistetcreietal se suoteeciey =e 1,654,641 
Sousnmpt lon -LArOuUen Say Ee LATICISEO ,/.(-\- 12". fn ine wniein is o/s mo) eae ees cje isa apace 261,360 
Total Consumption Sugar from Foreign countries, Hawaii, Porto 
RiIcCOgING VE Hip PUNE SANS! Ye.5 nas svcbotel cle elev etevolencisl ek eteloieieials relate 1,916,001 
Houisinnay Canes CLop COMSUMEG tere ieisic reso ats aes siel on ajsvevuousle che isvetaforsieils sh eerste 20,313 
Vrnmedastates Beet. Surar CONSUMER! soe Fee cinle o.crevece cision ereuetoleele reine ete 259,331 
Various Sugars from Foreign Molasses, United States Maple, ete......... 11,783 
Total consumption of Sugar produced in Continental United States. . 291,427 
ToTAL CONSUMPTION OF ALL SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES—(6 MONTHS).. 2,207,428 
Increase 86,819 tons, or 4.094 per cent. 
—Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal, Nov. 11, 1920 
twelve months ending June 30th, the de- 
partment states, brought the apparent 
carry-over of stocks in the country on 
July ist of this year up to 22,500,000 
pounds, as compared with 13,600,000 
pounds on July 1, 1919. Imports since 
July ist have been 3,509,737 pounds in 
July and 858,400 pounds in August. 
RECORD BEET SEED CROP 
Sugar beet seed production in the 
United States this year has exceeded the 
record crop of 1919 by about 70,000 
pounds, according to the estimate of the 
Department of Agriculture, which places 
the 1920 output at 6,770,000 pounds. 
Reports to the bureau of markets, the 
department announces, show an average 
yield per acre of 870 pounds, from 7,780 SUGAR MACHINERY PLANTS IN 
acres harvested. 
Idaho produced one-third of the total 
crop, or 2,260,000 pounds, followed by 
Colorado, with 1,815,000 pounds; Mon- 
tana, 910,000 pounds: California, 900,000 
pounds; Michigan, 515,000 pounds, and 
Utah, 265,000 pounds. All other states 
together produced about 95,000 pounds. 
Heavy importation of seed during the 
GERMANY 
There are at present not more than six 
factories in Germany especially equipped 
for turning out machines for sugar pro- 
duction. These factories are receiving 
orders from the Dutch colonies in Java 
for new machines, and they also expect 
contracts from northern France and Bel- 
gium. 
