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THE CUBA R E V I E W 



ambos a precios que varian de 3. 90c. a 4c. libre a bordo Cuba, un cargamento siendo 

 despachado a Belgica a 4.10c. libre a bordo Cuba. Los vendedores de azucares de la 

 nueva zafra en Cuba no han sido liberales con sus ofertas rnientras continua habiendo una 

 demanda bajo la base de 4c. libre a bordo Cuba por azucares de la nueva zafra para en- 

 tregar en febrero y marzo. 



Nueva York. Octobre 2i de 1Q23. 



Cane Sugar in Chile 



It is reported that an attempt to create 

 a cane sugar industry in Chile is in a way 

 to succeed. The Compania Industrial y 

 Azucarera de Tacha. to which was granted 

 a concession in the region of Rio Cisnes. 

 has harvested the first crop from an e.x- 

 perimental planting of 15 hectares, which 

 yielded 120.000 kilos of cane, from which, 

 with inadequate equipment, 20,000 kilos of 

 sugar of the grade known locally in Chile 

 as chancaca was produced. As Revista 

 Azucarera observes, the figures given are 

 probably erroneous, as the yield of cane 

 per hectare — 8,000 kilos — is low, and the 

 yield of sugar from the cane — 16 2/3 per 

 cent — very high; but the fact remains that 

 the manufacture of cane sugar has been 

 begun in Chile — a fact which deserves to be 

 noted. 



This first lot of raw sugar was sold to 

 a refinery in Valparaiso at 083/2 Chilean 

 pesos per quintal and worked up at the 

 refinery of Vina del Mar. It showed a 

 polarization of 97.10 per cent and a rende- 

 ment of 91.75 per cent. 



The bulk of the sugar consumed in Chile 

 comes from Peru and Cuba. That from 

 Peru is sold on the basis of 96 per cent 

 polarization. 



According to Senor Pereire, president of 

 the company above mentioned, there are 

 2.500 hectares of irrigable land suitable for 

 cane growing in the Rio Mauri region, or 

 enough to produce 80.000 tons of sugar 

 annually, which about equals the importa- 

 tion from Peru. 



With this project under way in the North, 

 and with the Chilean government striving 

 to develop the culture of the sugar beet in 

 the South, it will probably not be long when 

 Chile will take its place among the sugar 

 producing countries of the world. 



Beet Sugar Production in the United 

 States 



The Department of Agriculture reports 

 as follows: The condition of sugar beets 

 for the crop as a whole in the United States 

 was 92.1% of a normal on October 1. 

 This compares with 91% September 1, 

 1923: 90.4% August 1, 1923; 85.1% 

 October 1, 1922; 89.3% October 1, 1921. 

 and with 88.2% the 10-year average of 

 condition on October 1. 



A condition of 92.1% on October 1 fore- 

 casts a production of approximately 6,- 

 623,000 short tons of sugar beets for 

 1923. 



The condition of sugar beets on October 

 1 forecasts an average yield per acre of 

 9.05 short tons of beets. 



The planted acreage in sugar beets in 

 1923 is estimated at 732,000 acres. 



The forecast of beet sugar production for 

 1923, based on the October 1 condition of 

 sugar beets, is 846,000 short or 755,350 

 tons of 2,240 lbs. 



Cuban Crop, 1922-23 



The Secretary of x\griculture has issued 

 partial statistics regarding the Cuban crop 

 of 1922-23, as follows: 



Total cane ground amounted to 

 2,789,000,000 arrobas. Cane burned ag- 

 gregated 344,265,874 arrobas, the largest 

 amount in many years. (At one mill we 

 know of in Camaguey province, of the total 

 amount of cane ground, 40 per cent was 

 burnt cane.) Molasses production was 

 192,588,547 gallons. The mill obtaining 

 highest yield of sugar per cent of cane 

 ground was Central Esperanza (Guanta- 

 namo) with 13.21 per cent. 



