6 BULLETIX 995, TJ. S. DEPARTMEXT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Table IV. — Beet-sugar production, 1916 to 1920. 











Beets 



produced. 



Average. 





Price paid for 

 beets. 





Num- 

 ber of 



Days 



Beets 

 har- 

 vested. 









Sugar 





Location 















and year. 



sugar 

 mills. 



oper- 

 ating. 



Aver- 

 age 



Total. 



Ex- 

 trac- 



Sugar 

 in the 



Coeffi- 

 cient 



made. 



Aver- 

 & Sr ' l Total. 











per 

 acre. 





tion. 



beets. «£" 





per 

 ton. 



California: 







Acres. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



P.ct. 



P. ct. : 



Tons. 







1916 



11 



108 



141,097 



10.47 



1,477,426 



16.15 



18.35 : 84.13 



236, 322 



86.30 



$9,311,000 



1917 



14 



92 



161,909 



8.22 



1,331,548 



15. 84 



18. 48 | 82. 91 



209, 325 



7.60 



10,125,000 



1918 



13 



81 



100,684 



8.52 



' 858, 028 



14.52 



17.03 ; 81.50 



122, 795 



9.95 



8,534,000 



1919 



10 



76 



107,174 



7.61 



815, 896 



16.30 



17.87 ! 82.02 



131,172 



14.17 



11,561,000 



1920 



10 



90 



122, 813 



8.74 



1,073,.828 



15.97 



17.66 81.44 



167,997 



13. 13 



14, 096, 000 



Colorado: 





















1916 



11 



102 



188,568 



10.70 



2,018,298 



13.04 15.00 1 85.79 



252, 147 



6.06 



12,236,000 



1917 



1-5 



91 



161,476 



11.50 



1,857,649 



13.39 15.40 1 85.16 



234, 303 



7.28 



13,526,000 



1918 



14 



76 



125, 882 



11.47 



1, 443, 846 



14.07 16.10 j 85.96 



191, 880 



10.02 



14,474,000 



1919 



15 



87 



182,616 



9.66 



1,764,772 



11. 71 13. 62 j 83. 85 



193. 890 



10. 85 



19,143,000 



1920 



17 



98 



219, 847 



10.58 



2, 325, 003 



13.60 ; 15.81 1 85.15 



294, 482 



11.88 



27,627,000 



Idaho: 





















1916 



5 



86 



42, 135 



8.48 



357, 137 



13.84 ! 16.95 '< 86.39 



45,874 



6.16 



2,199,000 



1917 



7 



70 



37, 745 



8.27 



312, 067 



13. 40 1 16. 74 1 84. 84 



38, 376 



7.06 



2,203,000 



1918 



7 



87 



32, 306 



10.66 



344, 334 



13.66 



16.57 ; 86.46 



44,682 



10.00 



3,443,000 



1919 



6 



50 



30, 331 



6.70 



203, 168 



13.29 



15. 48 i 86. 15 



26, 159 



11.00 ! 2,235,000 



1920 



8 



■72 



45, 810 



8.82 



404, 078 



13.94 



16.26 86.41 



57, 603 



12.10 , 4,889,000 



Michigan: 





















1916 



15 



49 



99, 619 



5.46 



543, 766 



13.79 



16.37 ' 85.22 



69, 341 



6.14 i 3,337,003 



1917 



14 



53 



82, 151 



6.38 



524, 195 



13.91 



16.28 i 86.57 



64,247 



8.04 



1,215,000 



1918 



16 



75 



114,976 



8.40 



966, 676 



14.37 



16.61 . 85.49 



127, 979 



10.08 



9,741,000 



1919 



16 



84 



123, 375 



9.82 



1,211,018 



12.63 



14.57 ' 81.78 



130, 385 



12.52 



15,158,000 



1920 



17 



87 



149,559 



8.78 



1,312,883 



13.34 



15. 79 84. 04 



165, 899 



10.08 



13,235,000 



Nebraska: 























1916 



3 



160 



41,083 



10.34 



424,913 



12.86 



15.51 i 81.12 



51,945 



6.17 2,622,000 



1917 



4 



97 



51, 337 



9.22 



473, 494 



12.16 



14.91 80.71 



53, 893 



7.22 3,417,000 



1918 



4 



99 



42,746 



11.35 



48-5, 070 



14.01 



16.05 86.14 



63, 494 



9.96 4.8.33,000 



1919 



4 



112 



59, 113 



10.16 



600, 730 



10.99 



13. 14 82. 80 



60, 870 



10.90 6,546.000 



1920 



5 



110 



72,296 



9.93 



717,956 



13.37 



15. 74 



83. 94 



89, 518 



11.96 I 8,587,000 



Ohio: 























1916 



4 



4-5 



24, 767 



5.96 



147, 718 



13.24 



15.89 



83. 36 



18,234 



6.83 1,008,000 



1917 



5 



70 



24, 234 



9.08 



219,931 



12. C8 



16.24 



86. 25 



24, 467 



7.18 



1,580,000 



1918 



5 



91 



32, 547 



9.69 



315, 371 



12.19 



15.74 



84.23 



35, 476 



10.03 



3,162,000 



1919 



5 



79 



30,909 



10.58 



:;-_V"._' 



10.93 



14. 15 



82. 73 



31, 864 



12. 75 



4,168,000 



1920 



5 



100 



49,199 



8.86 



435, 928 



12.31 



15. 44 



82. 45 



47,073 



9.89 



4,313.000 



Utah: 























1916 



11 



95 



68,211 



11.70 



798, 119 



12.75 



16. Co i 84.79 



90, 277 



5.73 



4,577,000 



1917 



15 



82 



80, 289 



7.49 



762, 028 



12.01 



15.61 j 82.27 



S3, 662 



7.04 



5, 368, 000 



1918 



16 



98 



81,717 



12.27 



1,003,013 



11.69 



15. 29 84. 21 



105, 794 



10.01 



10,041,000 



1919 



18 



84 



103, 247 



9.84 



1,015,873 



11.12 



13. 87 ; 82. 39 



101,025 



10.97 



11,148,000 



1920 



18 



1G2 



112,567 



12.35 



1,389,843 



12.89 



15.62 S4.27 



162,588 



12.03 



16,713,000 



"Wisconsin: 























1916 



3 



48 



7,000 



8.79 



61, 500 



11.58 



14.90 i 



6,800 



6.06 



373,000 



1917 



4 



53 



9,800 



8.10 



79, 372 



11.34 



15.03 | 



8,032 



8.81 



699,000 



1918 



4 



61 



12,400 



8.05 



99, 777 



14.29 



16.29 1 82.40 



13, 358 



10.00 



998, 000 



1919 



4 



60 



12, 100 



9.71 



117,443 



10.07 



13.16 J 81.73 



10, 636 



12.02 



1,411,000 



1920 



5 



80 



20,686 



9.19 



190, 203 



12.40 



15. 86 82. 53 



20, 943 



10.20 



1,940,000 



Other States: 























1916 



8 



57 



52, 828 



7.56 



399, 379 



13.07 1 15.69 



82.67 



49, 717 



6.20 



2,476,000 



1917 



13 



51 



55, 856 



7.52 



420,093 



12.46 15.17 



81.87 



48, 902 



7.28 



3,059,000 



1918 



10 



64 



50, 752 



8.53 



432, 683 



13.59 j 15.95 



84.31 



55, 492 



9.86 



4,268,000 



1919 



11 



.52 



43, 590 



8.39 



365,616 



11.95 1 14.27 



S3. 14 



40,450 



11.08 



4, 050, 000 



1920 



12 



70 



79, 599 



8.75 



696, 471 13. 06 



15. 46 83. 12 



83,918 



11.52 



8,025,000 



All States: 





















1916 



74 



80 



665, 308 



9.36 



6,228,256 



13. 86 



16. 30 84. 74 



820, 657 



6.12 



38, 139, 000 



1917 



91 



74 



664, 797 



9.00 



5,980,377 



13.60 



16. 28 '83. 89 



765, 207 



7.39 



44, 192, 000 



1918 



89 



81 



594, 010 



10. 01 



5, 948, 798 



13.64 



16. 18 84. 70 



760, 950 



10.00 



59,494,000 



1919 



89 



78 



692, 455 



9.27 



6, 421, 478 



12.34 



14.48 82.84 



726, 451 



11.74 



75, 120,000 



1920 



97 



91 



872, 376 



9.80 



8, 546, 193 



13. 63 



15.99 83.97 



1,090,021 



11.63 



99, 126,000 



For several years the Office of Sugar-Plant Investigations, jointly 

 with the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics and inde- 

 pendently, has been studying the agronomic conditions found in each 

 of the existing and in some of the prospective sugar-beet centers. 

 This bulletin discusses the conditions which have been brought out in 

 these studies and points out in a general way the factors that are 



