SUGAR PRODUCTION IN U. S. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 3 



were 487,961 tons for Russia, 371,357 for the United States, 339,839 

 for Austria-Hungary, and 240,044 for Germany. The annual 

 yield of beets per acre during the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13 for the 

 older beet-growing countries was lower, due mostly to the crop 

 failure in 1911, than for the preceding decade, while the sugar extrac- 

 tion per weight of beets was higher. A very slight increase (0.2 

 of 1 ton) in yield of beets per acre is shown for the Netherlands 

 and Russia, while Austria gained nearly 1 ton and Hungary more 

 than 1 ton per acre. The decreases are nearly 1^ tons for Bel- 

 gium, 1 ton for France, and three-fourths of a ton for Germany. 

 During the decade 1903-1912, the yield of beets per acre in the 

 United States was greater than in Hungary and Russia, but less 

 than for the other European countries. The yield per acre dur- 

 ing this decade was 13.89 tons for the Netherlands, 12.75 for Ger- 

 many, 12.67 for Belgium, 11.25 for Austria, 11.23 for Austria-Hun- 

 gary, 10.98 for France, 9.95 for the United States, 9.86 for Hungary, 

 and 6.90 for Russia. The extraction of sugar per weight of beets was 

 15.31 per cent for Germany, 15.29 for Austria-Hungary, 15.26 for Bel- 

 gium, 1 14.90 for the Netherlands, 13.30 for Russia, 12.15 for the 

 United States, 1 and 12 for France. 1 The increase in production of beet 

 sugar per acre during the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13 over the preced : 

 ing decade was 594 pounds for Austria-Hungary, 320 pounds for 

 the United States, 1 195 for Russia, 133 for Germany, and 80 for 

 Netherlands. The annual production of beet sugar per acre during 

 the last ten years was 3,908 pounds for Germany, 3,796 for Belgium, 1 

 3,377 for Austria-Hungary, 2,980 for the Netherlands, 2,824 for 

 France, 1 2,436 for the United States, 1 and 1,849 for Russia. The 

 yield of sugar per ton of beets also shows considerable increase, due 

 largely to improved methods of _ extraction. The increase in yield 

 of sugar per ton of beets varied from 8 pounds for France to 40 

 pounds for Belgium. The annual yield of sugar per ton of beets was 

 306 pounds for Germany, 300 for Belgium, 1 297 for the Netherlands, 

 296 for Austria-Hungary, 268 for Russia, and 243 each for the 

 United States 1 and France. 1 



The number of beet-sugar factories in each of the beet-growing 

 countries shows a decrease since 1903, except for the United States 

 and Russia. The decrease in number of factories was accounted 

 for by increasing the capacity and improving the methods. Hun- 

 gary, taken alone, shows an increase, but the decrease in Austria 

 was greater than the total number of factories in Hungary. The 

 annual output of sugar per factory during the decade ending 

 1912-13 was greater for Hungary than for any other country, 

 amounting to an average of 17,610 tons, as against 5,312 tons for 



1 Refined sugar. 



