38 BULLETIN 473, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



1903-1912 was 62,000,000 acres, of which 871,986 acres, or 1.4 per 

 cent, was used for sugar beets. During this period 67.1 per cent of 

 the area under beets was located in Austria and 32.9 per cent in 

 Hungary. The area under beets decreased from 871,294 acres in 1893 

 to 711,784 in 1902 and increased to 1,088,088 in 1912. The average an- 

 nual area under beets during the decade 1903-1912 was 871,986 acres, 

 compared with 787,286 acres for the decade 1893-1902, an increase of 



10.7 per cent. The production of beets was 5,439,735 tons in 1883, 

 7,142,514 in 1893, 8,196,853 in 1903, and 14,069,183 in 1912. The an- 

 nual production of beets during the decade 1893-1902 was 7,791,509 

 tons, which increased to 9,488,812 for the decade 1903-1912, an in- 

 crease of 21.8 per cent, as against an increase of 10.7 per cent for 

 area under beets. The production of beets per acre increased from 

 8.2 tons in 1893 to 10.3 tons in 1902 and 12.93 tons in 1912. The 

 average annual production of beets per acre increased from 9.9 tons 

 during the decade 1893-1902 to 10.88 tons during the decade 

 1903-1912, an increase of 9.9 per cent. 



The factories in operation decreased from 230 in 1903-4 to 214 in 

 1912-13, or an average of 217 for the decade. The beets used for 

 sugar varied from 8,500,661 tons in 1903-4 to 13,911,305 in 1912-13, 

 an average of 9,707,797 tons for the decade. The average annual 

 quantity of beets used was 5,799,503 tons for the decade 1883-84 to 

 1892-93, 8,374,545 tons for the decade 1893-94 to 1902-3, and 9,707,797 

 tons for the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13. The sugar produced increased 

 from 1,230,087 tons in 1903-4 to 2,093,439 in 1912-13, or an average 

 of 1,435,525 for the decade. Comparing the area of beets harvested 

 annually during the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13, an increase of 10.8 

 per cent is shown over the decade 1893-94 to 1902-3, and an increase 

 of 35.5 per cent over the decade 1883-84 to 1892-93. The beets used 

 for the same periods increased 15.9 per cent and 67.4 per cent, while 

 the sugar produced increased 31 per cent and 115.7 per cent, respec- 

 tively. The beets used per factory were 44,736 tons during the decade 

 1903-4 to 1912-13, as against 36,570 tons for the preceding decade. 

 The production of sugar per factory for these two decades was 6,615 

 and 4,785 tons, respectively. Austria far outranks Hungary in the 

 production of beets and sugar, but the increase during the last 20 

 years has been much greater for Hungary than for Austria. During 

 the ten years 1893-94 to 1902-3 Austria contained 74.1 per cent of 

 the area of beets harvested in the Empire, produced 77 per cent of 

 the beets and 81.6 per cent of the sugar. During the next decade, 

 1903-4 to 1912-13, Austria contained 67.1 per cent of the area of beets 

 harvested, producing 69.6 per cent of the beets and 71.8 per cent of 

 the sugar. The sugar extraction per weight of beets increased from 



13.08 per cent for the decade 1893-94 to 1902-3 to 15.29 per cent dur- 



