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creased from 97,266 tons in 1903-4 to 147,204 tons in 1912-13, or an 

 average of 119,780 tons for the decade. The per capita consumption 

 during this period was approximately 12 pounds. The consumption 

 of sugar during the five years 1909-1913 as compared with the five 

 years 1900-1904 shows an increase of 41.3 per cent, as against an 

 increase of 49.6 per cent in production for the same period. 



DENMARK. 



BEET SUGAR. 



The area of land in Denmark devoted to the growing of sugar beets 

 is located chieflly in the islands southeast of the mainland. These 

 islands have annually produced about 97 per cent of the sugar beets, 

 and contain also all of the factories. The total area under cultiva- 

 tion in 1907 was 6,376,000 acres, which increased slightly to 6,644,000 

 acres in 1912. Of this area, sugar beets occupied 0.6 per cent, or 

 39,568 acres, in 1907, and 1.2 per cent, or 79,986 acres, in 1912. While 

 the area devoted to the growing of beets has increased 100 per cent 

 since 1907, the production of beets has increased 200 per cent since 

 1904. The production that year was 393,011 tons, which increased 

 to 1,159,369 in 1912. The annual average for the decade ending with 

 ]913 was 671,540 tons. The production of beets per acre increased 

 from 11.32 tons in 1907 to 14.49 in 1912. The area and farm value 

 of sugar beets, while much less than that of other crops, has shown 

 a greater increase than any of the other principal crops. The value 

 of beets increased more than 122 per cent during the decade ending 

 with 1912, while the value of all crops, including beets, increased only 

 64 per cent. The beets were valued at $1,569,000 in 1903 and 

 $3,484,000 in 1912, while the value of all crops for the two years, re- 

 spectively, was $112,273,000 and $184,170,000. The value of wheat 

 decreased from $3,351,000 in 1903 to $3,296,000 in 1912. The increases 

 in other crops for the two years, respectively, were rye $12,503,000 to 

 $14,954,000, barley $14,782,000 to $19,564,000, oats $19,014,000 to 

 $23,638,000, potatoes $3,994,000 to $6,110,000. The farm value of 

 beets per ton ranged from $3.16 in 1910 to $4.42 the following year. 



The beet-sugar factories increased from 7 to 9 during the decade 

 1904-1913. Two new factories were recently erected, one in 1910, 

 the other in 1912. The output of sugar varied from 48,639 tons in 

 1904 to 179,002 in 1913, or an annual average for the decade of 

 95,983 tons. The production in 1914 decreased to 167,803 tons. The 

 production of sugar per acre increased from 2,934 tons in 1907 to 

 3,712 tons in 1912, and the production per factory increased from 

 6,948 tons in 1904 to 19,889 tons in 1913. The sugar extraction per 

 ton of beets increased from 248 pounds in 1904 to 349 pounds in 



