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1913, an increase of 40 per cent. Denmark has never produced 

 enough sugar to supply domestic requirements but is rapidly ap- 

 proaching that condition. During the five-year period 1876-1880 

 only 4 per cent of the sugar consumed was of domestic origin; this 

 was increased to 63 per cent during the five years 1896-1900 and 

 to 90 per cent in 1914. The consumption of domestic sugar increased 

 from 1,080 tons in 1876-1880 to 116,193 tons in 1914, while the total 

 consumption increased from 28,792 tons to 129,807 for the same 

 period. The per capita consumption increased from 29.72 pounds in 

 1876-1880 to 90.81 pounds in 1914, an increase of 200 per cent. The 

 average annual consumption of sugar during the decade 1904-1913 

 was 106,375 tons, or 110.8 per cent of the production; the imports 

 averaged 27,959 tons, or 29.1 per cent of the production. The im- 

 ports decreased from 41,501 tons in 1904 to 13,444 tons in 1913, 

 while the exports increased from 13 tons to 50,534 for the same 

 period. 



SWEDEN. 



BEET SUGAR. 



The territory of Sweden used for growing sugar beets is in the 

 extreme southern part, chiefly in Provinces along the coast. The 

 Province of Malmohus, which exceeded all other Provinces combined 

 in production of beets in 1913 and 1914, produced 579,153 tons of beets, 

 or 62.2 per cent of the total, in 1913, and 647,178 tons of beets, or 66.9 

 per cent, in 1914. The Province of second importance in the produc- 

 tion of beets for these two years was Kristianstad, and the third in 

 importance was the island of Gottland. The total area under cul- 

 tivation in Sweden in 1911 was 9,200,000 acres, of which 71,790 

 acres, or 0.8 per cent, was used for sugar beets. The area used for 

 beets decreased from 79,257 acres in 1908 to 66,900 in 1912, but in- 

 creased to 79,700 in 1914. The annual average for the five years 

 1906-1910 was 80,723 acres. The production of beets has more than 

 doubled during the last 20 years, and increased from 453,245 tons in 

 1893 to 924,164 in 1901, but decreased to 670,120 the following year 

 and increased to 933,067 in 1912 and to 966,998 in 1914. The average 

 production of beets for the five years 1891-1895 was 466,445 tons, 

 which increased to 749,973 for 1896-1900, 768,995 for 1901-1905, and 

 1,053,947 for 1906-1910. The average yield per acre increased from 

 13.04 tons in 1908 to 14.83 in 1911, but decreased to 13.95 in 1912 and 

 to 12.13 in 1914. The annual farm value of the beet crop increased 

 from $2,037,000 for the five years 1891-1895 to $3,725,000 for 1901- 

 1905 and to $6,378,000 for 1906-1910. The value in 1909 was 

 $6,325,000, which decreased to $5,241,000 in 1914. The average price 

 paid for beets in 1913 was $5.59, which decreased to $5.42 per ton 

 in 1914. 



