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ing the decade 1903-1912 was 14,800,000 acres, of which 27,577 acres, 

 or 0.2 per cent, were under beets. The area used for beets increased 

 from 22,039 acres in 1903 to 36,534 in 1913, or an average for the 

 decade 1903-1912 of 27,577 acres. The five-year period 1908-1912 

 compared with the five years 1903-1907 shows an increase of 42.7 per 

 cent in area of beets, as against an increase of 63.1 per cent in quan- 

 tity of beets produced. The production of beets was 159,935 tons in 

 1903, which increased to 311,250 in 1912, or an average of 247,976 for 

 the decade. The yield of beets per acre increased from 7.24 tons in 

 1903 to 10.32 in 1909, but decreased to 9.68 in 1912, and the average 

 for the decade was 8.56 tons. During the eleven years 1903-1913 

 the yield of beets per acre was lowest in 1913 and amounted to only 

 6.79 tons. The area that year was 36,534 acres, the largest of the 

 entire period, but the production of beets, 247,976 tons, was the lowest 

 since 1908. The farm value of beets was $805,000 in 1907, which in- 

 creased to double that amount, $1,665,000, in 1909, but decreased to 

 $1,303,000 in 1913. The value of the beets per ton increased from 

 $4.38 in 1907 to $5.25 in 1913. The average value of the beet crop 

 per acre was $36.13 in 1908, $50.60 in 1910, $48.30 in 1913, and $35.65 

 in 1914. The beets produced formed 0.44 per cent of the value of 

 all agricultural products in 1908, 0.66 per cent in 1910, 0.47 per cent 

 in 1911, and 0.53 per cent in 1914. 



The production of sugar in Roumania began in the early eighties. 

 Figures for 1886 show a production of only 671 tons for that year. 

 Ten years later the quantity produced was 1,884 tons. In 1899-1900 

 the production amounted to 14,713 tons, which increased to more 

 than twice that amount in 1902-3, again doubled in 1910-11, amount- 

 ing to 55,118 tons, but a decline to 35,887 tons is shown for 1911-12. 

 The output of sugar for the five-year period 1899-1900 to 1903^ was 

 29,752 tons, as against 39,071 tons for the five years 1907-8 to 1911-12, 

 an increase of 31.3 per cent. The figures of production as just stated 

 do not represent the actual production for each year, as the stock of 

 sugar on hand at the close of the sugar year is included in the 

 production of the following year. 



The consumption of sugar during the 13 years 1899-1900 to 1911-12 

 has nearly doubled and amounted to two-thirds of the production. 

 The consumption in 1898-99 was 23,531 tons; in 1906-7, 28,992 tons; 

 in 1912-13, 38,525 tons. The consumption during the five years 

 1899-1900 to 1903-4 was 19,083 tons, as against 31,916 tons for the 

 five years 1907-8 to 1911-12, an increase of 67.2 per cent, while the 

 production for the same period increased only 31.3 per cent. The 

 domestic production of sugar in Roumania has been about equal to 

 the domestic requirements. Small quantities of sugar have been ex- 

 ported, but almost an equal amount has been imported. The annual 

 exports for the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13 were 2,177 tons, while the 



