STATISTICS OF SUGAR, 1881-1912. 7 



Table 4. — Comparison of cane and beet sugar produced in contiguous United States, 



1881-1912.^ 



[In terms of refined sugar. Raw sugar has been reduced to terms of refined by assuming 90 pounds of 

 refined to be tlie product of 100 pounds of raw.] 





Cane 



sugar. 



Beet 



=ugar. 





Year of cane or beet harvest. 



Quantity. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



Quantity. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



Total. 



Average: 



1881-1885 



Short tons. 

 118,934 

 154,339 

 247,760 

 258,124 

 327,761 

 325,987 



Per cent. 

 99.4 

 98.8 

 92.7 

 81.6 

 57.8 

 40.5 



Short tons. 



692 



1,922 



19,406 



58,286 



239, 730 



479, 153 



Per cent. 

 0.6 

 1.2 

 7.3 

 18.4 

 42.2 

 59.5 



Short tons. 

 119,626 



1886-1890 



156,261 



1891-1895 



267, 166 



1896-1900 



316,410 



1901-1905 



567,491 



1906-1910 



805, 140 







1901 



327,892 

 335.612 

 250,263 

 373,496 

 351,542 

 244,944 



354,816 

 372,960 

 337,680 

 319,536 

 324,787 

 146,316 



64.0 

 60.6 

 51.0 

 60.7 

 52.9 

 33.6 



43.4 

 46.7 

 39.7 

 38.5 

 35.1 

 17.4 



184, 606 

 218,406 

 240,604 

 242,113 

 312,920 

 483,612 



463,628 

 425,884 

 512,469 

 510,172 

 599,500 

 692,556 



36.0 

 39.4 

 49.0 

 39.3 

 47.1 

 66.4 



56.6 

 53.3 

 60.3 

 61.5 

 64.9 

 82.6 



512,498 



1902 . 



554,018 



1903 



490, 867 



1904 . 



615,609 



1905 



664, 462 



1906 



728,556 



1907 . •. 



818,444 



1908 



798,844 



1909 



850, 149 



1910 . 



829, 708 



1911 



924,287 



1912 



838,872 







1 For sources see Note 1, Table 1. See also Note 2, Table 1. 



Table 5.- — Average yield of refined sugar per acre of beets or cane in contiguous ^ United 

 States, and of cane in Hawaii. 



[Raw cane sugar has been reduced to terms of refined by assuming 90 pounds of refined to beequivalent to 



100 pounds of raw.] 





Pounds 



Item. 



Pounds 



Item. 



Pounds 





Pounds 





per acre. 





per acre. 





per acre. 





peracre. 



BEET SUGAR. 





BEET SUGAR— 



continued. 





BEET SUGAR— 



continued. 





BEET SUGAR— 



continued. 





United States: 

















1901 



2,109 



Colorado: 





Utah and 





Other States: 





1902 



2,019 



1904 



2,802 



Idaho: 





1904 



2,189 



1903 



1,984 



1905 



2,133 



1904 



2,678 



1905 



1,626 



1904 



2,448 



1906 



3,014 



1905 



1,783 



1906 



1,893 



1905 



2,036 



1907 



2,652 



1906 



3,124 



1907 



1,895 



1906 



2,572 



1908 



2,047 



1907 



3,020 



1908 



2,115 



1907 



2,499 



1909 



2,455 



1908 



2,794 



1909 



2,051 



1908 



2,334 



1910 



2,533 



1909 



2,948 



1910 



2,200 



1909 



2,439 



1911 



2,888 



1910 



2,642 



1911 



2,367 



1910 



2,563 



1912 



2,979 



1911 



3,294 



1912 



2,359 



1911 



2,530 







1912 



2,962 







1912 



2,494 















California: 





Michigan: 





Wisconsia: 





CANE SUGAR. 





1904 



2,845 



1904 



1,931 



1904 



2,484 







1905 



2,850 



1905 



1,708 



1905 



2,035 



Louisiana: 





1906- 



3,084 



1906 



1,886 



1906 



2,263 



1911 



2,023 



1907 



3,082 



1907 



1,918 



1907 



2,561 



1912 



1,348 



1908 



2,886 



1908 



2,104 



1908 



2,493 



Hawaii: 





1909 



3,067 



1909 



1,890 



1909 



2,453 



1910-11 



8,720 



1910 



3,091 



1910 



2,370 



1910 



2,162 



1911-12 



9,478 



1911 



3,241 



• 1911 



1,721 



1911 



2,034 







1912 



2,852 



1912 



1,530 



1912 



2,306 







iSeenote2,Tablel. 



