8 BULLETIN 66, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Table 6. — Sugar-beet and beet-^ugar production of the United States, 1901-1912, by 



principal States. 



State and year. 



Facto- 

 ries in 

 opera- 

 tion. 



Sugar beets. 



Area har- 

 vested. 



Beets 

 used for 

 sugar. 



Aver 



per 

 acre. 



Sugar made. 

 (Chiefly refined.) 



Aver- 

 age 

 ex- 

 trac- 

 tion 

 of 

 sugar 

 based 



on 

 Aveight 



or 

 beets. 



Aver- 

 age 



sugar 

 in 



beets. 



Aver- 

 age 

 purity 

 coeffi- 

 cient 



of 

 beets.i 



length 



of 

 cam- 

 paign. 



California: 



1904 



1905 



1906 



190" 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Colorado: 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



190S 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Michigan: 



1904 



1905 



1806 ... 



1907 



190S 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Utah and Idaho: 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Wisconsin: 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



190? 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Other States: 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Acres. 

 32,801 

 51,857 

 60,141 

 47,387 

 62,302 

 83,000 

 90,500 

 99,545 

 111, 416i 



Short 

 tons 

 395, 452 

 514,391 

 671,571 

 484, 816 

 647,085 

 882,084 

 923,100 

 1,037,283 

 1,004,328 



44,456 550,359 

 85,916 875,154 

 110,943 1,487,383 

 127,678,1,523,303 

 119,475 1,108,961 



121,698 



. 81,412 



86, 437 



144,999 



53,777 

 77,823 

 93,984 

 88, 334 

 81,073 

 112,232 

 117,500 



1,256,771 

 864, 474 

 957,142 



1, 641, 861 



■ 43?, 428 

 531,4 

 805, 309 

 696, 785 

 611,295 

 819, 923 

 1,207,700 



145, 837 1, 443, 856 

 124,241 838,784 



27,750 

 44,550 

 44,058 

 54,601 

 52,141 

 46,727 

 39, 945 

 51,002 

 56,952 



9,500 

 14,000 

 15,560 

 11,837 

 14,700 

 14,000 

 16.772 

 23,241 

 20,172 



29,500 

 33,218 

 51,388 

 41,14" 

 35,222 

 42,605 

 51,900 

 67,815 

 97,520 



318,500 

 367,660 

 611,792 

 597, 239 

 604, 875 

 618,621 

 416,329 

 648, 677 

 615, 749 



108,000 

 124,000 

 158,600 

 122,800 

 137,800 

 143,000 

 153,327 

 256.124 

 207,085 



265,800 

 253,233 

 501,457 

 342,928 

 304,875 

 360,983 

 482,362 

 719, 251 

 916,570 



Short 

 ions. 

 12.06 



9.92 

 11.1 

 10.23 

 10.39 

 10.63 

 10.20 

 10.42 



9.01 



12.38 

 10.19 

 13.41 

 11.93 

 9.28 

 10.33 

 10. 62 

 11.0 

 11.32 



8.06 

 6.83 

 8.5 

 7.89 

 7.54 

 7.31 

 10.28 

 9.90 

 6.75 



11.48 

 8.25 

 13.89 

 10.94 

 11.60 

 13.24 

 10.42 

 12.72 

 10.81 



11.37 

 8.86 

 10.19 

 10.3 

 9.37 

 10.21 

 9.14 

 11.02 

 10.27 



9.01 

 7.62 

 9.76 

 8.33 

 8.65 

 8.47 

 9.29 

 10.61 

 9.40 



Pounds 

 93,311,900 



786, 900 

 480, 000 

 045, 500 

 780, 000 

 544, 000 

 780,000 

 600, 000 

 808,000 



553,800 

 216, 900 

 386,000 

 573,000 

 560, 000 

 810, 000 

 184, 000 

 600,000 

 020,000 



864,830 

 917, 999 

 214, 000 

 452, 000 

 598, 000 

 106, 000 

 430,000 

 000, 000 

 098,000 



315,900 

 428,000 

 646,000 

 901,700 

 690,000 

 756, 000 

 518,000 

 020,000 

 664,000 



600,000 

 487,029 

 220,000 

 320, 000 

 640,000 

 340, 000 

 260,000 

 280,000 

 520,000 



580,000 

 004,400 

 278, 000 

 964,230 

 500,000 

 3S2. 000 

 172,000 

 500,000 

 002,000 



Short 

 tons. 

 46,656 

 73, 893 

 92, 740 

 73,023 

 89, 890 

 127,272 

 139, 890 

 161,300 

 158, 904 



62,2 

 91,608 

 167, 193 

 169,286 

 122, 280 

 149,405 

 103, 092 

 124, 800 

 216, 010 



■ 51,932 

 66, 459 

 88, 607 

 84, 726 

 85,299 

 106, 053 

 139,215 

 125,500 

 95,049 



37,158 

 39,714 

 68, 823 

 82, 451 

 72,845 

 68, '" 

 52, 759 

 84,010 

 84,332 



11,800 

 14,244 

 17,610 

 15,160 

 18,320 

 17,170 

 18, 130 

 23,640 

 23,260 



32,290 

 27,002 

 48,639 

 38, 982 

 37,250 

 43,691 

 57, 086 

 80,250 

 115,001 



Per 

 cent. 

 11.80 

 14.37 

 13.81 

 15.06 

 13.89 

 14.43 

 15.15 

 15.55 

 15.82 



11.32 



10.4 



11.24 



11.11 



11.03 



11.89 



11.93 



13.04 



13.16 



11.98 

 12.50 

 11.00 

 12.16 

 13.95 

 12.93 

 11.53 

 8.69 

 11.33 



11.67 

 10.80 

 11.25 

 13.81 

 12.04 

 11.13 

 12.67 

 12.95 

 13.70 



10.90 

 11.49 

 11.10 

 12.35 

 13.30 

 12.01 

 11.82 

 9.23 

 11.23 



12.15 

 10.66 

 9.70 

 11.37 

 12.22 

 12.10 

 11.83 

 11.16 

 12.55 



Per 

 cent. 

 15.74 

 1/ 

 16.70 

 17.90 

 17.66 

 17.61 

 18.20 

 18.95 

 18. 



15.64 



14. 



14.70 



15.30 



13.85 



14.24 



15.19 



15.44 



16.19 



15.13 

 15.65 

 14.50 

 15.10 

 17.11 

 17.00 

 16.08 

 14.59 

 14.72 



14.82 

 14.25 

 15.70 

 17.00 

 14.9 

 15.51 

 16.31 

 16.20 

 16.65 



14.54 

 15.00 

 13.60 

 15.10 

 16.72 

 15.88 

 16.75 

 14.23 

 15.10 



15.36 

 14.04 

 14.00 

 15.10 

 15.22 

 15.09 

 15. 66 

 15.16 

 15.70 



Per 

 cent. 

 81.13 

 81.33 

 82.70 

 85.10 

 83.20 

 83.62 

 82.78 

 82.04 

 83.99 



82.46 

 81.79 

 80.30 

 81.50 

 81.80 

 80.51 

 83.40 

 81.22 

 84.81 



85.47 

 84.67 

 83.20 

 84.70 

 84.80 

 86.21 

 86.15 

 59.55 

 83.75 



83.24 



82.58 

 84.30 

 87.20 

 85.50 

 85.20 

 86.54 

 79.42 

 86.83 



83.51 

 83.00 

 83.00 

 85.60 

 84.50 

 85.17 

 84.14 

 64.86 

 84.31 



83.12 

 81.10 

 80.90 

 82. 30 

 82.00 

 83.21 

 82.69 

 73. 60 

 83.18' 



> Percentage of sucrose (pure sugar) in the total soluble solids of the beets. 



