STATISTICS OF SUGAE^ 1881-1912. 9 



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

 'principal States — Continued. 





Facto- 

 ries in 

 opera- 

 tion. 



Sugar beets. 







Aver- 

 age 

 ex- 

 trac- 

 tion 

 of 

 sugar 

 based 



on 

 weight 



of 

 beets. 



Aver- 

 age 



sugar 

 in 



beets 



Aver- 

 age 

 purity 

 coeffi- 

 cient 



of 

 beets.i 





state and year. 



Area har- 

 vested. 



Beets 

 used for 

 sugar 



Aver- 

 age 

 per 



acre. 



Sugar made. 

 (Chiefly refined.) 



Aver- 

 , age 

 length 



cam- 

 paign. 



United States: 



1901 



No. 

 36 

 41 

 49 

 48 

 52 

 63 

 63 

 62 

 65 

 61 

 66 

 73 



Acres. 

 175,083 

 216,400 

 242,576 

 197, 784 

 307,864 

 376,074 

 370,984 

 364,913 

 420,262 

 398,029 

 473,877 

 655,300 



Short 



tons. 

 1,685,689 

 1,895,812 

 2,076,494 

 2,071,539 

 2,665,913 

 4,236,112 

 3,767,871 

 3,414,891 

 4,081,382 

 4,047,292 

 5,062,333 

 5,224,377 



Short 



tons. 



9.63 



8.76 



8.56 



10.47 



8.67 



11.26 



10.16 



9.36 



9.71 



10.17 



10.68 



9.41 



Pounds. 

 369,211,733 

 436,811,685 

 481,209,087 

 484,226,430 

 625,841,228 

 967,224,000 

 927, 256, 430 

 851,768,000 

 1,024,938,000 

 1,020,344,000 

 1,199,000,000 

 1,385,112,000 



Short 



tons. 

 184,606 

 218,406 

 240,604 

 242,113 

 312,921 

 483,612 

 463,628 

 425, 884 

 612,469 

 510,172 

 699,500 

 692,556 



Per 

 cent 

 10.95 

 11.52 

 11.59 

 11.69 

 11.74 

 11.42 

 12.30 

 12.47 

 12.56 

 12.61 

 11.84 

 13.26 



Per 

 cent. 

 14.80 

 14. 60 

 15.10 

 15.33 

 15.33 

 14.90 

 15.80 

 15.74 

 16.10 

 16.35 

 15.89 

 16.31 



Per 

 cent. 

 82.20 

 83.30 



"ss.'io 



83.00 

 82.20 

 83.60 

 83.50 

 84.11 

 84.35 

 73; 92 

 84.49 



Days. 

 88.0 



1902 



94.0 



1903 . 



75.0 



1904 



78.0 



1905 



76.6 



1906 



105.0 



1907 



89.0 



1908 



74.0 



1909 



83.0 



1910 



83.0 



1911 



94.0 



1912 



86.0 







Average: 



1901-1905... 

 1906-1910. . . 



45 

 63 



227,841 

 386,052 



2,079,089 

 3,909,510 



9.13 

 10.13 



479,460,033 

 958,306,086 



239,730 

 479,153 



11.51 

 12.26 



15.03 



15.78 



82.89 

 83.55 



82.0 

 87.0 



Table 7. — Production and farm value of sugar beets in contiguous United States, 

 1899-1912, and in principal States, 1899, 1909, 1911, and 1912. 



[Except where otherwise stated, data refer to beets used in factories, as reported to the United States 



Department of Agriculture.] 



State and year. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Aver- 

 age 

 farm 

 price 

 per 

 ton. 



Farm 

 value. 



State and year. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Aver- 

 age 

 farm 

 price 

 per 

 ton. 



Farm 

 value. 



California: 



1899 1 



Short 

 tons. 

 356,635 

 845, 191 

 1,037,283 

 1,004,328 



6,656 



1,231,712 



957, 142 



1,641,861 



215,373 



707,639 



1,443,856 



838,784 



85,914 

 693, 607 

 648,677 

 615,749 



Dollars. 



24.35 



25.11 



5.54 



6.46 



24.01 



24.92 



5.55 



6.96 



24.07 



2 5.67 



6.74 



6.69 



24.25 



2 4.50 



4.88 



4.97 



Dollars. 

 1,550,346 

 4,320,532 

 6, 746, 548 

 6,487,959 



26,711 

 6,061,152 

 5,312,138 

 9,785,492 



877, 481 

 4,014,123 

 8,287,733 

 4,772,681 



365, 163 

 2,672,204 

 3,163,544 

 3,060,273 



Other States: 



1899 1 



Short 

 tons. 

 128,875 

 554, 708 

 975, 375 

 1,123,655 



793,353 

 1, 685, 689 

 1,895,812 

 2,076,494 

 2,071,539 

 2,665,913 

 4, 236, 112 

 3,767,871 

 3,414,891 

 3,932,857 

 4,047,292 

 5,062,333 

 5,224,377 



Dollars. 



23.91 



25.07 



5.47 



5.61 



24.19 



4.50 



5.03 



4.97 



34.95 



35.00 



35.10 



35.20 



35.35 



2 5. 06 



Dollars. 

 603 539 



1909 1 



1909 1 



2,812,713 

 5 332 869 



1911 



1911. 



1912 



1912 



6, 299, 469 



Colorado: 



1899 1 



United States: 



18991 



3,323,240 

 7 585,600 



19091 



1901 



1911 



1902 



9, 535, 934 



1912 



1903 



10 320 175 



Michigan: 



1899 1 



1904 



10,264,118 

 13, 329, 565 



1905 



19091 



1906 ... . 



21, 604, 171 

 19, 592, 929 



1911 



1907 



1908 



1912 



18,269,667 

 19, 880, 724 



Idaho and Utah: 



19091 



1899 1 



1910 





19091 



1911 



5.50 



5.82 



27,842,832 

 30, 405, 874 



1911 



1912 



1912 











1 Total beets produced. From United States Census of Agriculture. 



2 Computed by dividing total tons produced into total farm value. 



3 Senate Document 22; Sixty-first Congress, first session. 



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