STATISTICS OP SUGAR, 1881-1912. 



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Table 8. — Sugar-cane area and production in the United States, 1909, by principal States 



and counties — Continued. 



State and county. 



Area. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Average 



yield per 



acre. 



State and county. 



Area. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Average 



yield per 



acre. 



North Carolina: 



Acres. 



5 



91 



75 



123 



Short 



tons. 



40 



648 



238 



568 



Short 



tons. 

 8.0 

 7.1 

 3.2 

 4.6 



Texas— Contd. 



Cass 



Acres. 

 567 



1,324 

 579 



6,775 

 573 

 612 

 892 

 956 

 605 



4,714 



518 



12,559 



Short 



tons. 

 4, 433 



12, 803 

 1,391 



90,827 

 1,071 

 3,765 

 5,589 

 4,748 

 3,231 



36, 434 

 6,985 



76, 486 



Short 

 tons. 

 7.8 



Columbus 



Pender 



Robeson 



Colorado 



Fayette 



Fort Bend 



Guadalupe 



Nacogdoches... 



9.7 

 2.4 

 13.4 

 1.9 

 6.2 

 6.3 

 6.0 



Total 



294 



1,494 



5.1 



South Carolina: 



398 

 545 

 329 

 495 

 682 

 1,107 

 3,497 



3,519 

 6,348 

 1,972 

 3,502 

 6,820 

 12,531 

 25,173 



8.8 

 11.6 



6.0 



7.1 

 10.0 

 11.3 



7.2 



Shelby 



Bamberg 



Smith 



5 3 



Barnwell 



Clarendon 



Colleton 



Hampton 



Wharton 



•Wood 



Other counties. 



Total 



Other States 



United States 



7.7 

 11.6 

 6.1 



Orangeburg 



Other counties. 



34,315 



307,502 



9.0 



Total 



7,053 



59, 865 



8.5 



127 



324 



2.6 



Texas: 



Brazoria 



Cameron 



2,037 

 1,604 



26,288 

 34, 451 



12.9 

 21.5 



476, 849 



6,240,260 



13.1 



Table 9. — Production of cane sirup and cane molasses in the United States, 1899-1909, 



by principal States.^ 



[By "sirup" is meant the liquid cane product from which no sugar has been extracted; by "molasses "i 

 is meant the liquid cane product from which more or less sugar has been extracted.] 





1899 



1909 



State. 



1899, 



1909 



State. 



Farm and 



factory 



production. 



Farm pro- 

 duction.2 



Farm and 



factory 



production. 



Farm pro- 

 duction. 2 



Sirup. 

 Georgia 



Gallons. 



3,226,367 



2, 480, 856 



2, 672, 438 



1,413,219 



1, 687, 452 



888, 637 



805,064 



44, 819 



1,957 



438 



Gallons. 



5,533,520 



4,125,083 



3,078,631 



2, 920, 519 



2,533,096 



2,246,774 



881, 568 



286, 637 



21,677 



6,184 



3 942, 997 



3 506, 863 



Molasses. 

 All States 



Gallons. 



Gallons. 

 4,163 

 3 24,342 665 



Louisiana 



Louisiana. . . 



11, 703, 877 

 98,950 





Texas 



3 426,810 





Total molasses 



Total sirup and mo- 

 lasses 



Florida 



11,802,827 



24 772 618 



Texas 





South Carolina 



25, 024, 074 





Arkansas . 



47,855 967 



North Carolina 







Other States.. . . . 





Louisiana 





Other States 













Total sirup 



13,221,247 



23,083,439 









I Census. 



2 Farm production except as noted. 



3 Factory production. 



