SUGAR CROPS 



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The countries leading in the production of both beet and cane sugar 

 in 1914 were as follows : 



The development of the sugar-beet industry in the United States is of 

 comparatively recent date. It was not until 1906 that the production of 



187) 1110 Mil III! IBM KM I11S HIS 1117 1181 1119 1191 l!!l IM «!3 IIS* »»5 »SS 1897 1191 1199 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1919 Hit W 1901 1909 

 rniVfRINFr) IOOO HARVEST OF /UNITED STATES = 8S,9«.CX» ACRES, l,<M7.06S,000 bushels. 



wheat/rye BARLEY AND OATS 



IGERMANY 



= .HJ78-5M ACRES, U73.000.000 BUSHELS. 



Ageicxtltttjbaij Pbogbess in the United States and Germany. 



sugar from beets exceeded that from sugar-cane. At present the produc- 

 tion of beet sugar has more than doubled that of cane sugar in the United 

 States. (See above table.) 



