BEETS 611 
Beet-Sugar Crop in the United States for the Year 1911-12 
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Factories Recovery | 
Value Sugar L 
State Area . Beets | Suc- 8 Oss 
Yield! per manu- of 
Nol Run harvested ton worked | rose factured Beets Sue. Beets 
Days| Acres |Short Dol-| Short | Per | Short | Per | Per | Per 
tons | lars tons cent tons cent | cent | cent 
California...| 1098.5 , 99,545 ) 10.42, 5 54 | 1,037,283) 18.93) 161,300 | 15.55) 82.04 3.40 
Colorado...' 14 63.3 86,487 | 11 07, 5.55 | 957,142) 15.44) 124,800 | 13.04) 81.22) 2.40 
Idaho.... . 3) 91 17,052 | 12.11, 5.02 | 206,367; 16.65' 26,7380 | 12.95) 77.80 3.70 
Michigan... 17/122 145,837 | 9.90 5.74 | 1,443,856) 14.59, 125,500 | 8.69, 59.55) 5.90 
Utah....... 6 96 33,950 | 13.03, 4 81 | 442,310, 15.98 57,280 | 12.95) 81.04 3.02 
Wisconsin...} 4106 23,241 | 11.02 5.51 | 256,124 14.23) 23,640 | 9.23) 64.86 5.00 
Other States} 12) 83 67,815 | 10.61, 5.48 | 719,251; 15.16) 80,250 | 11.16 73.60) 4.00 
Total or 
average...| 66 94+ | 473,877 | 10.68 5.50 | 5,062,333) 15.89, 599,500 | 11.84) 73.92) 4.05 
Compiled in the office of Cotton and Truck Disease and Sugar-Plant Investigations, Bureau 
of Plant Industry. 
Sugar Beets in Europe 
The following table gives the area and production of sugar beets in Huropean 
countries in 1912 and 1911, according to a report of the International Institute of 
Agriculture: 
Area and production of sugar beets in specified countries, 1912-11. 
Area Production 
Country [a rn mm — 
1912 1911 1912 
Acres Acres Tons (2,000 Ibs. }/Tons(2,000 Ibs.) 
Prussia.... , 1,053,454 865,559 14,289,352 6,609,550 
Belgium 163,086 150,237 2,094,370 1,626,995 
Bulgaria.... .... 7,413 7,301 49,604 | 68,343 
Denmark.. .... 74,871 61,528 885,729 805,208 
Spain. . 106,438 82,121 1,189,353 964,463 
France............ 606,346 600,280 7,037,204 4,669,083 
Croatia and Slavonia..... 7,413 7,413 99,207 66,138 
Italy .... cc. eee eee ee eee 180,963 131,260 1,818,795 1,587,753 
Roumania.... 35,491 33,613 352,736 289,962 
Russia....... 1,860,196 1,923,758 14,523,444 14,343,901 
Sc cX6 Cc) 6 rrr rr 1,091,480 905,124 
-—Crop Reporter, January, 19138. 
