SUGAR PRODUCTION IN U. S. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 3 
were 487,961 tons for Russia, 371,357 for the United States, 339,839 
for Austria-Hungary, and 240,044 for Germany. The annual 
yield of beets per acre during the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13 for the 
older beet-growing countries was lower, due mostly to the crop 
failure in 1911, than for the preceding decade, while the sugar extrac- 
tion per weight of beets was higher. A very slight increase (0/2 
of 1 ton) in yield of beets per acre is shown for the Netherlands 
and Russia, while Austria gained nearly 1 ton and Hungary more 
than 1 ton per acre. The decreases are nearly 1J tons for Bel- 
gium, 1 ton for France, and three-fourths of a ton for Germany. 
During the decade 1903-1912, the yield of beets per acre in the 
United States was greater than in Hungary and Russia, but less 
than for the other European countries. The yield per acre dur- 
ing this decade was 13.89 tons for the Netherlands, 12.75 for Ger- 
many, 12.67 for Belgium, 11.25 for Austria, 11.23 for Austria-Hun- 
gary, 10.98 for France, 9.95 for the United States, 9.86 for Hungary, 
and 6.90 for Russia. The extraction of sugar per weight of beets was 
15.31 per cent for Germany, 15.29 for Austria -Hungary, 15.26 for Bel- 
gium, 1 14.90 for the Netherlands, 13.30 for Russia, 12.15 for the 
United States, 1 and 12 for France. 1 The increase in production of beet 
sugar per acre during the decade 1903^ to 1912-13 over the preced- 
ing decade was 594 pounds for Austria-Hungary, 320 pounds for 
the United States, 1 195 for Russia, 133 for Germany, and 80 for 
Netherlands. The annual production of beet sugar per acre during 
the last ten years was 3,908 pounds for Germany, 3,796 for Belgium, 1 
3,377 for Austria-Hungary, 2,980 for the Netherlands, 2,824 for 
France, 1 2,436 for the United States, 1 and 1,849 for Russia. The 
yield of sugar per ton of beets also shows considerable increase, due 
largely to improved methods of extraction. The increase in yield 
of sugar per ton of beets varied from 8 pounds for France to 40 
pounds for Belgium. The annual yield of sugar per ton of beets was 
306 pounds for Germany, 300 for Belgium, 1 297 for the Netherlands, 
296 for Austria-Hungary, 268 for Russia, and 243 each for the 
United States x and France. 1 
The number of beet-sugar factories in each of the beet-growing 
countries shows a decrease since 1903, except for the United States 
and Russia. The decrease in number of factories was accounted 
for by increasing the capacity and improving the methods. Hun- 
gary, taken alone, shows an increase, but the decrease in Austria 
was greater than the total number of factories in Hungary. The 
annual output of sugar per factory during the decade ending 
1912-13 was greater for Hungary than for any other country, 
amounting to an average of 17,610 tons, as against 5,312 tons for 
1 Refined sugar. 
