STATISTICS OF 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 
5,985 
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 
5.0 
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 
Shelbv 
Bamberg 
Smith 
5.3 
Barnwell 
Clarendon 
Wharton 
Wood 
7.7 
11.6 
Colleton 
Hampton 
Other counties. 
Total 
Other States 
United States 
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. 1 
[By "sirup" is meant the liquid cane product from which no sugar has been extracted; by "molasses" 1 
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, 531 
2, 920, 519 
2, 533, 096 
2,246,774 
881, 558 
286, 637 
21,677 
6,184 
3 942, 997 
3 506, 863 
Ifolasses. 
All States 
Gallons. 
Gallons. 
4,153 
11, 703, 877 
98, 950 
3 24,342,555 
Texas 
3 425,810 
Total molasses 
Total sirup and mo- 
lasses 
Florida ............... 
11,802,827 
24,772,518 
25, 024, 074 
Arkansas 
47,855,957 
Other States 
Louisiana 
Other States 
Total sirup 
13,221,247 
23, 083, 439 
1 Census. 
2 Farm production except as noted. 
Factory production. 
