STATISTICS OF SUGAR, 1881-1912. 9 
Table 6. — Sugar-beet and beet-sugar production of the United States, 1901-1912, by 
'principal States — Continued. 
State and year. 
Facto- 
ries in 
opera- 
tion. 
Sugar beets. 
Area har- 
vested. 
Beets 
used for 
sugar 
Aver- 
per 
acre. 
Sugar made. 
(Chiefly refined.) 
Aver- 
age 
ex- 
trac- 
tion 
of 
sugar 
based 
on 
weight 
of 
beets. 
Aver- 
age 
sugar 
in 
beets 
Aver- 
age 
purity 
coeffi- 
cient 
of 
beets. 1 
Aver- 
age 
length 
of 
cam- 
paign. 
United States: 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
Average: 
1901-1905. 
1906-1910. 
No. 
Acres. 
175,083 
216, 400 1 
242,576 2 
197, 784 
307,364 
376,074 
370,984 
364,913 
420, 262 
398,029 
473,877 
555,300 
227, 841 
386,052 
Short 
tons. 
685, 689 
895, 812 
076, 494 
071,539 
665,913 
236,112 
767,871 
414, 891 
081,382 
047, 292 
062,333 
224,377 
Short 
tons. 
9.63 
8.76 
8.56 
10.47 
8.67 
11.26 
10.16 
9.36 
9.71 
10.17 
10.68 
9.41 
Pounds. 
369,211,733 
436,811,685 
481,209,087 
484, 226, 430 
625,841,228 
967,224,000 
927, 256, 430 
851,768,000 
1,024,938,000 
1,020,344,000 
1,199,000,000 
1,385,112,000 
2,079,1 
3,909,510 
9.13 
10.13 
479,460,033 
958,306,086 
Short 
tons. 
184,606 
218,406 
240, 604 
242, 113 
312,921 
483,612 
463,628 
425,884 
512,469 
510,172 
599,500 
692, 556 
Per 
cent 
10.95 
11.52 
11.59 
11 
11.74 
11.42 
12.30 
12.47 
12.56 
12. 61 
11.84 
13.26 
Per 
cent. 
14.8 
14. 60 
15.10 
15.33 
15. 33 
14.90 
15.80 
15.74 
16.10 
16.35 
15.89 
16.31 
Per 
cent. 
82.20 
83.30 
83.10 
83.00 
82.20 
83.60 
83.50 
84.11 
84.35 
73. 92 
84.49 
Days. 
88.0 
94.0 
75.0 
78.0 
76.6 
105.0 
89.0 
74.0 
83.0 
83.0 
94.0 
86.0 
239, 730 
479,153 
11.51 
12.26 
15.03 
15.78 
82.89 
83.55 
82.0 
87.0 
Table 7. — Production and farm value of sugar beets in contiguous United States, 
1899-1912, and in principal States, 1899, 1909, 1911, and 1912. 
[Except where otherwise stated, data refer to beets used in factories, as reported to the United States 
Department of Agriculture.] 
State and year. 
Produc- 
tion. 
Aver- 
age 
farm 
price 
per 
ton. 
Farm 
value. 
State and year. 
Produc- 
tion. 
Aver- 
age 
farm 
price 
per 
ton. 
Farm 
value. 
California: 
1899 ! 
Short 
tons. 
356, 535 
845, 191 
1,037,283 
1,004,328 
6,656 
1,231,712 
957, 142 
1,641,861 
215,373 
707, 639 
1,443,856 
838,784 
85,914 
593, 607 
648, 677 
615, 749 
Dollars. 
2 4.35 
2 5.11 
5.54 
6.46 
2 4.01 
2 4.92 
5.55 
5.96 
2 4.07 
2 5.67 
5.74 
5.69 
2 4.25 
2 4.50 
4.88 
4.97 
Dollars. 
1,550,346 
4,320,532 
5, 746, 548 
6, 487, 959 
26,711 
6,061,152 
5,312,138 
9, 785, 492 
877, 481 
4,014,123 
8, 287, 733 
4, 772, 681 
365, 163 
2, 672, 204 
3,163,544 
3, 060, 273 
Other States: 
1899 1 
Short 
tons. 
128, 875 
554, 708 
975, 375 
1, 123, 655 
793,353 
1,685,689 
1, 895, 812 
2,076,494 
2,071,539 
2,665,913 
4, 236, 112 
3, 767, 871 
3,414,891 
3,932,857 
4,047,292 
5,062,333 
5, 224, 377 
Dollars. 
2 3.91 
2 5.07 
5.47 
5.61 
2 4.19 
4.50 
5.03 
4.97 
3 4.95 
3 5.00 
3 5.10 
3 5.20 
3 5.35 
2 5.06 
Dollars. 
503,539 
2, 812, 713 
5, 332, 869 
1909 i 
19091 
1911 
1911 
1912 
1912 
6,299,469 
3,323,240 
7,585,600 
9,535,934 
10, 320, 175 
Colorado: 
1899 1 
United States: 
1899 ! 
1909 1 . 
1901 .. 
1911 
1902... 
1912 
1903 
Michigan: 
1899 1 . . 
1904 .. 
10, 254, 118 
13,329,565 
21,604,171 
1905... 
1909 1 . . . 
1906 
1911 
1907 
19,592,929 
18,269,667 
19, 880, 724 
1912 
1908 
1909 1 
1899 ! 
1910 
1909 1 
1911... 
5.50 
5.82 
27, 842, 832 
30, 405, 874 
1911... 
1912 
1912 
1 Total beets produced. From United States Census of Agriculture. 
2 Computed by dividing total tons produced into total farm value. 
3 Senate Document 22; Sixty-first Congress, first session. 
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