Table 6. — Sugar-beet and beet-sugar production of the. United States, 1901-1912, by 
principal States. 
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. 
Aver- 
age 
length 
of 
cam- 
paign. 
California: 
1904... 
1905.. 
No. 
1906 
8 
8 
8 
10 
8 
10 
11 
1907 
1908 
1909... . 
1910 
1911 
1912 
Colorado: 
1904 
1905 
1906 
15 
16 
15 
16 
13 
14 
17 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
Michigan: 
1904 
1905 
1906 
16 
16 
16 
16 
17 
17 
16 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
Utah and Idaho: 
1904 
1905 
1906 
9 
9 
9 
8 
8 
9 
10 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
Wisconsin: 
1904 
1905 
1906 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
Other States: 
1904 
1905 
30 -1 0> 
11 
10 
10 
11 
11 
12 
15 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
Acres. 
32, 801 
51,857 
60, 141 
47,387 
62,302 
83,000 
90,500 
99, 545 
Short 
tons 
395, 452 
514,391 
671,571 
484,816 
647,085 
882, 084 
923, 100 
,037,283 
111,416,1,004,328 
44, 456 550, 359 
85, 916 875, 154 
110,943 1,487,383 
127,6781,523,303 
119, 475 1, 108, 961 
1 
121, 698 
81,412 
86,437 
144, 999 
53,777 
77,823 
93, 984 
88,334 
81, 073 
112,232 
117,500 
145,837 
124,241 
27, 750 
44,550 
44,058 
54, 601 
52,141 
46,727 
39,94.5 
51,002 
56,952 
9,500 
14,000 
15,560 
11,837 
14, 700 
14,000 
16,772 
23,241 
20,172 
29,500 
33,218 
51,388 
41,147 
35.222 
42,605 
51,900 
67,815 
97,520 
1,256 
864,4 
957, 142 
1,641,861 
433, 428 
531,4^ 
805, 309 
696, 785 
611,295 
819, 923 
1,207,700 
1,443,856 
838, 784 
318,500 
367,660 
611, 792 
597, 239 
604, 875 
618, 621 
416,329 
648,6' 
615, 749 
108,000 
124,000 
158, 600 
122, 800 
137, 800 
143,000 
153,327 
256,124 
207,085 
265, 800 
253,2.33 
501,4.57 
342. 928 
304, 875 
360, 983 
482,362 
719,251 
916,570 
Short 
tons. 
12.06 
9.92 
11.1 
10/23 
10.39 
10.63 
10.20 
10.42 
9.01 
12.38 
10.19 
13.41 
11.93 
9.28 
10.33 
10.62 
11.0' 
11.32 
8.06 
6.83 
8.57 
7.89 
7.54 
7.31 
10.28 
9.90 
11.48 
8.25 
13.89 
10.94 
11.60 
13.24 
10.42 
12.72 
10.81 
11.37 
8.86 
10.19 
10.37 
9.37 
10.21 
9.14 
11.02 
10.27 
9.01 
7.62 
9.76 
8.33 
8.65 
8.47 
9.29 
10.61 
9.40 
Pounds, 
93,311,900 
147, 786, 900 
185, 480, 000 
146,045,500 
179, 780, 000 
254, 544, 000 
279,780,000 
322, 600, 000 
317,808,000 
124,553, 
183,216,900 
334,386,000 
338,573,000 
244, 560, 000 
298,810,000 
206,184,000 
249, 600, 000 
432,020,000 
103,864,830 
132,917,999 
177,214,000 
169, 452, 000 
170,598,000 
212, 106, 000 
278, 430, 000 
251,000,000 
190,098,000 
74,315,900 
79,428,000 
137,646,000 
164,901,700 
145,690,000 
137,756,000 
105,518,000 
168,020,000 
168,664,000 
23,600,000 
28,4S7,029 
35,220,000 
30.320,000 
36, 640, 000 
34,340,000 
36, 260. 000 
47, 280, 000 
46,520,000 
64,580,000 
54, 004, 400 
97,278,000 
77, 964, 230 
74,500,000 
87,382,000 
114,172,000 
160,500,000 
230,002,000 
Short 
tons. 
46,656 
73, 
92,740 
73,023 
89, 890 
127,272 
139, 890 
161,300 
158, 904 
62,2 
91, 608 
167, 193 
169,286 
122,280 
149, 405 
103, 092 
124,800 
216,010 
51, 932 
66, 459 
88,607 
84, 
85,299 
106, 053 
139,215 
125,500 
95, 049 
37,158 
39,714 
68,823 
82, 451 
72,845 
68, 878 
52, 759 
84,010 
84,332 
11,800 
14,244 
17,610 
15,160 
18,320 
17,170 
18,130 
23,640 
23,260 
32,290 
27, 002 
48, 639 
38, 982 
37. 250 
43.691 
57,086 
80, 250 
115,001 
Per 
cent. 
11.80 
14.37 
13.81 
15.06 
13.89 
14.43 
15.15 
15.55 
15 
11.32 
10.47 
11.24 
11.11 
11.03 
11.89 
11.93 
13.04 
13.16 
11 
12.50 
11.00 
12. 16 
13.95 
12. 93 
11.53 
8.69 
11.33 
11.67 
10.80 
11.25 
13.81 
12.04 
11.13 
12.67 
12.95 
13.70 
10.90 
11 
11.10 
12. 3c 
13. 30 
12.01 
11.82 
9.23 
11.23 
12.15 
10.66 
9.70 
11.37 
12.22 
12.10 
11.83 
11.16 
12.55 
Per 
cent. 
15.74 
17.2 
16.70 
17.90 
17. 
17.61 
18.20 
18.95 
18.79 
15.64 
14. 
14.70 
15.30 
13.85 
14.24 
15.19 
15.44 
16.19 
15.13 
15.65 
14.50 
15.10 
17.11 
17.00 
16.08 
14.59 
14.72 
14.82 
14.25 
15.70 
17.00 
14.97 
15.51 
16.31 
16.20 
16.65 
14.54 
15.00 
13.60 
15.10 
16.72 
15.88 
16.75 
14.23 
15.10 
15.36 
14.04 
14.00 
15.10 
1.5. 22 
15.09 
15.66 
15. 16 
15.70 
Per 
cent. 
81.13 
81.33 
82.70 
85.10 
83.20 
83.62 
82 
82.04 
83.99 
82. 
81. 
80.30 
81.50 
81 
80.51 
83.40 
81.22 
84.81 
85.47 
84.6 
83.20 
84.70 
84 
86.21 
86.15 
59.55 
83.75 
83.24 
82.58 
84.30 
87.20 
85.50 
85.20 
86.54 
79.42 
86.83 
83.51 
83.00 
83.00 
85.60 
84.50 
85.17 
84.14 
64.86 
84.31 
83.12 
81.10 
80.90 
82. 30 
82.00 
83.21 
82.69 
73.60 
83.18 
Percentage of sucrose (pure sugar) in the total soluble solids of the beets. 
