STATISTICS OF SUGAK, 1881-1912. 7 
Table 4. — Comparison of cane and beet sugar produced in contiguous United States, 
1881-1912. x 
[In terms of refined sugar. Raw sugar has been reduced to terms of refined by assuming 90 pounds of 
refined to be the product of 100 pounds of raw.] 
Cane sugar. 
Beet sugar. 
Year of cane or beet harvest. 
Quantity. 
Per cent 
of total. 
Quantity. 
Per cent 
of total. 
Total. 
Average: 
1881-1885 
Short tons. 
118,934 
154,339 
247. 760 
258,124 
327. 761 
325,987 
Per cent. 
99.4 
98.8 
92.7 
81.6 
57.8 
40.5 
Short tons. 
692 
1,922 
19,406 
58,286 
239, 730 
479,153 
Per cent. 
0.6 
1.2 
7.3 
18.4 
42.2 
59.5 
Short tons. 
119,626 
1886-1890 
156,261 
1891-1895 
267,166 
1896-1900. . . 
316,410 
1901-1905 
567, 491 
1906-1910 . 
805, 140 
1901 
327, 892 
335,612 
250,263 
373,496 
351,542 
244, 944 
354,816 
372,960 
337,680 
319,536 
324, 787 
146,316 
64.0 
60.6 
51.0 
60.7 
52.9 
33.6 
43.4 
46.7 
v 39.7 
38.5 
35.1 
17.4 
184,606 
218,406 
240, 604 
242,113 
312, 920 
483,612 
463,628 
425,884 
512,469 
510, 172 
599,500 
692,556 
36.0 
39.4 
49.0 
39.3 
47.1 
66.4 
56.6 
53.3 
60.3 
61.5 
64.9 
82.6 
512,498 
1902 
554,018 
1903 
490, 867 
1904 
615,609 
1905 
664,462 
1906 - 
728, 556 
1907 
818,444 
1908 
798,844 
1909 
850,149 
1910 
829,708 
1911 
924,287 
1912 . ----- 
838,872 
i For sources see Note 1, Table 1. See also Note 2, Table 1. 
Table 5. — Average yield of refined sugar per acre of beets or cane in contiguous l United 
States, and of cane in Hawaii. 
[Raw cane sugar has been reduced to terms of refined by assuming 90 pounds of refined to beequivalent to 
100 pounds of raw.] 
Pounds 
Item. 
Pounds 
Pounds 
Pounds 
per acre. 
per acre. 
per acre. 
peracre. 
BEET SUGAE. 
BEET SUGAR— 
continued. 
BEET SUGAR— 
continued. 
BEET SUGAR— 
continued. 
United States: 
1901 
2,109 
Colorado: 
Utah and 
Other States: 
1902 
2,019 
1904 
2,802 
Idaho: 
1904 
2,189 
1903 
1,984 
1905 
2,133 
1904 
2,678 
1905 
1,626 
1904 
2,448 
1906 
3,014 
1905 
1,783 
1906 
1,893 
1905 
2,036 
1907 
2,652 
1906 
3,124 
1907 
1,895 
1906 
2,572 
2,499 
1908 
2,047 
2,455 
1907 
3 020 
1908 
2,115 
2,051 
1907 
1909 
1908 
2,794 
1909 
1908 
2,334 
1910 
2,533 
1909 
2,948 
1910 
2,200 
1909 
2,439 
1911 
2,888 
1910 
2,642 
1911 
2,367 
1910 
2,563 
1912 
2,979 
1911 
3,294 
1912 
2,359 
1911 
2,530 
1912 
2,962 
1912 
2,494 
California: 
Michigan: 
Wisconsin: 
CANE SUGAR. 
1904 
2,845 
1904 
1,931 
1904 
2,484 
1905 
2,850 
1905 
1,708 
1905 
2,035 
Louisiana: 
1906 
3,084 
1906 
1,886 
1906 
2,263 
1911 
2,023 
1907 
3,082 
1907 
1,918 
1907 
2,561 
1912 
1,348 
1908 
2,886 
3,067 
1908 
2,104 
1,890 
. 1908 
1909 
2,493 
2,453 
Hawaii: 
1910-11 
1909 
1909 
8,720 
1910 
3,091 
1910 
2,370 
1910 
2,162 
1911-12 
9,478 
1911 
3,241 
1911 
1,721 
1911 
2,034 
1912 
2,852 
1912 
1,530 
1912 
2,306 
i See note 2, Table 1. 
