BULLETIN 995, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table IV. — Beet-sugar production, 1916 to 1920. 
Beets 
produced. 
Average. 
Price paid for 
beets. 
Num- 
ber of 
Days 
Beets 
har- 
vested. 
Sugar 
Location 
and year. 
sugar 
mills. 
oper- 
ating . 
Aver- 
age 
Total. . 
Ex- 
trac- 
Sugar 
in the 
Coeffi- 
cient 
of pu- 
rity. 
made. 
Aver- 
age 
Total. 
per 
acre. 
tion. 
beets. 
per 
ton. 
California: 
Acres. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
P.ct. 
P. ct. 
Tons. 
1916.... 
11 
108 
141,097 
10.47 
1,477,426 
16.15 
18.35 
84.13 
236, 322 
$6. 30 
$9,311,000 
1917.... 
14 
92 
161,909 
8.22 
1,331,548 
15.84 
18.48 
82.91 
209, 325 
7.60 
10, 125, 000 
1918.... 
13 
81 
100, 684 
8.52 
858, 028 
14.52 
17.03 
81.50 
122, 795 
9.95 
8, 534, 000 
1919.... 
10 
76 
107, 174 
7.61 
815, 896 
16.30 
17.87 
82.02 
131,172 
14.17 
11,561,000 
1920.... 
Colorado: 
10 
90 
122, 813 
8.74 
1,073,828 
15.97 
17.66 
81.44 
167,997 
13.13 
14,096,000 
1916 
14 
102 
188,568 
10.70 
2,018,298 
13.04 
15.00 
85.79 
252,147 
6.06 
12,236,000 
1917.... 
15 
91 
161,476 
11.50 
1,857,649 
13.39 
15.40 
85.16 
234, 303 
7.28 
13,526,000 
1918 
14 
76 
125, 882 
11.47 
1,443,846 
14.07 
16.10 
85.96 
191, 880 
10.02 
14,474,000 
1919 
15 
87 
182,616 
9.66 
1,764,772 
11.71 
13.62 
83.85 
193, 890 
10.85 
19, 143, 000 
1920 .... 
Idaho: 
1916 
17 
98 219, 847 
10.58 
2, 325, 003 
13. 60 15. 81 
85.15 
294, 482 
11.88 
27,627,000 
5 
86 j 42,135 
8.48 
357, 137 
13.84 
16.95 
86.39 
45,874 
6.16 
2, 199, 000 
1917.... 
7 
70 37,745 
8.27 
312,067 
13.40 
16.74 
84.84 
38, 376 
7.06 
2,203,000 
1918.... 
7 
87 32, 306 
10.66 
344, 334 
13.66 
16.57 
86.46 
44, 682 
10.00 
3, 443, COO 
1919.... 
6 
50 { 30,331 
6.70 
203, 168 
13.29 
15.48 
86. 15 
26, 159 
11.00 
2,235.000 
1920.... 
Michigan: 
1916 
8 
72 45, 810 
8.82 
404, 078 
13.94 
16.26 
86.41 
57, 603 
12.10 
4, 883, 000 
15 
49 99,619 
5.46 
543, 766 
13.79 
16.37 
85.22 
69, 341 
6.14 
3,337,001 
1917 
14 
53 82,151 
6.38 
524, 195 
13.91 
16. 28 
86.57 
64, 247 
8.04 
4, 215, COO 
1918 
16 
75 114,976 
8.40 
966, 676 
14.37 
16.61 
85.49 
127, 979 
10.08 
9.741,000 
1919.... 
16 
84 ! 123,375 
9.82 
1,211,018 
12.63 
14.57 
81.78 
130, 385 
12.52 
15", 158, 000 
1920.... 
17 
87 , 149,559 
8.78 
1,312,883 
13.34 
15. 79 
84. 04 
165, 899 
10.08 
13,23^,000 
Nebraska: 
1916 
3 
160 ; 41,083 
10.34 
424, 913 
12.86 
15. 51 
81.12 
51, 945 
6.17 
2,622,000 
1917 
4 
97 51,337 
9.22 
473, 494 
12.16 
14.91 
80.71 
53, 893 
7.22 
3,417,000 
1918 
4 
99 42,746 
11.35 
485,070 
14.01 
16.05 
86.14 
63, 494 
9.96 
4.833,000 
1919 
4 
112 59,113 
10.16 
600, 730 
10.99 
13.14 
82.80 
60, 870 
10.90 
6,546,000 
1920 
Ohio: 
1916 
5 
110 72,296 
9.93 
717, 956 
13.37 
15.74 
83.94 
89, 518 
11.96 
8, 587, 000 
4 
45 24, 767 
5.96 
147,718 
13.24 
15.89 
83.36 
18,234 
6.83 
1,008,000 
1917.... 
5 
70 
24, 234 
9.08 
219,931 
12. C8 
16.24 
86.25 
24, 467 
7.18 
1,580,000 
1918.... 
5 
91 
32,547 
9.69 
315, 371 
12.19 
15.74 
84. 23 
35, 476 
10.03 
3, 162^ 000 
1919.... 
5 
79 
30,909 
10.58 
326, 962 
10.93 
14.15 
82.73 
31,864 
12. 75 
4,168,000 
1920 
rtah: 
1916 
5 
100 49, 199 
8.86 
435, 928 
12.31 
15.44 
82, 45 
47,073 
9.89 
4,313,000 
11 
95 j 68,211 
11.70 
798, 119 
12.75 
16. C5 
84.79 
90,277 
5.73 
4,577,000 
1917 
15 
82 80, 289 
7.49 
762, 028 
12.01 
15.61 
82.27 
83, 662 
7.04 
5, 368, 000 
1918 
16 
98 
81,717 
12.27 
1,003,013 
11.69 
15.29 
84.21 
105, 794 
10.01 
10,041,000 
1919.... 
18 
84 
103, 247 
9.84 
1,015,873 
11.12 
13.87 
82.39 
101,025 
10.97 
11,148,000 
1920.... 
' 18 
1G2 
112,567 
12. 35 
1,389,843 
12.89 
15.62 
84.27 
162,588 
12.03 
16,713,000 
"Wisconsin: 
1916 
3 
48 
7,000 
8.79 
61, 500 
11.58 
14.90 
6, 800 
6.06 
373,000 
1917 
4 
53 
9,800 
8.10 
79, 372 
11.34 
15.03 
8,032 
8.81 
699, 000 
1918 
4 
61 
12,400 
8.05 
99, 777 
14.29 
16.29 
"82." 40* 
13, 358 
10.00 
998,000 
1919 
4 
60 
12, 100 
9.71 
117,443 
10.07 
13.16 
81.73 
10, 636 
12.02 
1,411,000 
1920 
5 
80 
20, 686 
9.19 
190, 203 
12.40 
15.86 
82.53 
20,943 
10.20 
1,940,000 
Other States 
1916 
8 
57 
52, 828 
7.56 
399, 379 
13.07 
15.69 
82.67 
49, 717 
6.20 
2,476,000 
1917 
13 
51 
55, 856 
7.52 
420, 093 
12.46 
15.17 
81.87 
48, 902 
7.28 
3, C59, 000 
1918 
10 
64 i 50, 752 
8.53 
432, 683 
13.59 
15.95 
84.31 
55, 492 
9.86 
4, 268, 000 
1919 
11 
52 43,590 
8.39 
365,616 
11.95 
14.27 
83.14 
40, 450 
11.08 
4,050,000 
1920 
All States: 
1916 
12 
70 j 79,599 
8.75 
696, 471 
13.06 
15. 46 
83.12 
83,918 
11.52 
8, 025, 000 
74 
80 i 665,308 
9.36 
6, 228, 256 
13. 86 
16.30 
84.74 
820, 657 
6.12 
38, 139, 000 
1917 
91 
74 
664, 797 
9.00 
5, 980, 377 
13.60 
16.28 
83.89 
765, 207 
7.39 
44, 192, 000 
1918 
89 
81 
594, 010 
10.01 
5, 948, 798 
13.64 
16. 18 
84.70 
760,950 
10.00 
59,494,000 
1919 
89 
78 
692, 455 
9.27 
6, 421, 478 
12.34 
14.48 
82.84 
726, 451 
11.74 
75,420,000 
1920 
97 
1 
91 872, 376 
1 
9.80 
8, 546, 193 
13.63 
15. 99 
83.97 
1,090,021 
11.63 
99, 426, 000 
For several years the Office of Sugar-Plant Investigations, jointly 
with the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics and inde- 
pendently, has been studying the agronomic conditions found in each 
of the existing and in some of the prospective sugar-beet centers. 
This bulletin discusses the conditions which have been brought out in 
these studies and points out in a general way the factors that are 
