. Western agriculture. awaii and exports moresugar than any other country. In 1909 Cuba produced1,573,582 tons of cane sugar; Java, 1,241,885; Hawaii, 500,-000 tons and Brazil, 248,000 tons. BEET SUGAR History. It was a German chemist, Marggraf, who, in1747, first obtained sugar from beets. It was fifty yearsafter this discovery was made before the first beet sugarfactory was built. For fifty years more the sugar beet in-dustry struggled for recognition, but found it almost impos-sible to compete successfully with the cane. Then modernmethods, improved machinery, and a protective tariff cameto
. Western agriculture. awaii and exports moresugar than any other country. In 1909 Cuba produced1,573,582 tons of cane sugar; Java, 1,241,885; Hawaii, 500,-000 tons and Brazil, 248,000 tons. BEET SUGAR History. It was a German chemist, Marggraf, who, in1747, first obtained sugar from beets. It was fifty yearsafter this discovery was made before the first beet sugarfactory was built. For fifty years more the sugar beet in-dustry struggled for recognition, but found it almost impos-sible to compete successfully with the cane. Then modernmethods, improved machinery, and a protective tariff cameto its aid, with the result indicated as follows: Beet sugar produced in Germany in 1836, 14,000 tons;1877, 378,000 tons; 1886, 1,000,000 tons; and in 1906, 2,-223,500 tons. The average extraction in Germany is cent and the cost of production two cents a pound. The sugar obtained from beets is identical with canesugar when both are pure. The impurities contained inthe two sugars are different. SUGAR AND FLOUR 3S1. Figure 174.—Sugar factory, Logan, Utah. In the United States. Although the Alvarado factorywas built in California in 1870 and has been in operation con-tinuously since that time, the beet sugar industry amountedto very little in the United States prior to 1897. Since thenthe growth of the industry has been phenomenal. In 1892the United States produced 13,000 tons of beet sugar; in 1897,45,000 tons; in 1902, 281,406 tons; in 1910, 510,172 tons; and in 1914,700,000tons. The costof producingbeet sugar inthe UnitedStates variesgreatly in thedifferent fac-tories, depend-ing upon theprice of labor, price paid for beets, the composition of the beet and theefficiency with which it is extracted. Russia produces nearly 1,500,000 tons of beet sugar annu-ally, but Germany leads with an annual production of 2,500,-000 tons. In 1914, the six greatest sugar-producing states inthis country, in order, with the number of factories, were, for(1) Colorado, sixteen; (2) Michigan,
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