The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-09-04

a good eampaign is expected a.
Rocky Ford. ..
At the present time the beets are
showing up IN fhc shape, with every
indication Of heavy tonnage and good
sugar contest. In some sections they
are as large now as they averaged last
year, and there are vet from six 30
eight weeks of growing weather
Last season the sugar campaign
opened on September %, but this year,
IL the present weather conditions con
time, The opening will be about a week
eprlier on aeeoubt Of the rapid growth
Of the crop.
In, Colorado the insects, which at
tucked the beets a few weeks ago, did
no serious damage. The rains have boon
30 plentiful that it has boon found pos
sible, in some gases. to got along with
out the usual irfigations
The Se0ttsbluff (Nobraska) factory
Is planning 20 start the eawaaign about
September 10.
Sugar Production in tho Eu.or1an War
Fance.-pfoductio 1894. SOC. 900
tons sugar SVHings I9l4-l6, 205,00D
becfares Zone hectRrc II 247 acres .
Almost al suear Is produced in tho dc
partnlonts lying between the Belgium
! rontier and Paris. Several Of the larg.
est produea-s border on belgium. Lit.
tie sugar is trodu, ci on tho Franco
Germnn border. a..
elgium.--Ptodueiio l9l3-14, $780,
900 tons sugar. Servings l9l4-l5, D.
900 hectares. l.iege province is the sec
ond largest sugar producer in the conn
try, growing about one-qnarter of the
crop. Brabnnt province, containing
brussels, is the next largest, being 81
slightly smaller producer than Liegc.
About one third of the crop is pro.
dueed In Hainaut, south Of brussels on
the French border Namur and the
other provinces. produce but little su,
gar, ....ss. .s
Holland. ---.Production 1924, 23O,-
900 tons sugar. Servings 10l4-l5, go,
900 hectares. North BrabGnt, which
stretches along most Of the Belgium
4 border. contains 10 of the 2S factories
of Holland Limburg contains none,
and there are but 4 other factories ,ncnr
the German border.
Ger,nany. --Eroductio l9l3.l4, 2 T3S,,
600 tons sugar. Servings l9l4-l5, $780,
IOO0 hectares ~ AlsnOe, Lorraine and
Baden produce little sugar, but Rhein-
land, which hordeFs on Belgium, has
about Is 1000 hectares IN bGets this year,
and last year prorueed sG,I92 tons SUI
1gar. I'M, 49, .:H #
! The -four districts of Prussia border.
ing on Russia are large producers OF
sigaT. The sQwings in East and West
Prussia totsle1 1906 hectares, in Po!
sen 6S,s03 hectares and In Silesia S0,-
S2S hectares. d total Of l84.7 hectares
Tor about third of the German crop
i thus borders Russia. Each fall il il
customary to bring large numbers OF
Russians into these districts to work in
the beets. West Of Posen is Hranden,
burg containing Berlin, where 1880
hectares were Iaanted this year. ...E
The other districts producing large
quantities of sugar are Pomerania and
Mceklenburg, on the Baltic Sea, the
II'rovince of SaNony, in which is Mag
delurg, growing l24,l24 hectares, aud
Hanover, brunswick and Anhaut. Al
these are in tho center of the country
The Kingdom of Saxony and Other
states and provinces of the Empire pro
dpce small amounts.
/ acknowledgements 1914, l,T5O,O0t
tons sugar. Servings l9l4-l5, S4O,00(
hectares. The sowings in Poland con
stitute about tenth of these, those In
Podolia and Nolhynie, on the Galiciar
(Austrian) boz der, about fourth, ana
Kief adjoining these latter, inland, an
Other fourth. 1at.
Austria. --P reduction 1884, ITO,
600 tons. Sowings 19l4-l5, 100000 hec
tares! Little sugar Is produced neal
the Russian border, Galicia contains
two factories and Bukowina three
Hungary further south, contains 3:
factories. Bosnia and SalvOnia eaci
contain one factory. The other lSS
factories are located mostly in Bohemii
and other western sections bordering
Germany. &s
ltaly.--Productiou 19l3.l4, 827 500
tons sugar. Sowings l9l4.I5, 3S,GOl
hectares. OF its 80 factories nine ar,
located In the old Province of Venice
on which borders Austria, and two il
LOmbardy, which borders on Austri'
and Switzerland; 10 are In Emilia, tn,
next province south of these.
Servia.--Productio l9l3-ld, G50i
tons sugar. Servings l9l4l5, 9OO'
hectares SerVia has only two beet su
gar factories,
Roumania.- II reduction 1914. -,
900 tons sugar. Sowings i9l4,l5, 90
; 600 hectares. Roumania has five fac
tories. #fSr
Bulgaria.-Produetion l9l314, 7sO
tons sugar. SOwings l9l4.l5, 1000
hectares, Bulgaria has two beet fac
tories.
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