The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-16

Germany .s.2, ,738, 900
 Russia ........... 1.75o,Oo0
 Austrta-TIungary ..--..1 1,710, GOO
 France, ..----.--. Soo,Oo9
 Belgium. 2So.OOe
 SerV1a, -s.. o'soo
 7.2s4.5oo
 The season for the beet harvest is now on, and in most of the contend ing nations every available ab1e-bod- jed man is being called to the colors. The labor of tending ana harvesting the beets may be performed in part by women and children as is done in ordinary times throughout Europe. but the lack Of men to perform the heavy labor in the fields and the skill ed work in the factories is certain to be felt severely.
 Fighting in Sugar Fields.
 Much of the sugar producing area is directly in the zone of war opera tions The principal beet growing districts of France lie to the north east of Paris between that city and the Belgian border. This is the ground over which two of the greatest armies ever assembled have been fighting for the past several weeks 1 In Belgium the most important sugar. growing provinces are Iiege. Brabant and Hainaut, the latter lying south of l Brussels. along the French border. This territory was the theatre of the first heavy fighting of the war.
 Germany is the greatest sugar pro- ducing nation of Europe, and beets are grown in many parts of the Elm pire. An important seat, of the in dustry is in the sections along the Russian border which have been the scene of severe engagements between | the Russian and German forces. The Baltic states, which also produce | much sugar. have escaped the fight ing thus far. Austria xHungary's eu- gar crop is turned out chiefly in the interior of Hungary and in Bohemia, Russia grows sugar beets over a wide range of territory, including Poland, l lVolhynia, Podolia and Besserabia on l her western frontier
 Of all the European sugar growing lcountrtes. Russia's crop seems likely, from the present outlook, to be least Belgium probably will suffer most se- lverely. However much the produc- | ton of Germany, Russia and Austria Hungary is cut down, consumption ] probably will be forced to adapt It. I self to it. They are not likely to i'm
 may secure some sugar abroad. The lsone great change in the sugar sftua- Ition, however. is caused by the posi- l ton of Great Britain.
 Great Britain and the United States
 are the two greatest sugar importing I countries of the world. American l growers supply nearly one-hah of the
 sugar used in this country. On ac- lcount of her greater population the United States uses more sugar than the United Kngdom,- and the frnpor-
 tations Of the two countries are near Fly equal. each importing about 2,o0O,- Fl 900 tons yearly.
 Great Britain ordinarily buys l.
 500, 1000 tons of sugar from Continen- tai Europe, mostly from Germany A &1.
 ed States takes nearly all of the Gu ban crop of over 2,00O ,O0O tons year
 From being almost exclusiv ely ar importer of sugar, New York was
 transformed suddenly during tho month of August into an export mar, ket- More than 60,O0O tons. ovel 100, 100000 pounds. was shipped from New York, chiefly to British ports during the month. N5ugar brokers lreported that they received inquiries or orders from Greece, Norway, Hol Hand. Denmark, France and SoutI ; America during this same period The main. factor in fixing sugal prices during the continuance of tn European war undoubtedly will con , I tinue to be the competition of Grea 2 Britain and the United States for tn } available sugar supply, particular, that of Cuba which is the world szI greatest exporter of sugar. Increas } ed prices will result in some lessen u l Kingdom will need to obtain iron !, other than her usual sources of sup : ply probably l,26O. .OO0 tons, whiI the United States will have to i'm : port between 2,000,00O and 2,500, ,0O, 2 tons The needs of these two coun . tries may be placed at 3,500,00O tons -l Cuba. with an estimated crop of les a than 2,5o0 900 tons. can supply onl
 part of this demand. Java, with 2 production of 100000 tons. ma; f help to meet it. Other scattere
 small producers may contribute rela
 lively unimportant ammounts. Un
 less the hosdlifies end before mex . spring when the season for plantin a next years beet crop arrives, tn a scarcity for the following year is like
 1y to be more marked than durin a the coming twelvemonth, while tn {. exhaustion of beet seed supplies uL
 der such circumstances would resu !, in a lowered output Of beet sugar fc several years to come
 A total of 2,0O0, 900 acres pIante . to beets would free us from deper z denee upon foreign-grown sugar : says Bulletin No. 26O of the U. S. Ds z partment of Agriculture in calling a, = tention to the ease with which tf z United States could make itself ind' = | penden of the rest of the world fC it's sugar supply The Bulletin prin . a list of nineteen states which hay 7 been dem onstrated to be well adap j. ed to the growing of sugar beets. Thes = states are California, Colorado, Ids ho, Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansa
 Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mol
 tana, Nebraska, Nevada, North D.
 Rota, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Wi [, consin. Wyoning These states co1
 tain more than 100000 arms an
 over PTS, ,0OO,OO0 acres improve y lands. The Bulletin continues:
 a If one farmer in four in these stat n were to plant a three acre patch ar It give It the care that could readily n bestowed upon so small a plot it wou is be unnecessary or uss to buy oreig al sugar. TWo4thirds of 1 per cent t- the improved land in this area is 2 n that would be required to accomplis l. this result More than that acreai
 lies idle, absolutely unused, eve,