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Show ) ";iEuropean'Beet,Crop,? , , ' . .. -. '-'B From the hist ibjurns of ttiestiitistical'. ' k union it appears that as far as tho k surface planted is concerned, Rushia now takes the lead of ttio JCnroppan beet k sugar producing countries, her area H devoted' to beet culture" amounting "to H 444,050 hectars, while Germany, who is H by far tho largest producer, can boast.qf H only nn ajrcavof,42,1,785 Iiectares. 'Based' H on the resiilt of the last few. years tho fl crop of Germany may bo estimated, at H about 1,800,000 tons, while that of Rus- H sin will, hardly exceed 850,000 tons. ' i At fl first glance it must seem quite a puzzlp. fl that between the two countries a dif- fl lerence of this .magnitude should bo H possible and. that Germany, with to. H smaller beot-groving surface, should. produce about twice as much as Russia. H However, there are sevt-ral causes pro- ' ductive of this inequality of the German H and Russian crop results. First of all, ., H in Russia tho beet Crop per hectare in . , ' H much smaller than: in Germany ; hist fl year (1890 07), for instance, it amounted. I to only 10 Ii tone, ub against JJ2.J1. t6ns in ' ' 9 Germany. This is partly duo to tho-'" fl climate, which, like in America, can not; I b.' relied upon, biit partly the small H crops are also the outcome of the custom not to hire the farm laborers for certain. fl space of time, but to contract with them for a certain piece of tiie area, which loaves the laborer almost at liberty to . do their work as good or as bad as they pleasc.-r'Pmnti.'r. |
