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Show 1024 11KKT SI OAK CHOP SHOWS 25 VV.W CKXT J A 1 X Xcw York, July 31, 1924. American Ameri-can fanners huvo planted 915,000 acres to sugar beets tills year as compared com-pared with 733.000 acres In 1923 and 606,000 acres In 1922, reports Facts About Sugar. This is a gain of nearly 2 5 per cent over the area devoted de-voted to the crop last year, and with favorable growing conditions should reault in the production of over 2,-000,000,000 2,-000,000,000 pounds of sugar. Colorado Is the lead'n,); state in' the extent of Its sugar beet plantings, having 237,301 acres. Next conies Michigan with 155,176 aores, Utah 96,368 acres, California 92,362 acres, Nebraska 66,372 acres, Idaho 58,522 .-teres, Ohio 5 5.613 acres, Wisconsin J4.200 acres, Wyoming 26,306 acre; and Iowa 25,200 acres. The remain-h.g remain-h.g 68,000 acres is scattered amog a number of states. Including Iudiana. Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and New Mexico. The crop has suffered from dry weather In southern California, Utah and Idaho and the tonnage in these states probably will not be much high er than last year In spite of the Increased In-creased acreage. In the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain section and in the central slates the condition of the crop Is reported fully up to the average of previous years and in some localities better than average. In Michigan Held conditions con-ditions are exceptionally good. While l lie ,4roHs value of the crot, probably will be larger than in any one of the past three years farmers are not liKely to obtain as large a ro-venue ro-venue per acre from sugar beets as they did in 1923. On account of the prospective increase In the crop, combined with a heavy production of can sugar In Hawaii. Porto Rico and Cuba, prices are at present nearly three cents a pound lower than a year ago. Refined sugar is quoted wholesale in New York at 6.40 cents a pound as compared with 9.25 cents in July, 1923. |