Pathologist in Charge, Office of Sugar-Plant Investigations. BEET-SUGAR MILLS IN THE UNITED STATES. In the United States in 1916, 84 beet-sugar mills were standing and equipped for extracting and refining sugar from beet roots. The first of these had been built in 1870 at Alvarado, Cal. During the summer of 1916, 7 of the 84 mills had been erected and equipped for the campaign of 1916-17, and 15 additional were built and equipped for the handling of the 1917-18 crop, making a total of 99 beet-sugar mills now standing. (Table I.) During this period of 47 years, 5 other mills were built, 3 of which have burned, 1 has been dismantled, and 1 has been utilized for some purpose other than that of making beet sugar. Of the 99 beet-sugar mills now standing (fig. 1), 19 were first erected at some point other than the place where they are now located; but owing to certain limit63212°-18-1 1 ing factors in beet-sugar production these 19 mills have been removed to other locations (fig. 21 and Table II); 2 of these were built in FIG. 1.-Outline map of the United States, showing beet-sugar mills in operation (o) and those standing idle (x) in 1917. Canada and removed to the United States, and 1 was built in this country and removed to Canada. FIG. 2.-Outline map of the United States, showing the original location of 19 beetsugar mills (E) and the points to which they were removed (R). 1 In this figure 1E shows the original location of mill No. 1 and 1R the point to which that mill was removed; 2E the original location of mill No. 2 and 2R the point to which it was removed; and so on for each mill listed in Table II, 1 Number of tons of beets that may be sliced each 24 hours. * Rebuilt in 1879, 1887, and 1889. * Acquired by the Holly Sugar Corporation, Alameda Sugar Co..... 50 800 1894 2 American Beet Sugar Co.. 359 500 1916 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.... 300 1,250 1900 400 1,100 1895 350 800 1898 |