[56] Journal, Society of Chemical Industry, Vol. XXV, pp. 161 et seq.
[57] Prinsen Geerligs says that the average yield is 50,000 arrobas per caballería, or 16.82 long tons per acre, but that a good crop gives 80,000 arrobas (26.92 long tons per acre) and sometimes 100,000 arrobas per caballería (33.65 long tons per acre) or even more are obtained.
[58] The United States Beet Sugar Industry and the Tariff. Blakey, p. 179.
[59] This is not true of the years 1915 and 1916, when on account of the war Great Britain, France and other European countries have been compelled to draw large quantities of sugar from Cuba and the United States.
[60] Ten years’ war.
[61] Hurricane.
[62] Internal disturbances.
[63] Rebellion against Spain. Spanish-American war.
[64] Great drought.
[65] Particularly favorable weather.