SUGAR-BEET (PRODUCTION, SCOTLAND).

HC Deb 13 March 1930 vol 236 c1510W

Sir A. SINCLAIR

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the amount of the sugar-beet production in Scotland during each of the last seven years?

Mr. W. ADAMSON

The following statement gives the tonnage of cleaned and topped sugar beet (delivered to the factories) grown in Scotland during each of the last six years. No information is available for the year 1923, in which year there were only four acres under sugar beet in Scotland.

Year.				Tons (of cleaned and topped beet).
1924	…	…	…	869
1925	…	…	…	3,833
1926	…	…	…	27,545
1927	…	…	…	53,175
1928	…	…	…	10,869
1929	…	…	…	4,061