Extensive reclamation of such lands has been made possible in many instances by the introduction of beet culture. In 1939 the beetsugar industry in the United States comprised 101 factories. located in 17 States. extending from Ohio to the Pacific coast. Only 84 of the sugarbeet factories actually operated in 1939. but they took the product of the 63.000 beet growers and the 93.100 contract laborers. The United States ranks third in sugarbeet production throughout the world. its output being exceeded only by Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The United States production of sugar beets in 1939 was about 141/2 percent of the world total.
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