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Sugar Beet

Volume 484: debated on Tuesday 27 February 1951

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of growers of sugar beet, the acreage under sugar beet, and the tonnage of clean sugar beet delivered to factories in each of the campaign seasons since the war as compared with 1938–39.

The number of growers of sugar beet in Scotland, the acreage under this crop and the tonnage of clean sugar beet delivered to factories in each of the campaign seasons 1938–39 and 1945–46 to 1950–51 are shown in the following table:

Campaign seasonNo. of growersAcreageTonnage of clean beet delivered to factories
1938–391,4777,39152,000
1945–462,49112,206103,000
1946–472,43112,10975,000
1947–481,7618,80864,000
1948–491,5148,65570,000
1949–501,3358,57395,000
1950–511,39110,026101,000