Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1919 — India’s Total Sugar Acreage Estimated at 2,550,000 Acres. [ARTICLE]

India’s Total Sugar Acreage Estimated at 2,550,000 Acres.

The first official forecast of the sugar-cane crop of India for the 191819 season is Based upon reports received from provinces that contain 99 per cent of the area under' Cane in British India. The total area planted is estimated at 2,550,000 acres, which is practically the same as the estimate for the 1917-18 season. Seasonal conditions at sowing time were not very favorable in the Imporiapt cane-grow-ing provinces and. owing to the delay caused by rains the crop returns are still uncertain in the greater part of the United Provinces, which contain more than half the cane are® of Brit ish India.