CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| [Part I] Growth, Manufacture and Distribution | |
| What Sugar Is | [3] |
| The Growing of Sugar Cane | [6] |
| Soil Analysis | [8] |
| Entomology | [8] |
| Pathology | [9] |
| The Manufacture of Raw Sugar | [22] |
| Extraction | [22] |
| Purification | [25] |
| Evaporation | [28] |
| Concentration and Crystallization | [31] |
| Preparation of Crystals for the Market | [33] |
| Transportation and Delivery of Raw Sugar | [37] |
| Polarization | [39] |
| Refining of Raw Sugar | [44] |
| Washing | [50] |
| Melting | [54] |
| Defecation | [54] |
| Bone-char Filtration | [59] |
| Crystallization | [65] |
| Partial Drying | [69] |
| Final Drying of Crystals | [69] |
| Screening | [71] |
| Packing | [73] |
| Cube Sugar | [77] |
| Powdered and Bar Sugar | [79] |
| Yellow Sugars | [81] |
| Mechanical Department | [84] |
| Laboratory | [87] |
| Cost of Refining | [88] |
| Shipping Department | [91] |
| Marketing | [93] |
| Beet Sugar | [100] |
| The Sugar Beet | [102] |
| Selection of the Soil | [103] |
| Planting | [104] |
| Thinning | [106] |
| Cultivation | [107] |
| Harvesting and Topping | [107] |
| Manufacture of Beet Sugar | [110] |
| Transportation and Cleaning | [110] |
| Extraction of Juice, Slicing and Diffusion | [111] |
| Purification of Juice, Carbonation and Filtration | [112] |
| Concentration of Juice | [113] |
| Sulfitation | [114] |
| Formation of Grain | [115] |
| Steffen Process | [115] |
| [Part II] History of the Industry | |
| Early History | [119] |
| Beet Sugar in Europe | [128] |
| Beet Sugar in the United States | [148] |
| Territory of Hawaii | [163] |
| Louisiana | [175] |
| Porto Rico | [182] |
| The Philippines | [189] |
| Cuba | [201] |
| Jamaica | [213] |
| Barbados | [220] |
| Trinidad | [224] |
| Santo Domingo | [227] |
| Guadeloupe and Martinique | [233] |
| Guadeloupe | [233] |
| Martinique | [234] |
| Guadeloupe and Martinique | [236] |
| Mexico | [243] |
| Peru | [249] |
| Brazil | [256] |
| British Guiana | [264] |
| Argentina | [271] |
| Formosa | [276] |
| Java | [283] |
| Australia | [302] |
| Mauritius | [309] |
| Natal | [317] |
| Egypt | [320] |
| Spain | [324] |
| India | [330] |
| Conclusion | [338] |