CONTENTS

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[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]