FOREWORD
The purpose of this book is to tell in simple language “Something About Sugar.” It gives a brief history of the commodity and its production in different parts of the world, and seeks to show, for the information, especially, of the layman and the pupil in school, the various steps by which sugar from cane and beets is prepared for the consumer.
G. M. R.
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] |