The Fields Beyond the Garden 



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corn where the ears ought to be; a great place for 

 a fire when the fodder got dry and an ideal home for 

 snakes at any time. There was a great deal more 

 cane than they could ever hope to use, even if they 

 had a mill to squeeze out the juice and a boiler to 

 evaporate it down so that it would turn to sugar. 

 William knew the process of making molasses from 

 sorghum; where the stalks were stripped of their 

 leaves and passed through rollers and the juice boiled 

 down in a large vat; but he racked his brain in vain 

 to think of some way they could get the juice out 

 of the sugarcane. 



Fig, 23. Loading sugarcane. This cart will hold six tons. 



