vi PREFACE. 
truth has not generally been recognized, but the sooner it be- 
comes known and appreciated the better. 
In common with all who would obtain accurate information 
respecting sugar production at the South, I acknowledge my 
indebtedness to the works of Evans and Dutrone, and to the 
more recent and yery valuable researches of Professor R. S. 
McCulloh. : 
With the confident expectation that the processes herein 
recommended will be successful in other hands, as they have 
been in my own, the work is submitted to the public. 
F. L. STEWART. 
April, 1867. 
