From Soil to Sack 



melons an industry which was 

 nipped in the bud by the intro- 

 duction of refrigerator cars and cold 

 storage, which made a wider and 

 more profitable market for the 

 melons themselves. 



But for practical purposes the 

 commercial sugar of the world can be 

 considered as coming from the juice 

 of the cane or the beet. The con- 

 sumption of all other sugars amounts 



to but a small fraction of a per cent. 



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Whether our sugar is to be pro- 

 duced from beets or cane, the first 

 step is the production of the syrup 

 the separation of the sweet watery 

 content of the plant from the pulp 

 or woody portions. 



In the case of cane, the operation 

 is simplicity itself. All that is needed 

 is crushing. 



The pioneer methods of milling 

 and crushing in the cane growing 

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