Cuban Cane Sugar 



In technical and trade descrip- 

 tions of sugars we often find the 

 expression "96 centrifugal." The 

 "centrifugal," we now understand, 

 refers to the process by which the 

 sugar was made that is, as against 

 boiling, evaporating and draining, 

 as is done in the case of maple sugar 

 and as was formerly the practice 

 before the days of improved ma- 

 chinery in cane sugar. 



The "96" refers to the quality 

 of the sugar and brings up the 

 curious method in vogue for deter- 

 mining sugar quality. 



Sugar is not, as might be sup- 

 posed, tested by taste for its sweet- 

 ness or by any of the chemical means 

 which might be suggested, but is 

 judged by the way in which it re- 

 fracts light. 



We know that when we poke a 

 stick into a pond the part of the stick 

 below water seems bent and fore- 

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