> THE AMERICAN 

 SUGAR INDUSTRY 



A practical manual on the production of Sugar Beets and 

 Sugar Cane, and on the manufacture of Sugar therefrom 



Prefaced by a Treatise on the Economic Aspects of the Whole Sugar Question 

 and its Bearings Upon American Agriculture, Manufactures, Labor and Capital 



A HANDBOOK FOR THE FARMER OR MANUFACTURER, 

 CAPITALIST OR LABORER, STATESMAN OR STUDENT 



By HERBERT MYRICK 



Editor of ^American Agriculturist of New York, Orange Judd Farmer of 

 Chicago. Treasurer American Sugar Growers' Society, Etc. 



FROM THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE 



In January, 1897, appeared the author's first book on this subject, entitled " Sugar, a New and Profitable 

 Industry in the United States, for Agriculture, Capital and Labor, to supply the Home Market with $100,000,000 

 of Its Product." That book was received with favor, not only among farmers and capitalists and by the press, 

 but especially in the Congress of the United States and by American Statesmen at home and abroad. 



National legislation favorable to the development of our domestic sugar-producing^ industry was enacted 

 by Congress during the summer of 1897. This was followed by a phenomenal interest in America's domestic 

 sugar industry, which, however, gave way to uncertainty with the ad vent of the Spanish war and the problems 

 raised thereby. Provided those problems are now solved with due regard for American interests, it only needs 

 proper direction and right management to secure for the United States large and permanent good from a vast 

 development of its domestic sugar-producing industry. 



Many of those best capable of judging have been kind enough to partly attribute the promising outlook 

 for this new industry, at the outbreak of the Spanish war, to the book referred to, to the American Sugar 

 Grqwers' Society organized by the author, and to the agricultural journals under his editorial direction. This 

 would seem to impose upon the author a moral obligation to do whatever lies in his power to help the industry 

 through its new politico-economic crisis. 



It also seems incumbent upon the author to present the important scientific, practical and fmancial results 

 of the seasons oi 1897 ant ^ 1 ^9^' * n addition to the fruits of all prior experience. Thus, unfortunate and costly 

 mistakes in this new industry may be avoided, and uniform success attained by both farmer and capitalist. 



BEET SUGAR IS THE ONLY BUSINESS FOR THE FARMER AND INVESTOR 

 THAT IS NOT OVERDONE THAT OFFERS A FREE FIELD 



This book is the only complete, up-to-date epitome of this new and promising industry. It cover* just 

 the points that every one interested wants to know about. To the farmer it is a reliable guide upon all that 



experience in the United States, east and west, north and south. 



Size nearly 10 x 7 inches, over 240 pages, nearly 200 illustrations (many of them full-page plates from 

 magnificent photographs taken specially for this work), superbly printed, bound in cloth and gold. Price 

 l$l .50, postpaid to any part of the world. n 



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