CONTENTS. 



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 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUGAR DISTRICTS. . . 1 



SUG A R ESTATES IN PERU 4 



LABOR AND ORGANIZATION OF AN ESTATE 8 



CULTIVATING AND HANDLING CANE 10 



PERUVIAN SUGAR CANE. 14 



FERTILIZERS FOR PERUVIAN SOILS 16 



SOURCES OF FERTILIZER 20 



THE GUANO OF PERU 22 



PESTS 25 



ALKALI SOILS 27 



MANUFACTURE 38 



UTILIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS. 46 



FIELD AND FACTORY CONTROL 48 



TAKING SAMPLES OF SOIL FOR CONTROL WORK , 49 



COMPARATIVE DATA FROM SOME SUGAR GROWING COUNTRIES 51 



SOILS 52 



TEMPERATURES 54 



CANES AND JUICES 56 



PARTICULAR DATA CONCERNING HACIENDA CARTAVIO 59 



ANALYSES OF SOILS 61 



DATA SELECTED FROM CONTROL CH A RTS FOR 1905 64 



CROP RECORD FOR 10 YEARS 67 



EXPER1 MENTING 73 



A WORD AS TO THE PROGRESS OF PERU'S SUGAR INDUSTRY. . . 78 



