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PAGES 



Increases crop yields 253 



Educational value 254 



Employment for children 255 



Winter employment 255 



Centralized population 256 



Increases other business 256 



National independence 257 



CHAPTER XVIII 



SUGAR-MAKING 258-267 



Storing the beets . . . . . . . . 258 



Washing and weighing 260 



Slicing and extraction 261 



Purification of the juice 262 



Evaporation 263 



Graining 264 



The Steffen process 265 



CHAPTER XIX 



SUGAR-CANE 268-274 



Adaptation 270 



Soils and manuring 271 



Cultural methods . . ... . . . 272 



Harvesting . , . . , . . . . 273 



Extraction of sugar 274 



CHAPTER XX 



WORLD'S USE AND SUPPLY OF SUGAR .... 275-293 



Kinds of sugar and properties 275 



Sugar in nature 277 



Sugar as a food . 279 



