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SUGAR PLANTS 



Sugar cane is one of the most important crops in 

 many of the hot regions of the world. Louisiana is 

 by far the leading sugar state of our own country. 

 Large quantities are grown in Hawaii, Cuba, Porto 

 Rico, India, and Java. The sugar cane is a giant 

 grass, which sometimes grows thirty feet high. The 

 sugar is manufactured from the cane stalks after the 

 leaves and tops have been removed. 



Planting. - - The plants are propagated by planting 

 the upper part of the stems which have buds that grow 

 into new plants. These pieces of stems for planting 



FIELD OF SUGAR BEETS 



are called seed cane. The soil should be plowed deep 

 for cane, which is planted in rows or hills, like corn, and 

 cultivated the same as for corn, until the cane plants 



