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6. What states of the United States lead in the production of 

 sugar beets? What is the leading sugar-beet country of the 

 world ? (See Yearbook of Agriculture.) 



PRACTICAL EXERCISES 



1. If you live where sugar cane is raised, write a composition 

 on the growing of this crop. 



2. If you live where sugar beets are raised, write a composi- 

 tion on the growing of this crop, and the manufacture of beet 

 sugar. 



3. Explain the process of making maple sirup, if you live in 

 a section of the country that produces this article. 



REFERENCES 



If you live in a state that raises sugar cane or sugar beets, 

 write to your Agricultural College for bulletins on sugar cane or 

 sugar beets. 



Farmers' Bulletins: 52, Sugar beet, culture, seed develop- 

 ment, manufacture, and statistics; 93, Sugar as food; 252, 

 Maple sugar and sirup; 477, Sorghum sirup manufacture; 517, 

 The production of maple sirup and sugar. 



