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singular coincidence to find a region where both cane and beets 

 will thrive well and where sugar is made from both sources in 

 the same factory, and the sugar world is looking forward with 

 great interest to the results of this new venture. 



THE WORLD'S SUGAR SUPPLY. 



The world's production of sugar amounts to nearly seventeen 

 million tons, practically one half of which is derived from the 

 beet root, the greater percentage of which is produced in Europe. 

 Now that the ravages of war have devastated many of the better 

 beet-sugar regions of Europe a greater demand will be made on 

 the more fortunate sugar countries as soon as the present supply 

 of storage sugar is exhausted and trade resumes its normal 

 condition. 



PROGRESS IN SUGAR MANUFACTURE. 



The past few years have shown great progress in the method 

 of sugar making. It used to be thought that a high grade of 

 sugar could be made only by the use of the bone-black or animal- 

 char process. 



The beet-sugar producers were the first to diverge from this 

 method and succeeded in making a perfectly satisfactory sugar 

 in their factories in one continuous process by the aid of the 

 carbonitation system. 



Louisiana had been making a fairly good sugar known as 

 yellow clarified for a number of years, but the great step in im- 

 provements along these lines was brought about by the acid- 

 thin-juice process of Java. This was a combination of the car- 

 bonitation and sulphitation processes which gave a satisfactory 

 sugar, though unfortunately the yield of resulting molasses was 

 also quite high. 



The latest improvement in this work was the introduction 

 of the "Battille Process" which has certain similarities to the 

 Steffens process of beet-sugar manufacture. This method has 

 given an excellent grade of sugar and the maximum rendement 

 since practically all of the sugar is extracted in crystalized form. 



