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baking purposes and as a table syrup. Poorer grades are 

 employed in rum and alcohol manufacture, and in stock 

 feeding. 



Mention has been made of the fact that the stalks from 

 which the juice has been removed are used as a fuel to run 

 the mill. The refuse that accumulates in the purification 

 process is used as a fertilizer. It is rich in phosphorus and 

 potash. 



Production of Cane Sugar. — The world's production of 

 cane sugar during the 1913-1914 campaign was 11,225,000 

 short tons (excluding Central America). During the same 

 period, the world production of beet sugar was 9,430,145 

 short tons. Sugar-cane production in the United States is 

 confined almost exclusively to southern Louisiana, and to 

 Texas, immediately adjoining. 



Leading Countries in the Prodtjction or Cane Sugar, 1913-1914 



Country Short tons 



Cuba 2,909,000 



British India 2,566,000 



Java 1,541,000 



Hawaii 612,000 



Philippine Islands 408,000 



Australia and Fiji 407,000 



Porto Rico 364,000 



Argentina 304,000 



^ United States' 301,000 



Mauritius 275,000 



