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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



AN OLD-FAS II 10 NF,D CANE MILL IN BARBADOS 



One-third of the area of Barbados is planted in sugar-cane, yielding as high as 50,000 tons 

 of sugar and 10,000,000 gallons of molasses annually. 



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Photographs by J. Harold Stieg 

 SALES GIRLS IN BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS: THEIR 'COUNTERS ARE TRAYS AND THEIR 



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