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FIRST BOOK. 
THE SUGAR-CANE.— II. 
1. Some of the boys thought that it must be 
easier to grow the canes than to make hard 
lumps of sugar out of their juice. 
2. While showing them the different sugars in 
his bottles, the teacher pointed out the two kinds 
that are chiefly made in the West Indies. One 
kind was in whitish and sparkling little pieces, 
called crystals; the 
other was muscovado 
or brown sugar, such 
as is sent to England 
and other countries 
to be made into white 
''loaf" sugar. The 
boys were told how 
muscovado sugar is 
prepared. 
3. As soon as the canes reach the mill, they 
are crushed between large iron rollers, to force 
out the juice. This drops into a large tank 
placed beneath the rollers, and from thence it is 
either pumped or led along into receivers. 
4. After a little lime has been thrown into it, 
it is heated until a scum forms, which can be 
easily skimmed off. In this way the juice is 
cleansed. 
Sugar-mill. 
