Twenty Years' Improvements in Demerara Sugar 
Production. 
By Seaforth M. Bellairs, Manager^ Chateau Margot. 
Part II. 
|HE record of the last twenty years in the 
( Buildings' or Manufacturing Department of 
Demerara Sugar Estates, is very different 
from the record of the field. In the latter the altera- 
tions have neither been many nor important, but there 
has been a regular revolution in the former. The reason 
ot this is easy to see. Agriculture is the oldest occupa- 
tion of the human race, so we cannot hope for much 
improvement in the comparatively short space of twenty 
years. But with regard to machinery we are still learn- 
ing the very alphabet, and the progress of even a few 
years is absolutely startling. 
To keep some sort of order let us pay an imaginary 
visit to a sugar factory, and as we inspect each depart- 
ment we can consider what has been done in the last 
twenty years in the way of improvement. 
We will begin at the beginning which is the cane- 
carrier. 
