. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . to fourteen months andwill probably average between eleven and twelve. The labor problem is present in the Philippines as in all cane-sugar countries. The natives are willing enough to work, butshrink at the idea of leaving their homes to take employmentat any considerable distance away. Apart from the three modern factories previously mentioned,sugar-making facilities are greatly behind the times, althoughthere are a few minor exceptions. Over one thousand smallmills were in operation in the islands in 1907 and of th
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . to fourteen months andwill probably average between eleven and twelve. The labor problem is present in the Philippines as in all cane-sugar countries. The natives are willing enough to work, butshrink at the idea of leaving their homes to take employmentat any considerable distance away. Apart from the three modern factories previously mentioned,sugar-making facilities are greatly behind the times, althoughthere are a few minor exceptions. Over one thousand smallmills were in operation in the islands in 1907 and of these 528were driven by steam, 470 by carabao (water oxen) or natives, * Walker, H. S. The Sugar Industry in the Island of , 1910. 198 HISTORICAL and jy by water power. The carabao mills, however, are rapidlydisappearing. The capacity of most of these small mills is from50 to 60 tons of cane per day, and, as the cane is only crushedonce, there is a considerable loss in recovery. A little lime isadded to the juice to clarify it and it is then boiled to grain in. ?Sv- a series of five or six open pans. The general arrangement isshown by the accompanying sketch, which is taken from Her-bert S. Walkers Sugar Industry in the Island of Negros. The drawing shows two sets of pans, each set being builtover a separate furnace. The number 5 pan, into which the juice
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