. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . ng itjust at the ground. He then tops it, that is, he cuts off the upperpart that contains no sugar, and, to aid in subsequent handling,the long stalks are cut into convenient lengths. As the burning destroys the eyes or buds, certain fields arecut and topped for seed before the burning takes place. There are two general methods of transporting the cane tothe mills. One is by rail and the other by flumes. On the irri-gated plantations where water is never overplentiful, railroadtracks and locomotives are invariably em
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . ng itjust at the ground. He then tops it, that is, he cuts off the upperpart that contains no sugar, and, to aid in subsequent handling,the long stalks are cut into convenient lengths. As the burning destroys the eyes or buds, certain fields arecut and topped for seed before the burning takes place. There are two general methods of transporting the cane tothe mills. One is by rail and the other by flumes. On the irri-gated plantations where water is never overplentiful, railroadtracks and locomotives are invariably employed, while on thenon-irrigated plantations, located in districts where there arecopious annual rains, V-shaped flumes are extensively used. Insome cases a combination of both systems is adopted to advan-tage. From the upper lands where it is difficult to constructrailroads, the cane is flumed to a convenient point on the rail-road system, at a lower elevation, and delivered into cars, whilethe water is conducted into ditches and used for irrigating thelower cane
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