. A complete geography. nd 580). In ourown country the mostnoted sugar district isthe delta of the Missis-sippi in Louisiana. In that section thereare large sugar plantations, Fig. 107. some of them having sev- A sugar-cane field in Louisiana, with the sugar houses ineral thousand acres planted , ^^^ background, in sugar-cane. Either in the fall or spring, the cane is planted in rowsabout six feet apart, and a crop is raised every twelve months, being cutin the fall after the middle of October. The stalks grow to be two or moreinches in diameter, and reach such a height that a man riding throu
. A complete geography. nd 580). In ourown country the mostnoted sugar district isthe delta of the Missis-sippi in Louisiana. In that section thereare large sugar plantations, Fig. 107. some of them having sev- A sugar-cane field in Louisiana, with the sugar houses ineral thousand acres planted , ^^^ background, in sugar-cane. Either in the fall or spring, the cane is planted in rowsabout six feet apart, and a crop is raised every twelve months, being cutin the fall after the middle of October. The stalks grow to be two or moreinches in diameter, and reach such a height that a man riding through themon horseback may easily be entirely hidden from view (Fig. 108). Assoon as the stalks are cut, they are drawn to the sugar house in wagons,or, on the larger plantations, in railway cars (Fig. 109). There the cane is ground between rollers in order to squeeze out thejuice, which is so acid that it must next be treated with lime. The wastecane, after the juice is pressed out, is used as a fuel to run the engines of.
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