. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . •f r-f ?1; ^^^V- ^^y; ^^^^ ^P^ tn^ i^Piffi^ ^^^P^ ^m IF:-- ? • .-^ 1 \f >, ;.:,,^ JHi^Hpw. THE GROWING OF SUGAR CANE 17 acid. It is found that nitrate of soda, when appHed alone or incombination with potash and phosphoric acid, produces a very-strong growth. The proper sanitation of the soil tends to pro-mote the beneficial bacterial action so essential to the growthof the cane. In December and January the cane tassels or flowers, whichindicates that it has about reached maturity and is ready forcutting. Thence
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . •f r-f ?1; ^^^V- ^^y; ^^^^ ^P^ tn^ i^Piffi^ ^^^P^ ^m IF:-- ? • .-^ 1 \f >, ;.:,,^ JHi^Hpw. THE GROWING OF SUGAR CANE 17 acid. It is found that nitrate of soda, when appHed alone or incombination with potash and phosphoric acid, produces a very-strong growth. The proper sanitation of the soil tends to pro-mote the beneficial bacterial action so essential to the growthof the cane. In December and January the cane tassels or flowers, whichindicates that it has about reached maturity and is ready forcutting. Thenceforward very little irrigating is done, as ad-ditional water applied at this time might retard ripening, whichwould mean a reduced amount of sugar stored up in the cane. It is interesting to note that while the cane is growing and inan unripe state, there is no discernible sucrose or pure sugar init. As the ripening process goes on, the content of the cane juiceis changed by the action of the suns rays, and the amount ofsucrose as determined by polariscopic test shows when the timefor harvesting is at hand. Natures operation in thus changingglucose or invert sugar int
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