The Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1

The Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1It is supposed that the sugar cane...
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The Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1

The Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1

$9.99

The Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1

$9.99
Author: Various
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1

It is supposed that the sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) was originally found in India, probably in the region of the Ganges. There is no sugar cane known anywhere to-day in the wild state although there are several species of mammoth grasses closely akin to this plant. As various portions of the earths surface were explored and finally settled the sugar industry was extended until to-day one finds it flourishing in practically all tropical countries and many subtropical countries as well. Perhaps the last semitropical region to attempt this industry in a commercial way was the State of Arizona, U. S. A., where the desert wastes were turned into flourishing beet and cane fields by the aid of irrigation from the Government storage dam. During the reign of Napoleon in France trade in the sugars from British and other foreign possessions was destroyed by the war with England but this decline in the cane-sugar trade served only as an impetus to the new beet-sugar industry then being started. In the meantime there was such a dearth of sugar and such a fabulous rise in prices, that attempts were made to secure sugar from various plants and fruits growing in France, such as beets, sorghum, maize, grapes, apples, pears, figs, etc. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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