The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-06-27
SUGAR BEET
MWlRY
Grant sehool Boy Writes
About II

For the lAss four or fiys weeks
Ne havN been travelling 81 he To-
iamhas river We hava heard
great deal ahoat saxat bests. -
when w. got 20 Yakima uauats ur
xnt of aud Travelled 4faen4 e see
. =. 3. - -. 49, = -. = &c : = -
90 be ant sa9 the heels eraWins
Our country uses eaaHa sugar
than any other ceuutHH.
bests are bot The elsiN fhils that
sugar can be made from. There sfe
different things that ksoa ~ differ
ent parts ~ ine cuuntFY SaEaf "a
warm parts % the country i made
from the juice 81 nst.kafseans and
sorghum.
sugar in cold parts q the country
h made from the sap uf maple tfses
SssE@F-s@fv sHd HefHsaFu are
pressed between great hsaxe rollers
10 press the juice cat Then tbV
juice IL boiled and made into mo-
Iasses Thzn Il - MADE into sugar.
Marie sugar - gathered aeaus
February The faFmsrs have a klna
OF tube Then theg eHt a hals IL the
tree. then they take haekes Hfif
Put on THIS tube OF spite. TIE sap
runs Into this bucket. Then the sap
. boiled and rtsas iuta sakaf
fieets grow best TEA temperate
climate. More than half 81 me
sugar in the world Is made frarn
bects. Sugar beets are y bite and
cone shaped. France HHa Germany
raise mere bests than any uthsf
oeuntFy We VIII be able to raise
just a. many when the farneFF
ieAru how.
The seed - planted late ia the
EprinE. uecause IL fheE are niHn4esi
early the plants H4H ~ - saad ant
that spoiis The sugar Ia fneui When
they are taken 20 the factory they
are pas into a bin This BIN has
running water under il Fhs hsufa
are dr0pped into Il and washed
ciear Then they are uui lu aa eie-
Hafnr ard carries % the top floor
Thsu they are pui Do = gHeat exiin-
Ger with kuiVes ln &c. These kf1Eea
slice ne begts fire Whsn they ars
slicrd they are rui Is tank Nffh
warn water A heavy wright eefaHs
dos s. on o. ard presses the isisa uuf
iats tiis beat 5afia. FHsF arr s. o.
u fanst ia "a factory ~ She fifna
n grts o. the last fank Il Is quite
AltNra me- IAA Htt" AAa p anu AfiN
juice comes eut clear Then Il -
boiled. and when g Is fhiek Il e.
eflfred and comes out sukHf. Tue
pulp Il lei 60 thF cattle and horses
The leaves can b. taken ami put
with Tobacco and made lna0 cigars.
A ton % bseta will make about a
barrel u sugar
sugar " very useful Ne nHs n
III orr tea and coffee and much
sugar " sNde fnto candy
EeetA should be planted fn i laaaa
rich soil and IL should De wei
drained. because they Do not grow
Veii N a damp plaee.
They should have plenty Of water
and iOt Of surshins gHth they ar.
shout grown then the season shaaid
b. dry flil they are gathered.
When The plants are about half
ar inch high the farmers pioN them.
and get the weeds out rneF need
20 b. cultivated ever feW daxz. II
thev are too close together. fheg puii
come Of trem Hp
The brefa are gathered iH the faif.
The farmers use n pillow with q long
knife that iooseua the ground deep
when they gather the heets
BEFORE the farmer takes the hrrte
90 the factory he cuts off the top
ard Hii the extra roots. He cuts of
q little ~ the top ~ the beet called
the neck BE cuts Off the nees he
cause there % Kind u SAT- ia e
that ap0ila the sugar n II r. ieft on
EDWARD BLffROcK