The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-06-26
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Tor the last four or five weeks
~. have been travelling on TIE Co
iambIA river. We have heard a
great deal about sugar berts, %
when we got 70 Yakima county We
gus off Ard Travelled around 80 see
whsre fhs sugar factory waa going
10 b. and ssu the beets growing
Our country uses more sugar
than any ether country.
nsetx are not the only thiux that
sugar car be made from. There are
different things that GruW IN differ
eux parts Of the country, sugar In
warm parts Of tire country II made
from the Juice Of nsugar-eans and
sorghum
Sugar in cold parts Of the country
u made frcm the sap Of maple trees.
suEAr-cane and sorghum are
preHaed between great heavy rollers
TO press the juice out Then the
juice IL boiled and made into mo
lasses. Then II IL made into sugar.
Maple sugar 10 gathered about
February. The farmers have a Kind
OF tube. Then they cut a hoss ~ the
tree. then they take . bucket and
put on this tube or spite. The sap
runa into this b4ekef. Then the anp
Is boiled aua made into sugar
Reefs RruN best Ia temperate
sugar IN the warId u made from
bests. sugar beets are white and
cone shaped France and Germany
raise moe beets TRAN any other
country. We Wiil be able 10 raise
just - many when the farmers
learn how.
The seed IL planted late in the
spring because n they are planted
esriy the plants Will 10 20 seed and
that spells the sugar m them. wnen
they afs taken 70 the factory they
are put into q bin. This bin mas
running water Under Il. The bsetp
are dropped into II and washed
clean. Then they are put ia an eie-
satef ard carried 70 the top floor
Then they are put IN a great cyiin-
De- a!sh kals4e ~ a. These knlVet
slice the bsets fine. When they are
sliced they are pat IN a tank with
warm water. a heavy weight comes
down on u and presses the juice out
into the next tank. Their are IL or
IL tanks IN a factory. By the tifnr
IL gets 20 tire last tank Il IN quite
thick They put lime IN Il and tins
juice comes out clear, Then IL y
boiled. and when u IA thick Il II
stirred and comes out sugar. The
pulp l. fed % the cattle and horses
The leaves can be taken and put
with tobacco and made into cigars
a ton Of bsets will make about a
barrel Of sugar.
Sugar is very useful. We use Il
IN our tea and coffee. and much
sugar IL made into candy.
Bests should be planted IN a iooa.
Tioh soil. and Il should be vel
drained, because they do not grow
well IN a damp place.
They should have plenty Of watel
ana lot OF sunshine until they arr
About grown: then the season should
be dry till they are gathered.
When the plants are about hal
an inch high the farmers pillow them
and get the weeds out. They meet
10 be cultivated every few days.
they are too close together. they pul
some OF them up.
The heefs are gathered IN the fan
The farmers use n pillow with a ioni
knife that iposena the ground derl
when they gather the beefH.
Before the farmer takes the beet
20 the factory he cuts off the TOT
and all the extra roots. He cuts Of
a little OF the top 81 the beet eallcl
the neck lie cuts off the neck be
cause there is a kind Of salt in 3
mat spells the sugar n II ~ left or
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