Excerpt from The Sugar Industry of the United States: Introduction; Part I-Cane Sugar; Part II-Beet Sugar; Part III-Sorghum Sugar; Part IV-Maple Sugar The report consists of an Introduction and four parts, viz, Cane Sugar, Beet Sugar, Sorghum Sugar, and Maple Sugar. In Part II. Is incorporated the valuable report of Mr. G. L. Spencer on late improvements in machinery and methods for the manufacture of beet sugar. Part IV on maple sugar is not yet completed. A station for the chemical study of maple saps and sugars has been established at Lunenburg, Vermont, and it is hoped that the data obtained there will be ready for publication by the first of May this year) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.