Excerpt from Cultivation of Sugar Cane

History of Sugar Cane; Porters work, "Nature and Properties of the Sugar Cane." Cane first cultivated in China. Wray"s Practical Sugar Planter. De Candolle"s "Origin of Cultivated plants." Karl Ritter on "the origin of cane." Bentham, on cane in Asia. Cane mentioned in Sanskrit. Diversity of names for sugar. Epoch of introduction. Chinese claims. Probable origin either Cochin China, or Bengal. Propagation in west of India. Greek and Roman writers familiar with sugar. Canary Islands. Brazil. Island of St. Domingo. Islands of the Pacific ocean; History of Sugar Cane in Louisiana; Gayarre. Introduced by the Jesuits. First attempt a failure. Its cultivation by Mendez and Solis. Distilled into spirituous liquor. Mendez first made sugar in Louisiana. Etienne De Bore"s experiments decide the future of Louisiana. Successful manipulation to "grain." Centennial of sugar making in Louisiana. First graduation from Audubon Sugar School. Expansion of sugar industry. Importation of canes by Coiron. Creole variety first used by De Bore. First use of the steam engine to crush cane; Botanical Relations; Sugar cane a member of the grass family. Existence of several species. Species of "Saccharum officinarum;" its description - stalk, leaves, joints, assimilation of plant food, "eye" of the cane, seed, flowering of the canes; non-flowering variety preferred; ripening

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