Sugar

E. W. Brandes, C. O. Townsend, P. A. Yoder, S. F. Sherwood, R. S. Washburn, G. B. L. Arner, O. E. Baker, F. C. Stevens, F. H. Chittenden and C. F. Langworth

No 413169, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Contents:] Historical Development --- Factors Influencing Sugar-Cane Culture (Effect of Climatic Conditions on Sugar-Cane Production – Sugar-Cane Soils – Drainage and Irrigation of Cane Lands – Sugar-Cane Varieties in the United States – Practices and Labor Requirements in Growing and Transporting Sugar Cane [Planting the Cane – Cultivation – Fertilization and Rotation – Harvesting Cane – Character of Implements and Labor Employed – Total Labor Required – Rates for Labor – Cost of Production – Transporting the Cane to the Mill – The Labor Situation] – Diseases of Sugar Cane in the United States – Insect Pests of Sugar Cane) --- Manufacture of Sugar from Cane (Manufacture of Sirup) --- Factors Influencing Sugar-Beet Culture (Effect of Weather on Sugar-Beet Culture – Sugar-Beet Soils – Crop Rotations – Production of Sugar-Beet Seed in America – Practices in Growing Sugar Beets – Sugar-Beet Diseases – The Principal Sugar-Beet Insect Pests of the United States) --- Cost of Producing Sugar Beets (Elements of Cost – The Use of Quantity Requirements of Labor and Materials in Computing Costs – Variations in Cost – Sugar-Beet Land Tenure – Relation of Sugar Beet Prices to the General Price Level) --- Manufacture of Sugar from Beets --- Improvement of Sugar Plants by Breeding and Selection --- Production of Sucrose by Sorgo and Maple --- Production of Other Sugars --- By-Products of Sugar Manufacture --- World Production and Movement of Sugar --- Price and Consumption of Sugar --- Sugar Legislation --- The Outlook for the Sugar Industry in the United States

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 78
Date: 1924
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.413169

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