Download or read book The Chinese Sugar-Cane; Its History, Mode of Culture, Manufacture of the Sugar, Etc, 1857 written by James F. C. Hyde and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chinese Sugar-Cane; Its History, Mode of Culture, Manufacture of the Sugar, Etc, 1857: With Reports of Its Success in Different Portions of the United States, and Letters From Distinguished Men Few subjects are of greater importance to us, as a people, than the producing of sugar; for no country in the world consumes so much as the United States, in proportion to its population. It is a subject of special interest at this time, on account of the great advance that has taken place in the price of this very important product. We have been hoping for years to obtain a plant which would produce sugar in the northern portion of our country; and it is supposed by many that we have at last succeeded. But whether we have or not, the subject is exciting a great deal of interest, especially with the writer; and his attention has been given to the new plant, - not, however, without fear that it would prove, like many other new things, comparatively worthless. Having ascertained certain facts in regard to it, he was induced to give them to the public through the newspapers, supposing that that would be the last of it, so far as he was concerned. But, to his surprise, letters began to pour in, at the rate of three or four a day, from all parts of the country, from Maine to Minnesota, asking for further information, and for seed of the plant. These letters were answered, and seed sent free of charge, until they came so thick and fast, he was obliged to say that he could not answer them in detail. 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.