Sorghum; Its Culture and Manufacture Economically Considered as a Source of Sugar, Syrup and Fodder
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There was a time in the earlier years of the present cent ury, when sugar seems to have been considered a luxury, chie?y to be enjoyed by the wealthy, and when the average annual supply fell short of ten pounds per capita. Now, sugar may safely be classed among the staple articles of food which we term necessities and the average consumption is about forty pounds per year for each person in the United States. The sum annually paid to foreign nations for this great amount of sugar exceeds one hundred million dollars, and the first cost is further augmented by the tax of nearly fifty million dollars which is levied by our government.
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