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Show SWEETNESS . . . 0E HUMORED SEt EMTY SIX years ago this summer the first stalks of sugar cane were imported to Louisiana from Java. Today this oldest industry is the foundation for Louisiana's Louisi-ana's agricultural wealth, income amounting to S52,000,000 annually. RIGHT: Luscious stalks of emerald green cane, from 8 to 12 feet liigh, fall beneath tlie blows of a machette. l)E-LOIT l)E-LOIT : Gigantic mounds of cane arise outside the mills during grinding season. ;. s -t. . ss-. - .ise :?! f.: 55- s 1 V li ;1 &nVr 'I UN Is R Here is one of the great machine units converting con-verting cane in the process of being crushed to extract the juice. This is the modern transformation trans-formation of those first crude kettles in ichich molasses teas turned into granules of sugar. 1,; - vOv fr.fr v : After refining, thousands of bags of rato sugar are shoicn being stored in the warehouse to await shipment to all parts of the country. Some of it will find its way into candy, some into your sugar boicl and coffee cup. |