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Raised and Prepared for Use. CcSri'" . - ' - sri . ".
IXTIL, the war si; car famir.
thought was er i v c n by the
era ce citizen as to The source
the quantity prodr.ced
or how it was distributed. Its use
came as a matter of course and
everyone could purchase as much r.s
ae wanted, and it was not unti
conditions caused the lessen incr or
famine in this universal food that
it 3 real value was appreciated. It is
like everything else tlvit has become
a part of the daily life of a people,
its real enjoyment is not fully realized
until necessity demands some limita
tions upon its use.
Early History
Students in history were not certain
as to the date of the earliest culti
vation of the cane from which it is
made, but Karl Rittcr, a scientist,
who is accepted as a high authority
in his research investigations of an
cient industry, declares that sugar was
grown in India before the fifth ten-
tury vhen it was transplants into i
the Titrris Valley. It was introduced j
into China about iliat time and has
been raised there ever since. Sugar
cane was first brought to Europe by
the Moors.
