Whether the sugar is pulverized or granulated or pressed into solid lumps is also merely a mechanical detail. In other words. modern processes and efficient control methods and trained personnel have made it a perfect industry. but it is hard to live down its earlier reputation. It is not generally known that some beetsugar mills even now purchase raw cane sugar and refine it in off seasons after the beetsugar season is over. (b) In the earlier days the farmers did only the machine work on the farms and contracted with immigrant labor families to do all hand work. Men. women. and children alike worked a few days during each season. such as blocking. thinning. weeding. and topping. The childrens work was only a few days at emergency seasons. probably not over 25 days during a summer.
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