SUN, RAIN, VOLCANOES

This from an October 24, 1936 Hawaii newspaper.

Sugarcane is a giant grass, and "stools out" from the root as other grasses
do. In a recent fair on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, a prize was offered for the
biggest stool of cane. It was taken by the one shown on the cover of this week's
Science News Letter. This one-root jungle of thirty-foot stalks would have
yielded about 400 pounds of sugar.

Great Source of Information on C and H

What was Havermyer's interest in C and H? Spreckels interest in American Sugar Refining? The report of the 1911 Congressional Hearins is essential. It is available through Google books.

Hearings held before the Special Committee on the Investigation of the
American Sugar Refining...By United States. Congress. House. Special Committee
on Investigation of American Sugar Refining Company

Raiders Are Leading

For the first time this season the Oakland Raiders are leading at the end of the third quarter. There is still hope!

Red River Valley sugar beet harvest under way - Examiner.com

Red River Valley sugar beet harvest under way - Examiner.com

Snow and cold weather didn't help.

More News Impacting the Price of Sugar

Norwegian farmers share view of family farms, biofuel potential - Examiner.com: "MINOT, N.D. - Norway's agriculture minister says farmers in his country share the views of North Dakota farmers when it comes to the value of family farms and the potential of biofuels.


Terje Riis-Johansen brought a Norwegian delegation to the Norsk Hostfest, Minot's Scandinavian festival, this week. The group also is visiting Minnesota.
'It's necessary for Norway to move extremely, much faster in the direction of renewable energy in the next 10 to 20 years than what we have done for the last 10 to 20 years,' Riis-Johansen said."