From Stalk to Sugar: The Sugarcane Process

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• Workers get water from a ditch to water the cane.

• 2-foot sections are planted in furrows, and then fertilized.

• After it was burned, the stalks were cut into shorter lengths and loaded on carts.

• A mule, plows and a driver prepare the soil.

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• The sugar mill is the most important part of the plantation.

• At the mill, flumes sprayed the cane to remove soil and rocks.

• A train picked up the carts and carried them to the mill. It needed to be processed as soon as possible.

• Inside the mill, it was shredded and crushed by rollers, releasing the juice.

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• In two years, the cane reached almost 25 feet tall.

• Workers get water from a ditch to water the cane.

• A mule, plows and a driver prepare the soil.

• Mules transport the fertilizer.

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• 2-foot sections are planted in furrows, and then fertilized.

• A few days later, it begins to sprout and worker pull the weeds.

• Workers get water from a ditch to water the cane.

• Workers carried 200-pound loads of cane up a ramp into the carts.

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• In two years, the cane reached almost 25 feet tall.

• Workers get water from a ditch to water the cane.

• 2-foot sections are planted in furrows, and then fertilized.

• A mule, plows and a driver prepare the soil.

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• Mules transport the fertilizer.

• Workers get water from a ditch to water the cane.

• 2-foot sections are planted in furrows, and then fertilized.

• At the mill, flumes sprayed the cane to remove soil and rocks.

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• In two years, the cane reached almost 25 feet tall.

• After it was burned, the stalks were cut into shorter lengths and loaded on carts.

• Workers carried 200-pound loads of cane up a ramp into the carts.

• 2-foot sections are planted in furrows, and then fertilized.

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• In two years, the cane reached almost 25 feet tall.

• For the last six months, the cane ripened in the sun, then set on fire to burn off the leaves.

• After it was burned, the stalks were cut into shorter lengths and loaded on carts.

• Oxen pulled the carts to the main train track.

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• A train picked up the carts and carried them to the mill. It needed to be processed as soon as possible.

• Oxen pulled the carts to the main train track.

• Workers carried 200-pound loads of cane up a ramp into the carts.

• The sugar mill is the most important part of the plantation.

What is the appropriate caption for this picture?

• After it was burned, the stalks were cut into shorter lengths and loaded on carts.

• Workers carried 200-pound loads of cane up a ramp into the carts.

• Oxen pulled the carts to the main train track.

• A train picked up the carts and carried them to the mill. It needed to be processed as soon as possible.