Excerpt from An Introductory Manual for Sugar Growers An attempt is made in the following pages to col lect together in as simple a manner as possible a series of observations on these points, in the hope that they will serve as a starting-point for young overseers about to begin their training in the sugar fields and boiling-houses, and also, perhaps, as a means of rendering mere easy and accessible to older men the information to be obtained from larger works and from scattered papers and pam phlets. One difficulty Which sugar growers experience is that writers on agriculture have rarely written upon their special subject, but have treated of the methods and productions of temperate climates; hence there has often been a doubt as to the extent to which the writers' remarks could be withsafety applied to a tropical plant and under tropical conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Throughout most of the twentieth century, thousands of Mexicans traveled north to work the sugar beet fields of the Red River Valley. North for the Harvest examines the evolving relationships between Amercian Crystal Sugar Company, the sugar beet growers, and the migrant workers. Though popular convention holds that migrant workers were invariably exploited, Norris reveals that these relationships were more complex. The company often clashed with growers, sometimes while advocating for workers. And many growers developed personal ties with their workers, while workers themselves often found ways to leverage better pay and working conditions from the company. Ultimately, the lot of workers improved as the years went by. As one worker explained, something historic occurred for his family while working in the Red River Valley: "We broke the chain there."