Making Sugar From North Dakota Sunshine. A Story Of The Beet Sugar Industry In The Red River Valley

GREENWOOD, JENNIE GRACE [ART SUPERVISOR]

Publication: Published By Pupils of The Seventh Grades, Grand Forks Junior High School, 1930, Grand Forks

First edition. 16mo. Quarter cloth and decorated boards, 43 pp., foreword, illustrated from woodblock prints made by individual students. Provides an interesting history of beet sugar, prominent producers of beet sugar, the cost of water, fertilizer, labor, factory labor, etc., Some interesting statistics about beets are provided along with an interesting story of the Najera Family, who actually worked in the fields and was an immigrant laborer. Minor wear to the cloth spine, else a fine copy of a rare title.

Inventory Number: 47047