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Harvest time is pretty amazing. Sugar cane is not like corn, it doesn't grow in neat rows. It gets to be about eight or ten feet high and is an impenetrable mass as far as the eye can see. Sugar cane grows on marshy land, and in the tropical heat, is swarming with critters. It must have been increadibly dificult in the old days when it was cut by hand. <br /> <br />Before it can be harvested, it must be burned. This kills all the critters and burns off the leaves, the stalks are about 1 1/2" thick and hard so they don't burn. During harvest time the sky turns brown with smoke and the wind carries soot.
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