(Note: The following is part of a series of articles looking at the history and evolution of agriculture in Georgia and Bulloch County.) The name for sugar is derived from the Sanskrit word sarkara (or sarkarra). Sugar cane is a member of the family of large grasses, and, believe it or not, was first traded as “Italian Salt.” Georgia’s Royal Governor Sir James Wright, upon assuming leadership of the colony in 1760, immediately began expanding the colony’s agricultural efforts to include the growing of sugar cane.