Vol. III. No. 56. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



179 



SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



Sugar-cane Experiments in Cuba. 



In the last volume of the Agriculturat N^eivs 

 (p. 179) we published the results of some experiments 

 with new canes in Cuba, kindly furnished by 

 Mr. Edwin F. Atkins, the proprietor of Central 

 Soledad, one of the largest sugar plantations in that 

 island. In forwarding the results obtained this year, 

 Mr. Atkins has written to the Imperial Commissioner 

 of Agriculture as follows: — 



I enclose table of our examination of experimental cane?', 

 cut in February, which may interest you. Tlie past .season 

 has been a dry one and may in part account for the high 

 density of the juices. The one seedling that we have been 



able to bring to maturity, namely. Harvard 208, is a cross 

 between a Crystalline and a Ribbon cane, and the first 

 examination, as you will note, shows a very satisfactory 

 result. 



You will note by the table that some of your Barbados 

 seedlings, as well as the I). 95, gave the highest polarizations 

 and i)urity, your 1!. 208 leading in this respect, but being 

 deficient in juice as shown b_v extraction. All these canes 

 were ground under the same conditions in a small experi- 

 mental mill operated by a belt from the main shafting of the 

 machine shop. The ' Caledonia Queen,' of which we now 

 ha\e (piite a fair-sized plot from the third planting, promises 

 very well. 



