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of wtiglit of juice obtained by him at 50 to GO parts in 

 the 100 of cane employed, and remarks that even 70 per 

 cent, can be easily obtained by proper machinery. Mr. 

 Peters obtained from his mill an average of 50 per cent., 

 and the juice could be readily wrung from the begass by 

 hand. Thirty canes -were sorted out and weighed by my- 

 self, and, after grinding, gave the following result : 



Thirty canes weighed, 52 lbs. 14 ounces. 



Juice collected, 26 « 1 " 



Begass, 26 " 7 " 

 Juice lost in mill, say, 6 " 



The juice actually extracted weighed precisely one-half 

 that of the cane used. Two pounds of the begass was 

 weighed and carefully dried, and gave twelve ounces, 

 showing a loss of one pound and four ounces of water, 

 which represents 21-7 ounces of jui^e ; so. that the quanti- 

 ty of juice remaining behind in the begass may be put down 

 at seventeen pounds, fifteen ounces. The result now 

 stands, 



Juice collected, 26 



" lost in the mill, 



" in begass, 17 



Woody fibre, 8 



Cane used, 52 pounds, 14 ounces. 100 per cent. 



In other words, we have 84 1-2 per cent, of juice, and 

 15 1-2 per cent of woody fibre. From these figures it 

 would seom that 70 per cent, in juice ought to be easily 

 obtainable by proper machinery, and it becomes more ap- 

 parent when we take into consideration the soft, compres- 

 sible texture of this cane as compared to that of the West 

 Indies. Mr. Peters, of Georgia, states the yield of his 

 best one-eighth acre, in syrup, at 58 1-2 gallons; that of 

 the poorest one-eighth acre at 43 1-4 gallons. Taking tho 

 average, wo have as the yield of the entire acre, 407 gal- 



