Vol. V. No. 100. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



51 



To interest. — 



Debenture interest 

 Lcsn credits ... 



T(i sinking fund 



,, reserve fund 



Tm balance. — 



Payable to outside estates 



(say 2s. M per ton of canes) 43 

 Payable to ct)ntracting plant- 

 ers (say 2s. GhJ. l>er ton 



of canes) ... '. 1,942 10 10 



Shareholders proportion ... 1,942 10 10 



By net proceeds of sugar, etc., produced — 



£ s. d. 

 Sugar l,634i tons 



(£12 15s. Eel. per ttin)... 20,873 9 11 

 Molasses, 77,000 gallons 



(5ji/. per gallon) 1,085 4 4 



By sundries 



3,928 1 8 

 £22,588 14 3 



£ s. d. 



22,5.">8 14 3 



30 



£22,588 14 3 



Abstract of Working of the Factor v Dckixo 1905. 



Tons of cane 



Gallons of diluted juice * 



Cane sugar in juice, pounds ... 



Sugar made 1st. 1,000 tons 



,, ,, 2nd. 35i tons = ,, 30 ,, 



Sugar made, as 1st. sugar, tons 



,, ,, ,, ,, pounds ... 

 Commercial sugar per 100 of cane sug 



juice, i.e., 'extraction' ... 

 Gallons of molasses... 

 Molasses per ton of sugar 

 Tons of cane per ton of sugar 

 Cords of wood used... 

 Tons of coal (chiefly locomotives) 

 Days working 

 Hours grinding 



* Average composition of diluted juice. 



Cane sugar. 10 89 per cent.. 1'835 ft. per gallon. 



Glucose and non-sugar 2 04 , , , , 



Total solids 



18-93 



Purity 89 23 „ „ 



Average sucrose in megass 7 '6 per cent. 

 ,, water ,, ,, 49-5 ,, ,, 



NOTE. — The canes have yielded 10-31 per cent, of sugar 

 i<r 9 70 tons of canes to 1 ton of sugar. 



I 



SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



Sugar-cane Experiments in the Leeward 

 Islands. 



The following extract is taken from the letter of 

 the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture to the 



Colonial Secretary, Antigua, reviewing the experiments 

 in the cultivation and selection of improved varieties 

 of sugar-cane in the Leeward Islands : — 



At Antigua, in the experiment with plant canes during 

 the season, the results show that seven canes, viz., B. 156, 

 Sealy Seedling, B. 30G, B. 208, D. 74, D. 95 and D. 109 

 stand out as specially worthy of attention. They are 

 therefore to be recommended as worthy of being safely, 

 though cautiously, introduced into cultivation in Antigua. 

 This opinion is .strengthened on reference to the results with 

 the experiments with ratoon.s, for the same six canes have 

 done best at the various stations as ratoons also. 



At St. Kitt's, the best results as plant canes were 

 obtained with Caledonian Queen or White Transparent. 

 B. 20i?, and B. 147 were grown in St. Kitt's with satisfactory 

 results. B. 74 and D. 116 are al.so recommended for 

 cautious planting. B. 208 heads the list of canes grown as 

 ratoons in these experiments with a yield of 30 tons of cane 

 and 8,508 lb. of sugar in the juice. Dr. Watts is of opinion 

 that this cane may be generally introduced into cultivation 

 in St. Kitt's where it will occupy a u.seful position with the 

 Caledonian Queen and B. 147. 



It is a matter of gratification that the cane fields 

 throughout the colony show an almost complete absence of 

 rotten canes. As pointed out by Dr. Watts, the relief from 

 anxiety on this score is directly traceable to the introduction 

 of new varieties of canes — a policy that has been steadily 

 advocated and encouraged by the Imperial Department of 

 Agriculture. The great value and importance of these 

 experiments are therefore obvious. 



Facts about B. 208. A report on the sugar 

 industry of British Ciuiana, w-hich was published in the last 

 number of the Ayr/cultural Neirs, states that Cane 'B. 208 

 has, generally speaking, not succeeded well, and it evidently 

 requires special soil and climatic conditions.' 



This statement is rather surprising in view of the reports 

 that have from time to time been published with reference to 

 B. 208. Mr. John M. Fleming, Manager of plantation 

 Diamond, British Guiana, in a letter to the Imperial 

 Commissioner of Agriculture dated Jlareh 27, 1904, (see 

 Agricidtural Xeu's, Vol. Ill, p. 180) writes: ' B. 208 is, in 

 my opinion, the best cane you have given us, so far. A very 

 strong point in its favour is that in every trial I have made 

 of it, I have invariably found the juice of excellent quality.' 



Mr. Fleming's report on the canes reaped during the 

 period January to June 1905 at plantation Diamond (see 

 Agricultural News, Vol. IV, p. 242), shows that B. 208 stood 

 second in yield, and that the acreage of this variety increased 

 from 1,288 acres in December 1904, to about 1,600 acres in 

 June 1905. 



From the Report of the Director of the Experiment 

 Stations in Queensland, it appears that West Indian Seedling 

 canes give good re.sults. ' The cane of all those experimented 

 with, which gave the highest percentage of sucrose and the 

 highest quotient of purity was B. 208 (see Agricultural 

 Ntu's, Vol. IV, p. 274). 



In Jamaica also, B. 208 has done especially well (.see 

 Agricultural News, Vol. IV, p. 83). 



The note on Sugar-cane Experiments in the Leeward 

 Islands, on this page, also .shows the high position maintained 

 by B. 208 in those islands. 



