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The molasses was put into the cisterns with the other, and we can not give any 
estimate of the thirds. Our mill gave us 145 pounds first and second sugars from 
= . this cane. ; : atten 
The next test was from some green cane, grown on new land, yi iding 28 tons 
of cane per acre, considerably blown down and sprouted in a small degree. This — {a 
had much less sugar in it than the first cane. Yet we got 128 pounds of first sugar A 
and 43 pounds second sugar per ton from it. t 
Our mill gave us 140 pounds of first and second sugar per ton from this cane. 
The next run gave us 165.5 pounds firsts, 45.9 of seconds ; total, 211.4 pounds, 
with thirds in the wagons, which we estimate wil give us 15 pounds more, a total 
of 226.4 pounds. AN 
The next.run was on 450 tons of cane, beginning on the 13th of January, ending 
on the 18th. This cane was rich and fine. It had been killed on the 26th of De- =~ 
cember, was not windrowed, but was in fine condition. rom this cane diffusion 
gaveus 181 pounds of first sugar and grained seconds, with enough left im the 
wagons to bring it up to 223 pounds. From this cane, we got 193 pounds of first ‘ 
. and second sugar by our mill.* 
All of this shows about the same difference between diffusion and our mill-work 
of about 85 pounds of sugar per ton of cane. Ido not mean to be invidious when 
I say that 1 think we got a little better extraction by our mill than any of our 
neighbors. My friend, Mr. Dan Thompson, got more sugar to the ton of cane in 
1886 than we did, but this result was obtained not so much by his extraction as by 
the skillful work in the balance of his house, in which I firmly believe the equal 
does not exist in Louisiana. 
It is safe to say that the average yield per ton of cane in the State is not over 110 
pounds. I believe diffusion will bring the average up to within the neighborhood 
of 200 pounds, a gain of certainly 75 pounds, and perhaps 90 pounds, per ton of cane. y 
ry My nearest neighbor, Mr. Bradish Johnson, obtained the past season 136 
pounds of sugar per ton of cane. Weare within 3 miles of each other ; our land is 
much the same; our cultivation is substantially the same. Ji is fair to assume his y 
cane was as rich as mine, yet we had about 175 pounds of all sugar per ton, a dif- . 
ference of 83 pounds of sugar per ton on our mill-work, and about 71 pounds differ- 
ence on the diffusion work. Take his estate for illustration : he 
His 10,000 tons of cane gave him 1,590,000 pounds of sugar. Had he worked his 
crop by diffusion he would certainly have had 70 pounds more sugar to the ton of 
cane. This would have increased his yield 700,000 pounds of sugar, which, at 54 
cents per pound, would have given him $38,500 more for his crop than he received. 
Take my own crop of 13,300 tons of cane. Had I worked it by diffusion I would 
have had 35 pounds more sugar per ton. This would have given me 465,000 pounds 
more sugar than I obtained, an aggregate of 2,865,000 pounds of sugar from about 
600 acres, or 4,750 pounds per acre.. The cash increase of my crop would have 
been, at 54 cents per pound, $25,592.50, a difference to Mr. Johnson of $3.85 per 
ton of cane, and to me, on my crop, of $1.82} per ton of cane. 
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QUANTITY OF JUICE DRAWN FROM EACH CELL. 
The cane used for diffusion was weighed and delivered, chiefly on 
cars, to the cutter. The trash which becomes detached in handling 
the cane was collected in carts and weighed, and its weight deducted 
from the total. No account was taken of the trash which entered 
the cutter. 
it was found that the average weight of chips in each cell, when 
filled in the ordinary manner, was 1,757 pounds. One cell filled with 
extra care was weighed, and the weight found to be 1,860 pounds. 
. It was thus seen that by careful packing it was easy to get 100 pounds 
extra weight of chips into each cell. 
The quantity of juice drawn from each cell varied from 900 to 1,000 
liters, or from 2,059 to 2,288 pounds. 
The mean quantity of juice drawn for the first four runs was nearly 
2,170 pounds. Assuming that in each 100 pounds of chips there is 
*In respect of the last run, the analytical data show that the cane worked by the 
mill during its last run, from which 193 pounds per ton were made, was richer 
in sucrose by nearly 1 per cent. than that worked ait the last diffusion run, \ 
