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Tlie modern cane-sugar industry, by O. E. Nesom — Continued. Page. 



Harvesting and transportation 49 



The harvest season .- 49 



Economizing labor 50 



Stripping the cane 50 



Transportation 51 



Loaders ..- 52 



The storage of daily supply 53 



Weighing 53 



Unloading - - 54 



Milling - - 54 



Cane carriers - 54 



Revolving knives 55 



Shredders 55 



The crusher 55 



The mill 56 



Masceration 57 



Bagasse carrier 57 



Boilers 58 



Furnaces 58 



Mill engines 58 



Juice pumps 58 



Clarification - 58 



Juice heaters 58 



Filter press - 59 



Cake mill 60 



Multiple effects 61 



Vacuum pans 62 



The use of exhaust steam 63 



Crystallizers 64 



Centrifugals 64 



Driers 65 



Bagging : 65 



Storage _ 65 



Shipping 65 



Chemical control 66 



Chemical laboratory - 66 



The sugar chemist 66 



Sugar laboratory at Iloilo 66 



Composition of Philippine sugars 66 



Sugar-cane pests, by O. W. Barrett and D. B. Mackie _ - 68 



Mammalian pests _ 68 



Rats ..= 68 



Wild pigs - 69 



Monkeys 70 



Insect pests .". „... 70 



Locusts !. _ 10 



Cane-root beetle 71 



Tip borer 72 



Leaf louse 73 



Cane fly 73 



Fungus diseases 74 



