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largest of these three factories has foui" sets of 14-roll mills, with a capacity of 

 5,000 tons daily. That factory has a steam electric plant of over 2,000 horse- 

 power to supply current for the motors in the factory and the electrically 

 driven irrigation pumps for many miles around. The company's latest installa- 

 tion has only one crushing plant, consisting of five 3-roll mills and one 2-Poll 

 crusher, with a capacity of 1,500 tons of cane daily. The average extraction 

 is 85 pounds of juice per 100 pounds of cane. This factory has one steam 

 electric unit of 800 horsepower and three producer gas imits of 300 horsepower 

 each. With the exception of the mill engines nearly all the motors are electric. 

 The current leaves the dynamos at about 320 volts, and after being transformed 

 up to 15,000 volts is sent many miles over the fields to the irrigation pumping 

 stations. 



