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Cane analyses, district of Bago. 



No. 



Remarks. 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight 

 per 



cane. 



In cane. 



Su- 

 crose. 



Fiber. 



In juice. 



Brix. 



Su- 

 crose. 



Quo- I Reduc- 

 tient of 

 purity. 



ing 

 sugar. 



I 22 



23 



25 



28 



Canes taken at random as they are 

 brought to the mill, hacienda Lu- 

 maiigub: should yield "No. 1" 

 Sugar 



Plant cane from soil number^ 14, 

 hacienda San Esteban, Malingin; 

 fifteen months old 



Plant cane, twelve months old, 

 from soil number 15, hacienda 

 San Esteban. This field very 

 sparsely grown and canes quite 

 small 



Plant cane, twelve to thirteen 

 months old, from soil number 

 16, hacienda .\legria; best land 

 in the district. Canes rather 

 slender, but of good size; will 

 yield up to 8 metric tons of "No. 

 1" sugar per hectare 



Plant cane fourteen months old, 

 from soil number 17, hacienda 

 Lumanjrub 



Plant cane twelve months old, 

 from soil number 18, hacienda 

 Santo Domingo 



Plant cane fourteen months old, 

 from best soil number 19, ha- 

 cienda San Juan del Monte 



Plant cane, twelve months old, 

 from hacienda Progreso, .soil 

 number 24. Said to yield "No. 

 1" and "No. 2" sugar 



Plant cane, twelve months old, 

 from soil number 25, hacienda 

 Progreso. Canes large, but 

 have fallen down badly; said to 

 yield "No. 3" to "corrientc" su- 

 gar 



Plant cane from poor soil, number 

 27, hacienda Consorcia. Canes 

 twelve months old 



Kilos. 

 0.96 



0.82 



0.66 



1.07 

 1.10 

 1.03 

 1.09 



Per ct. 

 16.55 



17.19 



17.04 



Per ct. 

 10.05 



9.39 



10.10 



20.41 



Per ct. 

 19.28 



19.64 



I 

 16. 79 10. 43 



17.36 9.48 



16.47 



16.54 



9.96 

 8.95 



1.24 16.30 10.00 



1.40 13.34 

 0.58 ! 16.47 



8.48 

 11.18 



Average 1.00 16.41 



9.80 



Per ct. 

 94.45 



21.30 



21.38 19.76 



20. 43 18. 88 



20.19 



20. 88 



17.58 

 20. 34 



20.49 



19.27 I 90.40 

 92. 45 

 92.41 



18. 69 



14.88 

 19.26 



18.80 



92.62 



S9. 43 



84.63 

 94.71 



91.70 



Per ct. 

 0.26 



0.39 

 0.40 



0.66 

 0..51 

 0.63 

 0.63 



1.22 

 1.22 



0.62 



A feature of the canes from Bago, which "will at once be noted from 

 the foregoing analyses, is their remarkable uniformity of composition, 

 especially those from the lower portion of the district. Among eight 

 different samples from different fields and plantations, the greatest dif- 

 ference between highest and lowest sugar content of the cane is less 

 than 1 per cent. Even number 31, from the very poor soil along the 

 Bacolod road, varies from the others only in its larger percentage of 

 fiber, this undoubtedly being brought about by the dry and arid nature 

 of the soil in which it grows. The uniformity of cane here is caused 

 largely by the fact that the soil is not sufficiently fertile to make ratoon- 

 ing of comn^on occurrence, so that practically all is cane planted from 



