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EGYPTIAN CANE. 



Tiemann " says that in Egypt, in a good and frost-free year, an average 

 campaign content of 14 per cent of saccharose on the weight of the cane can be 

 reckoned upon, whereas in stormy years, when the cane is laid low and frost 

 puts in its appearance, farmers can only count on 12 per cent. He gives an 

 analysis made in March, 1897, an exceptionally good year, of a field planted the 

 year before: 



Brix 19.2 



Per cent sugar in juice 16.88 



Quotient 87.9 



Per cent sugar in cane 14.5 



Per cent glucose 0.18 



Average length of canes, 6 feet. 



Average weight of canes, 1.19 kilos. 



Average weight of leaves, 0.27 kilo. 



These especially good canes in Egj'pt would be considered to be of only fair 

 quality by the average planter of Negro.?, and only fit for making "No. 3" or 

 "No. 2" sugar at the best. 



JAVA CANE. 



Geerligs " states that the average cane ground in 107 factories in Java in 1908 

 contained 12.30 per cent sucrose and 12.01 per cent fiber, on the weight of the 

 cane, the average purity of the raw cane juice being 83.74. This could only be 

 expected to produce "No. 3" sugar or worse in Negros. 



LOUISIANA CANE. 



Stubbs " quotes the results for the ten years ending 1897 at the Belle Alliance 

 factory as follows : 



Tons cane per acre 23.39 



Metric tons cane per hectare 58.73 



Juice composition: 



Brix : 15.00 



Sucrose _ 11.78 



Glucose 1.56 



Purity 78.53 



Under the present conditions of manufacture in Negros, such cane as this 

 would hardly pay for the grinding, as it would only yield a very poor grade of 

 "corriente" sugar — that is, one polarizing about 70. 



" hoc. cit. 



"Statistics of the Factory Results on a Number of Java Sugar Estates, Int. 

 Sugar Journ. (1909), 11, 324. 



^^ Louisiana Agr. Exp. Sta. (1902), Bull. No. 70. 



