14 SUPPLEMENT. 
1 small mould, 10 Ibs. 
Tare, 44 
llarger “ 18} 
Tare, ig 
net weight sugar, 54 lbs. 
os 
= wee “ 1044 
Sugar from the tops, 3 
Product of 232 feet canes, 19.75 lbs. 
: pot molasses, ~ Ibs., tare 5 Ibs. - lbs. net. 
‘ “ 74 5 
“ 121 ¢ 5 7.25 
Molasses from the tops, 2 
Product of molasses from 232 feet canes, 25 25 
236 feet are more than one fiftieth part of 
an acre by fourteen feet, therefore de- 
duct pro rata ee aa ee - 1.19 1:52 
Product of one fiftieth part of an acre, 18.56 23.73 
Multiply by - - =) ge - - 50 50 
Product of an acre in Ibs. - = =  — 928.00 1186.50 
A gallon of molasses weighs 12 lbs., therefore divided by 12 for gallons, 98.87 
and we have 928 pounds sugar (first returns) and 98.87 gallons 
molasses, made from one acre (18,277) of canes, which produced 1847 
gallons juice, weighing at nine pounds per gallon, 16,623 pounds, or, 
sugar, first crop, 5.58 per cent., molasses, 7.14 per cent.; together, 
12.72 per cent.* 
This sugar is perfectly dry, as shown by Sample No. 4, it worked 
perfectly, and without the slightest difficulty, at every stage. 
Tere 6 eats Boiled all the molasses from the above (except the 
N. W. two lbs. from the tops, which was too poor for recrystal- 
lization) 22.25 Ibs.; added clear lime water until it marked 35° 
Beaumé when boiling ; took off a thick, glutinous scum, and boiled it 
down to 243° Fahrenheit. In two hours it produced a copious crop of 
very good crystals. Allowed it to stand till morning, when it was quite 
solid. 
Temp $0" 52° Here an unfortunate accident occurred. Having 
8. E. placed the crystallized mass over a slow fire, to render it 
fluid enough to cast into a mould, I was called off to a ease of illness, 
leaving it over the fire, and being detained much longer than IJ antici- 
pated, on returning I found all the grain melted and the molasses boil- 
* Neither the scales in which this juice was weighed, nor the quart measure in 
which it was measured were sufficiently delicate or accurate to give precise results,and 
as they form the basis of these calculations, the per centages are probably not absolutely 
exact, but they are sufficiently so for all practical purposes, 
