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profits and less labor. That such ultimately will be the result so soon 

 as this new industry shall have been more generally entered upon, there 

 can be no doubt ; or, what is practically the same thing, large com- 

 panies will be organized able to cultivate and manufacture sev^eral^ 

 thousand acres of cane. A recent report of the Department of Agri- 

 culture says: "at one large foctory there is reported a yield of 792 

 pounds of sugar, valued at 8 cents per pound, and 112 gallons of 

 syrup, valued at 40 cents per gallon, from an acre, indicating a net 

 profit of Sr)0.67. It should be understood, however, that this eu- 

 C()urao:ing result was not obtained by the ordinary manufacturer, but 

 by chemists who were skilled in the manipulation of the juice, and 

 who were working with apparatus designed especially for the manu- 

 factui-e of sugar." That intelligence in the conducting of such oper- 

 ations is of practical value none can doubt, and that sugar is to be 

 made with apparatus designed for such purpose, goes Avithout saying, 

 but the report emphasizes the fact that the best results were secured 

 by intelligent supervision, and improved appliances. 



