THE HARVESTING OF THE CANE 



183 



Tops cut o3 82-6 

 Tops left on 76- 1 



Purity of Juice. 

 8i-o 82-8 



74-6 77-0 



84-5 

 74-6 



80 -5 

 71-3 



These results were confirmed in Argentina by Cross andBielle.^who found 

 after four days' keeping a purity of 62-81 in canes with tops cut off, as 

 opposed to 48-77 in canes with the tops left on. 



Pellet^ in the winter months in Egypt obtained the following results 

 on storing canes : — 



Fig. 76 



Von Czernicky*' in Java found the results tabulated below 



