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the 1st sugar washed. It is sold for local consumption chiefly and 

 brings a good price. This factory makes some white sugar which 

 causes a considerable loss of commercial 1st sugar. 



One three roller mill. Double-bottom copper defecators. Does 

 not filter either juice or deposits. Density of juice about 18 to 19 

 Brix. Extraction of juice over weight of cane 55 to 57. Reudiment 

 of sugar over that indicated in juice 66 to 72. Reudiment of sugar 

 over weight of cane 5.6 to 6.5. Rendiment of 1st white sugar over 

 massecuite 49. 



FACTORY No. 5 \Ingemo Central de Cartavio.] 



The Hacienda Cartavio grinds its cane at the Ingenio Central de 

 Cartavio, a central factory. It differs somewhat from most of the 

 other Peruvian factories. 



Two crushing plants each having its own cane conductor. Each 

 plant has a dry double crushing set of mills. Cylinders 32 X 66. 

 Mills fitted with hydraulic pressure apparatus. Automatic bagasse 

 carrier. Bagasse fed direct to furnaces by hand; also dried and fed 

 by hand. Juice heater is able to heat juice to 220 F. After leaving 

 juice heater juice passes into battery of 15 defecators or subsiding 

 tanks, of 800 Imp. gallons capacity each. The entire series of def- 

 ecators are connected by partitions forming a continous battery. 

 Juice is limed with milk of lime 18 to 28 Ibs. per defecator. Defe- 

 cators are not fitted with steam pipes. Requires 1 J to 2 hours to 

 defecate and settle. Juice is then drawn off to clarifiers fitted with 

 steam coils. Juice is not filtered. Deposits are filtered. One 

 quadruple effect evaporating apparatus. Two iron pans. 



Massecuite containers are buckets holding about 275 Ibs. Hole 

 in bottom of bucket, stopped by plug, for air pressure when dis- 

 charging mas&ecuite to pug mill. Pug mill situated below surface 

 of main floor. Massecuite carried up by elevator to centrifugal res- 

 ervoir. Water added to massecuite in pug mill to facilitate work of 

 elevator. 16 overhead pulley centrifugals in batteries often and six. 

 Makes 1st 2nd 3rd sugars, and is fitted to make alcohol. 



At times there is a scarcity of bagasse for fuel. 



