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PLANT PRODUCTS 



against pests adopted in India is to put castor cake and salt 

 into the water, when the poisonous compounds of the castor 

 dissolve in the salt water, and destroy many pests. When 

 the crop is ripe, which takes about twelve months from 



Table 20. — Indian Sugar, 

 Composition of Sugar Canes. 



Table 21. — Sugar Cane, Indian, 200-300 Acre Production. 

 Cost of Cultivation in Rupees per Statute Acre. 



planting, the cane is usually cut with some kind of sickle, and 

 removed to the mills. When cane is cultivated in primitive 

 fashion, as is the case in India, the mills containing three 

 rollers are semi-portable and are worked by four bullocks. 

 Two of the rollers are about half an inch apart, and the 

 third roller is only one-eighth of an inch from the centre 

 roller. By passing the cane through the wide gap first, and 

 then through the narrow gap, a double squeeze is given, 

 and about 80 per cent, of the juice extracted. In the West 

 Indies, the United States of America, and Queensland, with 

 mofe efficient machinery, and by moistening the pressed 



