THE HARVESTING OF THE CANE 



Tops cut o3 82-6 

 Tops left on 76*1 



PURITY OF JUICE. 



81-0 82-8 84-5 80-5 



74-6 77-0 74-6 71-3 



These results were confirmed in Argentina by Cross and Bielle, 4 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 5 in the winter months in Egypt obtained the following results 

 on storing canes : 



Days. 



o 



4 



7 



u 



15 



Days. 



20 

 23 

 25 

 27 



Loss in 



weight. 



per cent. 



9-0 

 12-5 

 15-0 

 18-0 



Purity of 

 juice. 



87-8 

 86-5 

 87-1 





I 



FIG. 76 



Von Czernicky 6 in Java found the results tabulated below : 



