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TVMI.I: IV. -.lm//?/.sv.v of jiiia ami amount of xirup pnx/uc,,/, x!*ni, of I'.HI.', Continued. 

 CANK (>K \V. .1. SMITH. WAYCROSS, GA. 





RESULTS FOR SEASON 25 DAYS' GRINDING. 



An inspection of the table shows that the average amount of cane 

 ground daily was 22.39 tons. Probably te:i hours would be a high 

 average for the length of time the mill was running daily, which 

 makes an hourly average of 2.24 tons. The largest amount of cane 

 ground was on the 23d of November and again on the 28th, when 

 the mill ran the full day, about eleven hours, grinding 33.75 tons. 



It is evident that the greatest economy in the operation of a fac- 

 tory of this kind can only be secured when it is run continuously 

 day and night. There is a great expense for fuel and labor attend- 

 ing the closing down of a factory in the evening and bringing it 

 again into action in the morning. 



r \ he average quantity of sirup per ton of cane was 21.31 gallons 

 <>n Mr. Youmans's cane and 24.64 on Mr. Smith's cane, and the 

 average for both for the whole season is 21.87 gallons. The aver- 

 age percentage of total solids in Mr. Youmans's cane for the season 

 is 14.80, the average percentage of sucrose 10.72, the average per- 

 outage of reducing sugar 2.25, and the average purity coefficient 72.25. 



For Mr. Smith's cane, which was very much richer, the average 

 percentage of total solids is 16.69 per cent, the average percentage 

 of sucrose 13.50, the average percentage of reducing sugar 1.59, and 

 the average purity coefficient 80.84. It appears that the cane fur- 

 nished by Mr. Smith would be of excellent quality for the manufacture 

 <>f *ugar, and with the use of the best modern methods would yield as 

 much as 220 pounds of sugar per ton. 



