CANE SUGAR. 



CANES 10-26 PER CENT. SUGAR. Two MILLS. 



The Structure of the Cane as affecting Milling. The 



very brief account of the cane given in Chapter I. will have shown that it is 

 of a very complicated structure ; the three principal structures are the rind, 

 the pith, and the fibre-vascular bundles. From the milling point of view the 

 cane may be regarded as composed of rind, pith, and nodes, the last being 

 intermediate in composition between the two first. The writer made a number 

 of analyses of canes, dividing them into rind, pith, and nodes. The results 

 are as shown in the following table : 



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