one of the most important features in the production of raw sugar. There is 

 a superintendent of manufacture who has charge of the Chemical Depart- 

 ment and he is held responsible for the recovery of sugar from the cane. From 

 the beginning to the end of the process of manufacture, the Chemical Depart- 

 ment is continually on the alert, sampling and testing and analyzing to see 

 that the loss of sucrose in the final molasses which goes to the distillery, in 

 the bagasse which goes to the furnaces and is burned, and in the press cake 

 which goes to the field as fertilizer, is reduced to the minimum. In the best 

 factories the total loss in manufacture is below 2%. 



It will be readily seen that in the best and latest design of raw cane sugar 

 factories all parts of the cane are utilized, the principal by-product being the 

 final molasses. 



Sugar crystals bagged and ready for shipment to refineries. 



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