75 



Crew, cost of manufacture, and cost per ton. 



One man throwing cane on carrier $1.25 



One man on seed topper 1. 25 



One man filling baskets 1. 25 



One man on eleventh cell 1.25 



One man hanging on baskets 1.25 



One man center 1. 25 



One man bagasse 1. 25 



One man double effect 1. 50 



One man firing 1.50 



One man driving away seed and leaves 1.25 



Total 10 men 13.00 



One horse on cart 1.00 



14. 00X2 = $28. 00 



Labor 28.00 



Coal, 5 tons, at $2.50 12.50 



40.50 

 Or 80.1 cents per ton for labor, etc. 



RECAPITULATION. 



Capital invested, small central house $9,000 



Capital invested, three small auxiliaries, $13,300 39,990 



Total - 48,990 



Tons. 

 Amount of cane worked, 150 tons for eighty days 12,000 



Product. 



12,000 tons, yielding 25 gallons molasses each gallons.. 300,000 



300,000 gallons molasses, yielding 4 pounds sugar each pounds.. 1,200,000 



And 45 per cent, molasses , gallons.. 135,000 



1,200,000 pounds, at 4 cents $48,000 



135,000 gallons, at 20 cents 27,000 



18,000 bushels seed, at 40 cents 7,200 



Total 82,200 



Cost of production. 



Cents. 



Auxiliary house, per ton 80.01 



Central house, per ton 44. 25 



124.26 

 Cost of packages, per ton 30.00 



154. 26X12, 000 = $18, 511 



Farmers' half, $41,100 or 3.43 per ton; the company's half, $41,100, less $18,511, 

 $22,589 for interest, insurance, superintendence, etc. 



In working 1,000 tons a day there should be ten 100 to 175 ton batteries and a large 

 central house. Auxiliary houses of this size would cost complete about $20,000 each 

 and the central house would cost without bone black $90,000. There would also be a 

 corresponding reduction in working expenses. 



