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STATEMENT SHOWING RATIO OF SEED HEADS TO WEIGHT OP CANE, RATIO OF CLEAV- 

 INGS FROM BLOWER, AND QUANTITY OF CLEAN CANE CHIPS PER CELL. 



Weight of cane taken pounds.. 118,480 



Weight of seed tops do 21, 875 



Weight of cleanings do 7,580 



Weight clean cane chips do 89, 025 



Weight of each cell full of clean chips do 1 , 894 



Seed heads to total weight of cane per cent . . 18. 47 



Cleanings total weight of cane do 0.40 



Clean chips on total weight of cane do 75. 13 



The cane used in the above experiments was "stripped in the field. 

 The " cleanings " comprised the blades not removed and sheaths, &c., 

 blown out by thefanuing-machine. Much of these impurities was not 

 removed. The sugar obtained was of a fair marketable kind and found 

 a ready sale. The molasses was of a dark color and a poor quality. 



The weight of masse-cuite was determined on a portion of the product 

 by Mr. Swenson. He placed it at a mean of 12 percent, of the weight 

 of the chips entering the battery. The weight of melada obtained from 

 the 2,322 tons was, therefore, 557,280 pounds, or 46,440 gallons. 



At the present writing (November 15) all of the sugar has not been 

 swung out, but the product will be about fifty thousand pounds. This 

 is indeed a discouraging yield and quite in contrast with the phenomenal 

 quantity obtained from sugar-cane from Louisiana, to be mentioned 

 further along. If a proper crystallizing room had been provided by the 

 company the yield of sugar would have been much larger. On Novem- 

 ber 2 the different parts of the crystallizing room were found to be of 

 the following temperatures : 



Degrees F. 



Northeast corner 84 



North center 84 



Three feet above floor, under north steam-drum 72 



Northwest corner 75 



In upper layer of sirup in wagon, under south steam drum 105. 8 



Bottom of same wagon 77 



South center 79 



Southwest corner, over office - - - . 79 



Between steam-drums 80. 1 



Temperature of air outside in shade 64. 4 



At such a low temperature a masse-cuite poor in sucrose and boiled to 

 string proof cannot crystallize to advantage. 



Before beginning the experiments with sugar-cane about to be de- 

 scribed I obtained permission of the company to provide a special hot 

 room. With such material and with such unfavorable conditions of 

 crystallization the yield of over 20 pounds of sugar per ton is a convinc- 

 ing proof of the efficiency of the process employed. 



DISPOSITION OF THE EXHAUSTED CHIPS. 



The problem of the disposition of the exhausted chips is one of great 

 importance, Bv the failure of be machinery vvbjcli was designed to re 



