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7.18, 7.56, 7.48, G.57, 7.29, 7.14, 7.50, 6.26, 7.50, 8.19, 8.30, 7.54, 7.46, G.46, 

 G.17. Mean calculated for juice, 7.9G. 



After the experiments above mentioned all the canes of tlie experi- 

 mental plots were cut and passed through the large mill, and the ex- 

 pressed juices sampled and analyzed. 



The respective percentages of sucrose in these juices were as fol- 

 lows i 1 8.G9, 8.23, 9.9G, 8.89, 9.70, 9.48, 9.96, 9.12, 11.30,11.21,11.38, 

 11.16, 11.03, 8.87, 9.18. Mean, 9.88. 



Twenty-six tons of early orange cane was found by another analysis 

 to contain 7.25 per cent, sucrose : 2 



Composition of sorylmm juices from large mill at liio Grande, N. J.,for the four seasons 

 from 1882 to 1885, inclusive. 5 



SUCKOSE. 

 [Averages for each week.] 



* From Sept. 4 to Nov. 6. 

 4 From Sept. 10 to Nov. 12. 

 6 From Sept. 8 to Nov. 10. 

 7 From Sept. 2 to Oct. 12. 

 Mean. 



For 1886 the mean percentage of sucrose in the cane as reported by 

 the New Jersey Experiment Station was 114 to 120 pounds per ton. 



Mean iii can o (pounds) 117 



Mean per cent, sucrose in cane 5.85 



Mean per cent, sucrose in juice C. 54 



The general average content of sucrose in the mill juices at Eio 

 Grande for the five years is 9.28 per cent. 



The means of ninety-eight analyses made in 1886 by Professor Stubbs, 

 director of the experiment station at Kenner, La., were as follows: 1 



I\r ceut. 



Sucrose 11.92 



Total solids 16.34 



1 Op. dt., p. 10. 



2 Op. cit., p. 15. 



3 MS. from Mr. II. A. Hughes, superintendent. 



4 Louisiana Sugar Experiment Station, Kenner, La., Bull. No. 5, pp. G and 7, 1880. 



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