62 THE CHINESE SUGAR-CANE. 



but 4.25 of the crystallizable variety. M. Ave 

 quill obtained from the juice of this cane, grown, 

 I presume, in Louisiana, 



Saccharine matter, .... 152 



Salts and organic matter, . . . 10 



Water, 838 



Cane-juice employed, .... 1000 



I have not been able to compare these experi- 

 ments with similar results obtained here. I pro- 

 pose doing so the coming season. M. Yilmorin 

 estimates the percentage of weight of juice ob- 

 tained by him at 50 to 60 parts in the 100 of 

 cane employed, and remarks that even 70 per 

 cent, can be easily obtained by proper machinery. 

 Mr. Peters obtained from his mill an average of 

 50 per cent., and juice could be readily wrung 

 from the begass by hand. Thirty canes were 

 sorted out and weighed by myself, and, after 

 grinding, gave the following results : 



The juice actually extracted weighed precisely 

 one lialf that of the cane used. Two pounds of 



