Order No. 412. 



THE SUGAR INDUSTRY IN THE ISLAND 



OF NEQROS. 



By Herbert S. Walker. 



145 pages, 10 photograpliic plates, and 1 map. 



Price $1.25 United States currency, postpaid. 



ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction; general and geographical information regarding Negros 9 



Mountains, rivers, and climate 11 



The sugar-producing districts of Negros 14 



History of sugar production in Negros; varieties of cane grown in Negros; 

 cane diseases and insect enemies ; nationality of the planters ; native 



labor; difficulties, past and present , 16 



The soil of Negros compared with tliat of other sugar-producing countries.. 68 



Average composition of the purple or native sugar cane in Negi'os; other 



vai-ieties of cane grown in Negros; cane in the Hawaiian Islands; 



Egyptian cane ; Java cane ; Louisiana cane ; West Indian cane ; Negros 



as compared with other countries in respect to the quality of cane; 



desirability of introducing other varieties of cane 76 



The cultivation of sugar cane and the production of sugar as carried on 

 at the present time in Negros ; preparation of the soil ; preparation of 

 the seed; planting; cultural operations after planting; cultivation of 

 ratoon canes ; period of growth of the cane ; cost of cultivation ; cutting 

 the cane; transporting the cane to the mill; cost of cutting the cane 



and transporting it to the mill 82 



Manufacture of sugar from the cane; extraction of the juice; manufacture 

 of sugar from the juice; quality of the sugar produced in Negros; cost 

 of manufacture; transportation and sale of the sugar; estimate of aver- 

 age cost of same 92 



Quantitative experiments to determine the weight of sugar produced from 



a given weight of cane 114 



Calculation of the average cost of producing sugar in Negros by the methods 

 now employed ; cost for labor alone ; estimate of fixed charges for main- 

 tenance and depreciation of plant and interest on the capital invested; 



total cost of production 123 



Possibilities for impi'ovement ; in cultivation; in manufacture; advantages 

 of a change to modern methods of manuf actvire ; the future of Negros ; 

 summary ; appendix ; an investigation to discover if diseases of the 



sugar cane exist in Negros 126 



Index 143 



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