Order No. 418. 



Page. 



The cane of Negros : 76 



Average composition of the purple or native sugar cane in Negros 76 



Other varieties of cane grown in Negros _... 77 



Cane in the Hawaiian Islands * 79 



Egyptian cane 80 



Java cane 80 



Louisiana cane 80 



West Indian cane 81 



Negros as compared with other countries in respect to the quality of 



cane : : _ 81 



Desirability of introducing other varieties of cane 81 



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



at the present time in Negros _ 82 



Preparation of the soil 82 



Preparation of the seed '. 83 



Planting 83 



Cultural operations after planting 84 



Cultivation of ratoon canes 85 



Period of growth of the cane _ 86 



Cost of cultivation 87 



Cutting the cane _ 90 



Transporting the cane to the mill 91 



Cost of cutting the cane and transporting it to the mill 92 



Manufacture of sugar from the cane 92 



Extraction of the juice 92 



Manufacture of sugar from the juice 99 



Quality of the sugar produced in Negros 109 



Cost of manufacture _ 112 



Transportation and sale of the sugar 113 



Estimate of average cost of same 114 



Quantitative experiments to determine the weight of sugar produced 



from a given weight of cane 114 



Mill Control No. 1, hacienda San Jose 117 



Mill Control No. 2, hacienda San Jose 118 



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



methods now employed 123 



Cost for labor alone 123 



Estimate of fixed charges for maintenance and depreciation of plant 



and interest on the capital invested 125 



Total cost of production „ 126 



Possibilities for improvement 126 



In cultivation „ 126 



In manufacture 127 



Advantages of a change to modern methods of manufacture _... 132 



The future of Negros 133 



Summary _ 134 



Appendix 139 



An investigation to discover if diseases of the sugar cane exist in 



Negros '. 139 



Index 143 



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