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♦he buffalo path, it is raided only three or four feet 

 above the latter. The fire-place is well constructed 

 w hi irk and mortar, and vaulted. There are three 

 trail both tfs in ail ; Q l«Cg« barrd for the cane-juice, 

 which, instead of being conveyed in a pipe or -utter 

 direct!) from the mill, is brought in pails to this bar- 

 rel from the tirst barrel, also a reservoir which stands 

 at the side of one of the boilers, having a syphon at 

 the bottom, and lastly, a cooler into which the boiled 

 and clarified juice is put. 



Tin: caws are brought on men's shoulders to ttifl 

 mill, where they are cut into convenient lengths. 

 One man feeds the mill and another relieves it of the 

 pressed cane. The cane is passed thrice through it, 

 and it is then cane-trash, which is used along with the 

 firewood when that is dear. Thus, much time is lost; . 

 with a powerful mill, it would not be required to p;iss 

 the cane more than once, or at most, twice through. 



It was found, by experiment, that one hundred cmies 

 Mere pressed the first tint** in nine minutes ; the se- 

 cond time in 12 minutes, and the third in eight mi, 

 nutea. The length of this middle period indicates 

 some delect in the mill, or au over-feeding of it by the 

 workmen. On an average, the quant ily expressed every 

 day, (hiring twelve tours 1 work, should be, — were no 

 Mops to take place or n liefs,- nearl; '2S>(H) canes. VI- 

 |o\ving,howevcr,oiie orlong to yield about 20,400 canes, 

 the mil! will be occupied, during nearly eight days, 

 (twelve boms each) in clearing them off. With West 

 India machinery . and h - « i t . - tc.vs op-ration, tlii- num- 

 ber of canes would be pressed in a bunt twenty hours. 



One hundred (unseleeted) canes yielded S2 gallons 

 and 110 ounces. h\ measure, of juice ; mid the pro- 

 duce in clayed sugar of first and second sort, from 

 ;»< in) hour* milling, averaged 3 pieuls ; thus giving 

 about twenty 4'our picuis for one orlongf of canes* 



