SUGAR-CANE CULTURE FOR SIRUP PRODUCTION. 41 
Table II. — Summary of assumed yields of cane and cost of sirup production. 
Computation based on 
tonnage yield of cane 
per acre. 
Computation based on sirup production from an 
acre of cane. 
Cane crop. 
Yield. 
Cost of— 
Yield. 
Cost of— 
Yield. 
Cost of— 
Cane at 
mill, 
per ton. 
Sirup 
from 
ton of 
cane. 
Cane at 
mill, 
per 
barrel 
of sirup. 
Sirup, 
per 
barrel. 
Cane at 
mill, 
per 
gallon 
of sirup. 
Sirup, 
per 
gallon. 
Tons. 
22 
15 
11 
$2.45 
2.20 
2.80 
$5.09 
4.84 
5.44 
Barrels. 
15 
10 
7.3 
$3.60 
3.30 
4.25 
$7.56 
7.26 
8.21 
Gallons. 
495 
330 
240 
Cents. 
11 
10 
12 
Cents. 
23 
22 
24 
The varying degrees of remuneration or profit per acre which will 
accrue to the manager (who is ordinarily the owner) in return for 
his time, at different prices for sirup, are shown in Table III. 
Table III. — Remuneration or profit per acre to the manager or oivner. 
Crop. 
Profit per acre when the price of sirup 
per gallon is— 
23 cents. 
25 cents. 
30 cents. 
40 cents. 
Plant cane 

$3.30 
$9.90 
9.90 
2.40 
$34.65 
26.40 
14.40 
$84. 15 
First-year stubble 
59. 40 
Second-year stubble 
1-2.40 
38.40 
1 No remuneration; crop produced at a loss. 
Table III shows that under the favorable conditions assumed in 
these calculations and with normal seasonal conditions the price for 
sirup in bulk must be above 23 cents a gallon to afford any remunera- 
tion or profit to the owner or manager. In actual practice the condi- 
tions average less favorably, as is shown by the fact that the average 
yields of cane, as given in census reports, are far below the above- 
assumed normals. This may be due to a variety of causes, such as 
poor soil, unfavorable seasonal conditions, and poor management. 
It is not assumed that the conditions shown by the calculations 
here used fit the case of other farmers without some modifications, 
or even of the same farmers for other years. The figures, how- 
ever, have here been set forth in such detail that it should be easy for 
any farmer to make a similar calculation as to the cost of produc- 
tion on his farm. He may have more expensive land and will have 
to compute higher rental; he may be able to get along with less fer- 
tilizer; he may be able to use his labor more efficiently with better 
implements or otherwise; he may get smaller yields or perchance 
