34 BULLETIN 486, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
gia or Florida and about double this price in Louisiana. Good land 
well located for citrus fruits would command higher prices, and con- 
sequently would hardly be used for cane. Additional allowance 
must be made for the investment in improvements. To cover the 
interest on the land investment, together with expenses for upkeep, 
taxes, etc.. the farmers in computing the cost of production of the 
cane in sections east of Louisiana must allow about $2 to $1 an acre 
as the annual rent for the land. 
The implements required in the present practices in these localities 
are about the same as for other field crops, e. g., corn or cotton, and 
usually include small and large turnplows, middle breakers, harrows, 
a weeder, various forms of 1-mule cultivators with one or more points, 
a fertilizer distributor, and wagons ; also hand implements, including 
hoes, shovels, etc. About the only special implements required for 
the cane are the cane knives and the stripping tools. Under such cir- 
cumstances as have been suggested under the headings i; Preparation 
of the land " and " Cultivating the cane " the farmer may add to his 
equipment a disk plow, a subsoiler, and 2-horse cultivators. There is 
thus to be charged to the sugar cane for implements such proportion 
of the total equipment of the farm as the area of sugar-cane land 
bears to the total area of cultivated land on the farm, or somewhat 
more, because the cane requires more work. The same may be said 
of the equipment in the line of work animals. In computing the cost 
of production of the cane in this bulletin the interest on the invest- 
ment for work animals and implements is presumed to be covered by 
the expense for mule hire and labor. 
It is proposed in another bulletin to give a detailed discussion of 
the sirup-making equipment. A summary only can here be given. 
An equipment very commonly used for small farms with the approxi- 
mate cost of the several items consists of the following : 
Mill with three rollers, each 1 foot long $125 
Gasoline or kerosene engine of about 6 horsepower 250 
Evaporator, galvanized iron, 15 feet long and about 42 inches wide, with 
baffle plates and skimming troughs 20 
Bricks (about 2,500) and lime (3 barrels) for building the hearth furnace 
for the evaporator, together with belt, juice receptacle, juice pipes and 
valves, and sirup receptacle 100 
Material and labor for shelter and labor for building the furnace 105 
Total 600 
The capacity of such an outfit would be about 6 barrels per day of 
12 hours, disposing of one-third to one-half an acre of good cane a 
day. Assuming a 21-day grinding period, this outfit would suffice 
for a cane area of 8 to 12 acres. 
For a small acreage, up to 3 or L acres, a horse mill and a round- 
bottom iron kettle outfit are frequently used, especially in old instal- 
