SUGAR-CANE SIRUP MANUFACTURE 115) 
The juice flows from the mill through a coarse 4-mesh screen 
into a small juice box, one-with a capacity of 4 cubic feet being large 
enough (fig. 2). A 14-inch pipe connection leads the juice from 
this box to the juice tank, which 1s in the pan house near the evapo- 
rator. This arrangement reduces the contamination of the juice b 
mill trash and gives better opportunity for straining the juice throug 
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a sack or screen. A juice tank large enough to hold a 2-hour juice 
supply permits continuous operation of the evaporator, in case it 
should become necessary to stop the mill. Crushed cane leaves and 
particles of soil, bagasse, etc., may be removed from juice entering 
the evaporator supply tank by straining the juice through a coarse 
sack, suspended in the juice tank, or through a 16-mesh screen, 
placed vertically in the tank, dividing it in two. 
