14 BULLETIN 1370, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
of mill shed and sectional side elevation of pan (evaporator) house 
for the same arrangement are shown in Figures 3 and 4. Placing 
the mill shed some distance from the evaporator diminishes the noise 
nuisance from the gasoline engine. Elevating the base of the mill 4 
or 5 feet above the top oi the evaporator makes it possible to bring 
the juice from the mill to the evaporator by gravity and makes prompt 
removal of the bagasse unnecessary. The covered cane platform, 
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12 feet square and 4 feet high, made of heavy material, provides 
space for cane supply and feeding, and affords shelter during bad 
weather for the man who feeds the mill. 
Walling up the house or shed for the evaporator (fig. 4) causes 
vapors from the pan to rise and escape through the ventilator, thus 
interfering as little as possible with the work of the sirup maker. 
A partition in the pan house keeps the escaping vapors from coming 
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Fic. 4.—Sectional side elevation of pan house 
in contact with the cans in the canning room. Such a partition is 
desirable, because vapors from the evaporator cause the cans to rust 
very quickly. The storage room should also be as dry as possible for 
sanitary reasons. 
A device for unloading the cane from wagons to the cane platform, 
which may be easily and cheaply made, is much less expensive than 
the laborious and time-consuming unloading by hand (fig. 5). 
