1 BULLETIN 1370, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
rates of planting, about 4 tons of seed cane per acre is required for 
fall planting and 5 tons of seed cane per acre for spring planting. 
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In order to keep about 
‘a half of the cane acreage 
in plant cane each year, 
about 15 per cent of the 
total cane yield must be 
used for seed.® 
It has been independ- 
ently estimated that out- 
‘side of Louisiana the cost 
per acre of plant cane is 
$104.50, itemized as fol- 
lows: Wages, $35; seed 
cane, $24; fertilizer, 
$37.50; and interest on 
investment in land, taxes, 
etc., $8. 
With a production of 
20 tons to the acre, the 
actual value of the cane 
raised and harvested (but 
4 not hauled) is approxi- 
ook : | mately $5 a ton. Assum- 
Fic. 2.—Plan of cane-sirup plant ing a yield of 20 gallons 
of sirup per ton of cane, 
the actual cost of raising cane is $0.25 per gallon of sirup. 
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5 These cost-of-production data are based on experience with the older, large-stalk cane varieties, rather 
than on results obtained with the slender-stalk, disease-resistant varieties (p. 8). When more complete 
information on tonnage production of the newer varieties per acre, number of good stubble crops possible, 
requirements for seed cane, and cost of harvesting is available, all cost calculations may easily be altered 
accordingly. The figures cited are given only as an example; they will vary with the kind of cane produced 
and with the favorable or unfavorable nature of the growing season. 
