country.

The success has been due, first, to the almost complete extraction of
the sugars from the cane by the diffusion process; second, the prompt
and proper treatment of the juice in defecating and evaporating; third,
the efficient manner in which the sugar was boiled to grain in the
strike pan.


Total number tons of cane bought 3,840
" " " seed tops bought 437
-----
Total number tons of field cane 4,277


There was something over 500 acres planted. Some of it failed to come at
all, some "fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth,
and when the sun was risen they were scorched;" so that, as nearly as we
can estimate, about 450 acres of cane were actually harvested and
delivered at the works. This would make the average yield of cane 9½
tons per acre, or $19 per acre in dollars and cents.


TOTAL PRODUCT OF THE SEASON, 1887.

Sugar, 235,826 lb., @ 5¾c $13,559 98
" State bounty, @ 2c 4,716 53
--------- $17,276 50
Sirups, 51,000 gals,(estimated) @ 20c. 10,200 00
Seed (estimated) 7,000 00