Gross value per ton to grower........ $4.oo
Net cost of cane per ton.......................$ 1 37
Net profit per ton of cane.............. ...... 2 63

 $ 4 oo
Cost of cane culture, and delivery .............. $ 41 o1
Net value per acre, at $4 per ton................ 78 90

 Gross value per acre .................$120 oo

 NOTE-After first year the charge for seed, $16 per acre,
is eliminated, seed being furnished by "tops" each acre of
"plant cane" affording seed for one and one-half additional
acres, one man can easily cultivate twenty acres in cane.

ESTIMATE COST OF MANUFACTURING SUGAR
 IN CENTRAL FACTORY.
 Cane purchased from individual growers by the ton, pay-
ing one-half the gross value of the sugar obtained, from the
cane delivered, calculation based on 160 lbs. granulated sugar
per ton of cane (8 per cent.), sugar selling 'at 5c per lb.
 Value of cane delivered at mill, $4 per ton.
 Capacity of factory, I,ooo tons cane per day (24 hours).
 Season ioo days, crop 1oo,ooo tons cane.

Factory complete, permanent investment...... $300,000oo oo

 ANNUAL EXPENDITURES.
 6 per cent. on investment. .................. $ I8,ooo oo
 io per cent. insurance, taxes, incidentals...... 30,000 oo
 ro per cent. depreciation of plant............ 30,000 oo
 ioo,ooo tons cane, at $4.................... 400,0o 00o
 Manufacturing 16,ooo,ooo lbs. sugar, at 4c... 120,000 oo
Net profit per season....................... 202,0o oo


$800,000 oo