But before pressing, there's a "weigh-in." In the past the factories calculated price according to weight. Afterwards they discovered some cane was not genuine--a month before harvest they would be super fertilized and watered to reach startling weights, but the sugar content wasn't much greater.
過去，糖廠的做法是按重量計價，後來發現有些蔗農不老實，在採收之前的一個月，猛餵甘蔗喝水、吃肥，弄得它「虛胖」﹘ ﹘個頭很大，體重也驚人，就是「糖分」不見得多。