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compelled to eat it. In Hawaii a certain quantity of the mo- 
lasses is being fed with cane tops to the plantation horses, but 
this use of it alone is not sufficient to warrant its utilization 
as horse feed. In Negros also it is used for this purpose, but 
here again the molasses cannot all be used up. A market must 
be found for it. 
From the standpoint of the central, it would appear to be a 
good plan to work all of the molasses up into the cattle feed 
called molassecuite, which is a solid product. Even if there is 
no sale for it as a cattle feed, molasses in this form can be easily 
handled, and shipped either to distillers or to others who may 
be able to use it. Textbooks give the method of manufacture, 
so that I need not repeat it here. The material can be blocked 
for shipment, and the amount of fine bagasse used in making 
it is very small, about 6 per cent of all the bagasse or, approx- 
imately, 1.4 per cent of the cane. In block form the need of 
expensive containers is eliminated and it keeps well if properly 
prepared. Prinsen Geerligs gives the following analyses of 
such material shipped from Java to Liverpool, analyses having 
been made four months after it was manufactured: 
Java. Liverpool. 
Total sugar 45.28 45.55 
Moisture 15.79 15.15 
Fatty substance 0.12 0.50 
Albumen 2.88 2.75 
Ash 8.29 8.45 
Fiber 16.06 * 5.53 
Undetermined "11.58 22.07 
100.00 100.00 
® Indigestible fiber, > Digestible fiber and undetermined. 
Sections 4 and 5 of this paper show that both uses discussed 
therein are equally well adapted to give the sugar manufacturer 
an extra profit, thereby reducing the cost of manufacture of the 
primary product. Since that discussed in section 5 eliminates 
the need of an extra pan, it appears to be the better of the two. 
The molassecuite contains 25 parts fine bagasse to 75 parts of 
molasses. 
6. THE MANUFACTURE OF FUEL GAS 
The manufacture, from molasses, of gas for illuminating or 
heating purposes has been tried many times; but the cost of fuel 
is considerable, and the resulting gas contains so much carbon 
dioxide and other substances that much lime is required for its 
purification. Furthermore, the gas has very little illuminating 
power. Perhaps where potash is manufactured from wood, 
