REPOKT OF THE CHEMIST. 



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Table VIII. — Analysis of molasses from second sugars. 



[in. Molasses.] 



Date. 



November 26. 



26. 



December 2. 



2. 



3. 



9. 



10. 

 1.5. 

 19. 



Means . 



40.8 

 40.3: 

 41.5 

 40.5 

 40.5 

 U.8 

 40.1 

 42.2 

 41.9 

 4.1.7 



40.5 



76.26 



Per 



32. 

 32. 

 33. 

 32. 

 32. 

 28. 

 31. 

 32. 

 3:1 

 35. 



ct. 



•id 



Per ct. 

 39. 90 

 40.07 

 41.21 

 40.39 

 40.62 



39.08 

 40.61 

 40.68 

 42.20 



32.54 41.13 14.91 



Perot. 



19.75 

 19.60 

 13.90 

 13.15 

 13.90 

 11.42 

 13.80 

 15.74 

 14.04 

 13.80 



OS 



go CO 



Per 



32. 

 32. 

 32. 

 32. 

 32. 

 88. 

 31. 

 31. 

 32 

 33. 



33.52 39 



5 .a 



.2 §5 "2 



O «3 !j 



•a BH 

 ..2 CO 



U cS '^ 



Per ct. 

 39.42 

 40.20 

 39. 78 

 40.21 

 40.44 



39.24 

 39.40 



38.95 

 40.72 



.9 pa a 





Per ct. 

 19.51 

 19.67 

 13. 41 

 13.09 

 13.84 

 13. 36 

 13.94 

 15.31 

 13.44 

 13.31 



14.89 



O »; -! 



*i « S 

 a O 9 



42.64 

 42.71 

 42.41 

 42.97 

 4.3.09 

 44. a5 

 41.18 

 41.61 

 42.46 

 44.46 



42.79- 



I have adopted a plan for stating analyses of molasses by which 

 each analysis can easily be compared with the others. Each per- 

 centage has been reduced to the basis of a molasses of a stated de- 

 gree Brix or Banm^, 50° Brix for molasses from first sugars and 

 70° Brix for molasses from seconds. Fifty and seventy-six degrees 

 Brix were selected as standards of comparison, since they represent 

 approximately the average densities of the molasses from first and 

 second sugars. 



SUMMARY OF DATA COLLECTED AT MAGNOLIA STATION, SEASON OF 



1886. 



Governor Warmoth kindly gave me free access to the records of 

 the sugar-house, from which the following data were obtained: 



Table IX-.—Slioxoing tons of cane worked, weight of juice extracted, percentage of 

 extraction and the tveight of first and second sugars and molasses per ton of cane 

 for the four* periods into which the season was divided. 



First 

 period. 



Second 

 period. 



Third 

 period. 



Fourth 

 period. 



Total. 



Cane worked tons 



Juice extracted pounds 



Percentage of extraction 



First sugar, per ton pounds 



Second sugar, per ton do. . 



Molasses, per ton do . . 



2,113.76 

 3,225,385 

 76.29 

 116.40 

 36.27 

 54.05 



2,410.7^ 

 3,848,740 

 79.82 

 124.56 

 43.75 

 63.12 



920.47 



1,430,881 

 77.72 

 111.57 

 34.16 

 48.53 



1,758.35 

 2,757.870 

 78.42 

 124.43 

 44.59 

 61.06 



7, 203. 30 

 11,262,876 

 78. 17 

 120.47 

 40.53 

 58.17 



* The divisions of the seasons into periods were arbitrary, and were made when bad weather or other 

 cause of delay permitted a thorough cleaning of the sugar-house. 



Percentage of yield, sugars 8. 05 



Percentage of yield, first sugar 6. 03 



Percentage of yield, second sugar 2. 03 



Pounds first sugar (polarization 98.78) per ton of cane 20. 47 



Pounds second sugar (polarization 90.3) per ton of cane 40. 53 



Total sugar per ton of cane 161 . 00 



Percentage of total sugar obtained in fii-st product. , 74. 83 



Percentage of total sugar obtained in second product 25. 18 



22 AG— '86 



