100 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
Resulis of experiments in the manufacture of sugar from majze and sorghum. 
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1 | Corn-stalks, stripped and topped ..-.........--. 2,353 | 25.29 52 1053 74 14.23 
2 | Corn-stalks, stripped and topped .-.-.....---.-- 2,769 | 23.91 597 1061 | 101 19. 92 
3 | Corn-stalks (butt ends), stripped and topped -.| 3,568 | 29.04 971 1053 | 142 14, 62 
4 | Corn-stalks (top ends), stripped and topped ..-| 2,547} 19.94 483 1050 65 13. 46 
5 | Sorghum, stripped and topped..-..-....-.....-- 3,052 | 37.97 | 1,099 1057 | 146 13. 29 
6 | Sorghum, stripped and topped---.....-...-.---- 2,860 | 32.06 808 1057 | 185 16.71 
7 | Sorghum, topped, but unstripped..-....--..... 3,034 | 36.75 a eee ee 148.5 15. 50 
8 | Sorghum (butt ends), unstripped --..----.--.-- 1,324 | 47.49 445 1059 73 16. 41 
9 | Sorghum (top ends), unstripped .-........--.-- 1,322 | 43.16 398 1057 58.5 14.70 
10 | Sorghum (butt ends), unstripped .-........-.-- 1,240 | 41.49 346 1062 57 16. 47 
11 | Sorghum (top ends), unstripped ---...-...-..-. 1,126} 34.09 291 1059 41.5 14. 26 
12 | Sorghum, small stalks, stripped ..-.......--.-- 963 | 56.20 538 1086 | 102 18.95 
13 | Sorghum, large stalks, stripped-.--...--.----..-- 515 | 58.55 299 1091 60 20. 00 
14 | Sorghum, small stalks, stripped.-..-..----.---.- 1,623 | 55.87 781 1086 | 156 19. 97 
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Sorghum, large stalks, stripped.-....-----..--. 1,549 | 58.01 7il 1084 | 158 22. 22 
In the experiments made with corn-stalks the stalks were invariably 
stripped, the tops being cut off at about the second joint. The percent- 
age of stripped stalks, leaves, and tops is given in this table: 
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On account of the trouble in stripping the stalks, experiments were 
made with stalks unstripped, the tops alone being removed, and these 
