REPORT OF THE CTIEMIRT. 



Leaves, sto.Rs, avd bagasse from corn and sorghums. 



V;n-ioli(;3. 



Egypti.Tn suKJir-oorn, leaves 



Egyptian sugar-ooni, onc-lirtlt' of 4 strippeil srsllcs, un- 



pressed 



Egyptian STigar-coni, one-half of 4 stripped stalks, x)i'csse(l 



Honduras sorshinu. loiives 



Honduraa sorpihuni, one-half of 2 sfripjied stalks, tiu- 



pressed 



Hon(inrHf< sorghum, one-half of 2 stripped stalks, pressed 



Early ^. inher sorjihum. leares 



Early Amher sorghum, one-half of 3 stripped stalks, un- 



prossod 



Early Anihor sorghum, one-half of 3 stripped stalks, 



pressed ^ 



832 



432 



1,428 



1,390 



399 



651 

 905 



724 



11(1.6 I 67.3 



41.'> 47.43 



686 47.91 



4.->8 447 



120.0 

 !)!). 



100. 8 



28.';. 3 

 222. 7 



'm.i 

 ir.7. 9 



147.8 



84.9 

 88. 7 

 76.7 



80.0 

 84.0 

 75. 



75. 7 



83.7 



A determination of the proximate constituents of tlie dried leaves, 

 stalks, and bagasse is given below, from wliich it will appear that there 

 still remains a large amount of sugar in the bagasse which the process 

 employed failed to remove from the cane or stalks, also that the per 

 cent, of starch compounds is greater in the pressed than in the unpressed 

 stalks, and that the percentage of nitrogenous matter remains nearly 

 the same. Since the nutritive value of the pressed stalks is nearly if 

 not quite equal to that of the unpressed stalks, weight for weight, and 

 as they are left in a. mechanical condition suitable for their preservation 

 as green fodder by the system of ensilage, it would appear desirable 

 that experiments be made leading to their utilization for this purpose. 



Proximate analyses of statics, hagasse, and leaves of eweet corn and sorghum, calculated to 



the dry substance. 



Varities. 



Orga.nic acid, cldorophyl, 



color ." . . . 



Wax 



Broivn resin , 



Sugars 



Gnm , 



St«rch isomers , 



Albuminoids 



Alkali extraot, by differ- 



fnre , 



C]'udf< fiher , 



Ash, by ignition 



11.98 

 18.51 

 14.08 



100. 00 I 100. 00 i 100. 00 



By reference to the two preceding tables, it will be seen that a very 

 large percentage of the sugar was lost by the method employed in its 

 production. 



