CONTENTS, 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
THE COMMON METHOD BY HEAT. 
Extent to which Defecation takes place by this Means without 
the use of Other Agents—The Advocacy of Erroneous Opin- 
ions concerning the Action of Heat productive of much Mis- 
chief—Sugar cannot ordinarily be made by such Means 
CHAPTER XXV. 
SUGAR MAKING AT HOME. 
Adaptation of the System herein recommended to Operations 
of Different Degrees of Magnitude—Outlines of a Method 
designed to meet the wants of the Farmer who cultivates 
and works up a Crop of Fifteen or Twenty Acres of Cane. 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
VALUE OF SORGHUM IN SUGAR PRODUCTION. 
Capacity of Sorghum for Sugar Production as ascertained by 
Analysis and Experiment—Analyses by Dr. Jackson, of Bos- 
ton—Prof. J. Lawrence Smith, of Louisville—Analyses in 
France by Madinier and Vilmorin—Extended series of Ex- 
periments made by Mr. Jos. S. Lovering, of Philadelphia— 
Observations upon a Report of Analyses made by Dr. Wetherill 
in the cane sas of the ee tment of Sears e, at Wash- 
ington . . 
CHAPTER XXVIL. 
HOW TO TEST CANE JUICE. 
Importance to the Manufacturer of some Means by which he 
may learn the Value of any given Sample of Cane Juice— 
Characteristics of Crystallizable and Uncrystallizable Sugars 
—Microscopic Sections of the Stem of Chinese Sorghum and 
Imphee—How to distinguish between Grape and Cane Su- 
gar in the Solid Form——Methods of Determining approxi- 
mately the Relative Proportions of Cane and Grape Sugars, 
and Impurities in Sorghum Juice—The Hydrometer—Sub- 
acetate of Lead—Modification of pastes te 8 COE Test— 
Peligot’s Test by Sugar Lime 
CHAPTER XXVIII. 
COMPARISON OF SOUTHERN CANE AND SORGHUM. 
1. Botanical Characters—Period of Growth—Propagation— 
Tillering — Climate — Soil— Manures—Maturity of Juice— 
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