INDEX. 
Juice of sorghum, yield, how increased, 
128-131. 
chemical action of lime upon, 132. 
removal of harsh flavor from, 141. 
evaporation of, from stored cane, 88, 
defecation of, 91. 
chemical constitution of, 95. 
how to test, 184. 
Juice pipe (illustrated), 228. 
Leaf growth and root growth, 32, 
expansion, period of, 36. 
Leaves of cane, when to remove, 81. 
function of, 81, 82. 
value as fodder, 81. 
Liebig’s observations upon gypsum, 60. 
Lime, cream of, how to prepare, 229, 230. 
application of, 101, 104. 
how removed from boneblack, 142, 
chemical action upon the juice, 132, 
134. 
as a fertilizer, 57. 
Limestone soils, influence of, 64. 
Litmus paper, how used, 101. 
Maceration of cane by steam and press- 
ure, 129. " 
Maize, geographical range of, 69. 
Manufacture of sugar, 91. 
methods of, 155. 
on the farm, 169. 
Manures for cane, 46. 
nitrogenous influence of, 47. 
on Southern cane, 50. 
from cane trash, 53, 55, 228. 
waste products, 56. 
Melsen’s process of defecation, 159-162. 
Meteorological spring in the Middle 
States, 36. 
Microscopic section of Chinese cane, 186. 
Neeazana cane, 186. 
Mills for crushing cane, 124, 171. 
inefficiency of, 125. 
results of trials (Guadaloupe), 126. 
(West Indies), 127. 
(Louisiana), 127. 
how to remedy defects, 128-131. 
speed of rolls of, 128. 
length of rolls of, 129. 
improvements in suggested, 130. 
with four rolls, etc., 129. 
position of the, 97. 
Missouri, ‘* volunteer cane” in, 35. 
“Bluff” soils of, 65-67. 
Molasses, what, 119. 
Monsoons, influence on climate of China, 
215 
Must, improved by addition of grape 
sugar, 226. 
Neeazana, or white imphee cane, 219. 
Neutralization of juice with lime, 101. 
Oats, analogy to sorghum, 31-33. 
Obio terrace soils, 67. 
Oomseeana cane, 221, 
239 
Orange, Berthelot and Buignet’s experi- 
ments, 205. 
Paint for tanks, etc., 99. 
Paper from cane trash, 224. 
Patent recipe venders, 180. 
Payen’s directions for draining sugar, 120. 
Peligot’s method of analysis, 198. 
Physiology of the seed, 28. 
Planting season in China, 214, 215, 
Plaster of Paris as manure, 57. 
Plow, use of double Michigan, in sod, 40. 
Plowing in the fall, 38. 
advantage of deep, 39. 
Poke weed in “ Bluff” soils, 66. 
Potash in sugar plants, 61. 
as manure, 57. 
Prince Salm Hortsmar’s experiments, 52. 
Process of manufacture described, 101. 
synopsis, 228. 
Range of sorghum northward, 69. 
Indian-corn, 69, 
Range, evaporating, described, 98. 
Red imphee, description of, 221. 
Refining and evaporation, simultaneous, 
05. 
Refining process, 92. 
Richardson, Sir John, distribution of 
plants, 17. 
Ridging of iand in the fall, 40. 
and early cultivation, 43. 
how performed (illus.), 41-45. 
advantages of, 45. 
and drainage, 42. 
and evaporation, 42. 
and aeration of soil, 42, 
Ripening of cane; indications of, 82. 
Root and stem, unequal development, 
30, 31. 
at different stages of growth, 32. 
development and climate, 33. 
and early planting, 33. 
in subsoil. 64. 
Rotation of crops not necessary, when, 538. 
Saccharate of lime (test), 198. 
Saccharometer, what, 191. 
Scum, use of, for feeding swine, 227, 
how separated, 92. 
Seed of sorghum, uses of, 227. 
used in dyeing, 224. 
germinates early, 36, 38. 
selection of, 25, 
qualities of good, 28, 
test of germinating power, 28. 
liquid manures for, 29. 
steeping of, 29. 
physiology of the, 28. 
yield of, from sorghum, 82, 
may be increased, how, 47. 
ash of, analysis, 51. 
steeping soluticns for, 73. 
Silk, sorghum dye for, 224 
Soils, quickening power of some, 73. 
Soil, value of, for s12.W growing, 62, 
combinatious within the, 62, 
