Molasses.- 



CHAPTEE IX. 



-Production, Composition, and Uses. — Kecovery of 

 Sugar from Molasses. 



MOLASSES will vary very greatly in character 

 according to the manner in which the sugar 

 from which it drains has been produced. That pro- 

 duced in the manufacture of muscovado sugar with- 

 out steam pans will frequently be dark in colour 

 from slight charring. When steam pans are used 

 the colour is usually improved, the composition re- 

 maining about the same. When the vacuum pan is 

 employed, the cane sugar is usually more perfectly 

 extracted, so that vacuum -pan molasses contains 

 much more glucose and impurities than molasses 

 obtained in the muscovado process. 



The following analyses may be taken as represent- 

 ing the various qualities of molasses : 



The quantity of molasses made per hogshead or 

 per ton of sugar also varies greatly, and depends 



