ALCOHOL. 151 
and will yield eignt litres (one and three fourths gallons) 
alcohol for each hundred litres (twenty-two gallons) juice 
at 10° B. 
From these statements it would appear that, however 
little success may attend.the attempt to produce crystal- 
lized sugar from the sorgho, that there need be no diffi- 
culty, at all events, in making good domestic rum, 
alcohol, and other kindred products from its juice. The 
following instructions for setting a vat are not, however, 
to be taken as based upon the result of my own expe- 
rience, for as yet I have only been enabled to experiment 
upon a small quantity of syrup, which was over a year 
old, badly defecated and burned, and withal considerably 
acid. I have nevertheless carefully perused the reports 
of the French operators, and extracted what I considered. 
best from each, which was applicable to our climate and 
national habits. 
TO SET A VAT. 
If the farmer be manufacturing syrup from his cane, 
let him select the most perfectly ripened and healthy 
canes for this purpose, setting aside those which have 
only partially ripened, or have been frosted, for the 
manufacture of rum or alcohol; by this means, and sav- — 
ing all the scum of the pans for the same purpose, he 
may thus be enabled to use all his product to advantage, 
and waste nothing. 
Supposing him to have determined on making rum 
or alcohol only, let kim cut his canes, grind them, and 
put his juice into a pan to evaporate slightly. Ifthe juice 
