VI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Development of sucrose and glucose in sorghum ISS 



Average results op analyses of different varieties of sorghum 198 



Comparative value of different parts of the stalk 225 



General analyses of sorghum juices 238 



Chemical composition of sorghum 250' 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Extraction of juice from cane 257' 



. Roll MILLS 261 



Various methods for the extraction of juice 280 



CHAPTER IX. 



Defecation, principles of 287 



Defecation with lime 29S 



Other agents in defecation 296 



Sulphurous acid and sulphites in defecation 305 



Experiments in defecation 308 



CHAPTER X. 



Concentration or evaporation of juice 325 



Methods of evaporation 327 



Vacuum Pans 341 



Multiple effects ■ 356 



Separation of sugar from molasses 362 



sucrates of lime and stronti a 37a 



CHAPTER XI. 



Waste products from sorghum 376- 



Seed, composition, and feeding value 377 



Bagasse, loss of sugar in 381 



Experiments in saving sugar from bagasse 387 



Leaves, food value 390 



Bagasse as food, fuel, and as material for paper 392 



Scums and sediments, value 401 



Sorghum as a forage plant 407 



CHAPTER XII. 



Statistics of production of sorghum in the United States 408- 



Production of sugar from sorghum. 417 



Sorghum compared with other leading crops of United States 419 



Marketing of syrups. 



424 



Central Factories 42o 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Maize sugar, history of 427 



Detailed analyses of the juice of several varieties of maize 431 



