VALUE OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STALK, ETC. 225 



co:mparative value of different parts of the stalk of 

 sorghum for sugar. 



lu 1879, there were made a large number of analyses of the juices 

 of four varieties of sorghum, for the purpose of determining the relative 

 value of the upper and lower halves of the cane for the production of 

 syrup and sugar. The canes were, in each case, about equally divided 

 by weight into upper and lower halves. The results obtained Avere as 

 follows: 



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