250 



SORGHUM. 



ANALYSIS OF JCICE OF SORGHUM, FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 



Rem \rks — Xo.s. 1, 2, and X lav in shed 4 day.s after cutting; Xos. 4. 5, 6, and 7, lay 5 or 

 6. All after this were worked w'ithin 3 or 4 days after eutting. 



CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SORGHUM. 



Profes.sor.s Weber iiuc? Scovell give the following analysis of sorghum 

 in their report : 



Composition of .stalks (jf Orange Cane in 100 j^arts: 



Water "^(j ^^ 



Grape .-rugar ^ XX 



Cane sugar y '{ 



Starch \\- 



Fiber : 4 j.4 



Oil 0;}' 



Gums and vegetable acids 24 



Soluble albumenoids "7"? 



Insoluble ^ ^Ij 



Soluble ash • " ' '■; 



Insoluble ash " ^ 



90 45 



According to the ahove analysis it will be seen, that, if in the juice 

 we include the water and soluble constituents, there would be present 

 91 per cent of juice, and 9 per cent of insoluble matter, starch, fiber, 

 ash, etc. But it is well known that in pressing the cane a certain 

 portion of these ins:)luble matters are mechanically removed, and go to 

 increase the estimated amount of juice yielded liy the mill, which is 



* In this specimen, I think some was lost in taking to mill, or was mixed with some 

 other variety. 



T An average sample of what grew on a little more than four acres. The total yield 

 of the field was sixty-five tons. 



