ROLL MILLS. 



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Honduras was nearly twice the amount found in the Sugar Corn, and, 

 while only lo.2 per cent was lost in the bagasse from the Sugar Com, 

 there was 23.8 per cent lost in the bagasse from the Honduras. It is 

 of great practical importance that this matter should be more thor- 

 oughly investigated. 



LOSS OF SrCAR IX THE BAGASSE. 



x^ ^ ^ 



Weight of stripped cane pounds. . 



Weight of juice pounds. . 



AVeight of bagasse pounds.. 



Per cent of juice 



Per cent of baga.«se 



Per cent of water in cane 



Percent of water iu bagasse 



Per cent of dry matter in cane 



Per cent of dry matter iu bagasse 



Per cent of .sugars in dry bagasse 



Per cent of sugars in dry cane 



Per cent of sugars in fresh cane 



Per cent of sugars in fresh bagasse 



Per cent of sugars in bagasse to that in cane , 



Per cent of sugars lost in bagasse 



1,42S 



80.0 



2o-;6 



38.1 

 7.63 



1,390 



666 



7-24 



47 91 



52 09 



84 



16 



21 8 



3 48 

 45.7 

 23.8 



651 



75.7 



34.7 

 8.44 



905 

 417 

 458 



49 39 



50 61 



83 7 



16 3 

 19 4 



3 16 

 37 4 



18.9 



832 



84.9 

 15.i 



26.0 

 3 93 



875 



415 



460 



47 43 



52.57 



11 3 

 101 



1 14 

 •29 

 15.2 



In 1882, experiments were made with a large variety of sorghums, 

 the results of which were as follows : 



Analyses of Bagasses from Sorghum. 



The following table gives the analyses of twenty samples of bagasses 

 from nine varieties of sorghum ; also, for purpose of comparison, 

 analyses t)f the juices expressed from the canes are given on page 223. 



Excluding the analyses of the suckers and leaves, as not being com- 

 parable with the others, the average result of the proximate analyses 

 is as follows : 



AVERAGE COMPOSITIOX OF F.IGHTEEX BAGASSES. 



Ether extract (fats, chlorophyl, etc.) 



Alcohol extract (sugars, salts, etc.).. 



Water extract (.soluble albumenoids, gum, etc.) 



Insoluble matter (fiber, silica, etc. ) 



Albumenoids (K., X 6.25) . 



Crude fiber 



Sucrose 



Glucose 



Ash 



Water 



Undetermined. 



100 00 



3 17 



2:5 19 



9 ^ 



4 41 



52 68 



100.00 



The average percentage of juice and bagasse obtained, and the com- 

 position of the juice, was as follows : 



