286 SORGHUM. 



Water 20 08 per cent. 



Sucrose 63 82 percent. 



Glucose 12 38 per cent. 



Other solids 3 72 per cent. 



100. 



In the experiment in which the above given molasses was obtained, 

 the following results were secured in sugar and molasses: 



Sugar 5 234 per cent of weight of cane. 



Molasses 5 193 per cent of weight of cane. 



But it was held, that a much larger amount of sugar could have 

 been obtained from the molasses by subsequent treatment, as seems 

 very probable in consideration of its composition, as given above. 



lu conclusion, it would appear that, although the results are not yet 

 such as could be desired, there is reasonable expectation that this 

 process may be, by a little care, brought to perfection, and wholly sup- 

 plant the present wasteful metliod of manufacture. 



At present, the following points appear established : 1. The possibility 

 to completely remove the sugar from the cane by this process. 

 2. Tiie separation, at the outset, of all of those mechanical impurities, 

 and many of those chemical constituents of the juice which invariably 

 are present when it is expressed by the common mill, and which are 

 obstacles to the j^roduction of sugar. 



This matter will again be discussed under the chapter upon Waste 

 Products, and the experiments made in recovering sugar from the 

 bagasse. 



