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SORGHUM. 



posited strontium sucrate must be effected at a boiling temperature, 

 and is accomplished best by means of the filter press, the last portions 

 of tlie impurities still in solution being removed by steam, or the 

 strontium sucrate is obtained by means of the centrifugal. 



The production of sugar from this sucrate, and the recovery of the 

 strontia as hydrate, are comparatively simple matters. 



The cost of the strontium hydrate, and the large amount required 

 to combine with the sugar, forbid this from becoming a process to be 

 employed by the farmer, but there appears to be no reason why it 

 might not be used in large works where the production of the maxi- 

 mum of sugar was desirable. 



The above diagram shows the arrangement of a complete char- 

 house, filters, kilns, etc. 



