392 



SORGHUM. 



BAGASSE AS FOOD. 



By reference to the preceding tables, giving the analyses of the 

 bagasses, it will be seen that their average comjDosition, when dry, is as 

 follows : 



Per cent. 



Water 4 41 



Crude fiber 23 19 



Ash 2 77 



Albnmenoids 3.17 



Carbhydrates 66.46 



100 00 



And that of the non-nitrogenous matter, or carbhydrates, 13.78 

 l^er cent is sugar. 



Or, calculated to the fresh bagasse as it came from the mill : 



Per cent. 



Crude fiber 10.61 



Ash 1.27 



Albumenoids 145 



Carbhydrates 30.41 



Water 56.26 



100.00 



And of the carbhydrates 6.30 per cent Avas sugar. 



Now, in accordance with the general method of estimating the rela- 

 tive values of different fodders, we find that these fresh bagasses pos- 

 sess a low nutritive ratio, about 1 to 21. 



In Annual Report, Department of Agriculture, 1879, page 57, were 

 given results of two analyses of Honduras and Early Amber bagasses 

 and leaves, made that year, as follows : 



In 1882, as the average of eleven experiments, where many stalks 

 .were taken, and of several varieties of sorghum, it was found that the 

 ratio of strijiped cane to the leaves Avas as 5.5 to 1, and as Ave saAV that 

 the relatiA'e proportion of stripped cane to the bagasse Avas as 100 to 

 42.39, it follows that there would be an average of 23.31 pounds of 

 bagasse to 10 pounds of leaves. The average composition of the mix- 

 ture of these tAVO in that proportion in Avhich they normally occur can 

 be readilv determined as folloAvs : 



