400 



SORGHtnVI. 



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Paper Pulp from Bagasse. 

 From the analyses of IS bagasses, it will be seen that the average 

 juice expressed from tlie canes was : 



Per cent. 



Juice 57 61 



Bagasse 42.39 



100 00 



The average of crude fiber Avas 10.61 per cent of the fresh bagasses, 

 or 4.50 per cent of the stripped stalks, so that each ton of stripped 

 stalks contained 90 pounds of crude fiber. 



A samj)le of pulp made from the bagasse of sorghum was submitted 

 for examination to one of the largest paper-makers of the United 

 States, and was by him said to be worth 4h cents j^er pound. 



This bagasse was treated by the ordinary processes for making paper 

 pulp. An average yield of ten tons of stripped cane to the acre would 

 give 900 pounds of pulp, which, at the above i^rice, would amount ta 



