516 



SORGHUM. 



Now, a large portion of the crop was not yet in blossom, i. e., was; 

 at about the fourth stage, while not over a tenth liad matured the seed, 

 i. e., reached the eleventh stage. If we take an average of the fifth 

 to the eleventh stages, inclusive, we shall find that, while the ninth, 

 tenth, and eleventh stages give a total of 8.14 per cent plus, the fifth, 

 sixth, seventh, and eighth stages give a total of 17.51 per cent minus 

 available sugar, or an average for the seven stages of — 1.17 per cent. 

 By this is meant that the per cent of sucrose was 1.17 less than the 

 sum of the per cents of glucose and solids in the juices. It will fol- 

 low, then, that the average condition of the crop was such as to abso- 

 lutely forbid the hope of any sugar being produced, and that its pro- 

 duction, at any period during the working, was only possible when a 

 lot of cane might happen to be brought in which was considerably bet- 

 ter than the average, as indeed occurred two or three times during tlie 

 month of grinding. 



The following tables rej^resent the results of the work, and it will be 

 seen that these results are in entire harmony with the preceding state- 

 ments : 



Table A. — Canes Crushed. 



Received from— 



Patterson Farm 



S. M. Golden 



Dr. Dean 



Total 



Tons. 



104 

 99 

 25 



228 



Pounds. 



80 

 1,304 

 l.OGO 



2,444 



