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INDEX. 



Analytical processes for examination of 



"canes 469 



Anderson, D. H., report on sorghum... 414 



on cost of making syrup 417 



Andropogon cernus 59 



rulieus 59 



sorghum ... 51 



Angell, President James B., sorghum 



from China 52 



on sorghum in China 537 



sorghum from . . 76 



Antigua, export of sugar from 54;t 



Antilles, production of sugar in 543 



Antilles, Lesser, production of sugar 



in 543 



Antisell, Dr. Thomas, sugar in sor- 

 ghum 4 



Antiseptic property of sulphurous acid 307 



Arabia, sorghum in 50 



Arduini, Pietro, sorghum 57 



Area for cultivation of sorghum, extent 



of 504 



Argentine Republic, export of sugar 



from 543 



Arizona, sorghum production of 416 



Arkansas, production of sorghum in. 416, 40.S 

 production of sugar and molasses. . .542 



value of crops per acre in 421 



yield of different crops in 453 



Ash" in crops of U. S 462 



Ash in crop of sorghum, a.mount of 395 



Ash of corn crop, value of 450 



sediment and scum, analysis of. . . .401 



sorghum . analysis of 547 



^uice, effect of "fertilizers on 172 



juices, composiiion of 255 



molasses, analysis of 54S 



stalks, composition of 255 



Asia, jtroduction of cane sugarin 543 



sorglium in.. 50 



Atmospheric pressure and boiling point. 341 



Australia, export of sugar from.. 544 



sugar CDUsiimed in 26 



sugar production of 26 



Austro-IIungarv, production of beet su- 

 gar ■ 28 



sugar consumed in 26 



sugar ])roduct of 542 



Auxiliary mills 280 



Available"^ sugar as affected by frost 159 



at different stages 515 



average of in sorglium ...126 



average per cent in 1880 and 1881 1.50 



defined 136 



from corn stalks per acre 439 



in corn stalk juices 435 



mixe<l canes 518 



increase of by manufacture 322 



in juices andsyrups.. 137 



siK'kered and unsuckered canes com- 

 pared 128 



juices at Washington 524, 518 



"leaf juice 143 



maize juices 497 



maize juices, average 501 



one ton sorghum 500 



sorghums 538 



sorsjhuiu juices 105 



sorgliums, 1880, 1881 . 538 



'sorglium, average results, 1879 492 



sorghum juices. 134 



sori^'hum juice, average 499 



syruii>< at Washington 519, 528 



investigations needed IS 



obtained per acre 214 



when at maximum 215 



when present in juice 518 



Average analyses of sorghum juices 197 

 analvses <)f sorghums in 1880 and 



IS.s'l 150 



composition of sorghums in 1880. ...194 



Aztecs, sugar made from maize by .... 427 



Bagasse, absor{)tion of juice by 260 



analysts of 275 



and coal compared as fuel 397 



and wood compared at fuel 398 



as food 392 



as fuel, value of 396 



average analysis of 892 



dried, analys"es of 276, 383 



experiments in saving sugar of 387 



for paper pulp 400 



from sugar-cane, analyses of .386 



furnace, plate of 400 



how used as fuel :.. .397 



importance of its disposition 394 



loss of sugar in. . . 174, 251, 274, 277, 383 



mineral matter in 395 



nKUiey value of as food 394 



of sorghum, analyses of 381 



of sorghum and corn, analyses of.. .406 

 of corn and sorghum, sugar in . 406 

 of sugar-cane, amount of sugar in..3<s7 



of sugar-cane, analyses of 278 



second presstire of 259 



sugar obtained from 389 



water present in 275,382 



Bag filters, construction of 289 



Ball, or soighum 51, 78 



Balling scale described 485 



Barbadoes, export of sugar from 543 



Barger's sugar-cane, sorghum de- 

 scribed 101 



Barium sulphate, use of in defecation. .301 

 Barley, acreage yield of in different 



"states 452 



average acreage value of 420 



average yield and value per acre . .423 

 product,"acreage and value in U. S ..422 

 Barn yard manure for sorghum. 175, 176 

 Barrnel and Isinird, investigation of 



beet sugar 13 



Barytes, use of in defecation 301 



Basic alum in defecation 303 



Bauhin, Gasper, on sorghum 55 



Bear Tall sorghuni, analysis of 2.50 



available sugar in .. . ". 126, ,538 



described 93 



Beannie and Brix, degrees compared. . .487 

 degrees and specific gravity com- 

 pared 337 



scale descriVied 485 



Beauregard on securing sugar and seed. 241 



Beet sugar 22 



annual product of 515 



annual ])roduction of by countries 545 



cost to produce at first 13 



industry, development of 12, 13 



prejudices against 16 



production of. 14,25 



production, perfection of 257 



where produced 26 



Beet molasses, analysis of . 369 



Beets, per cent of sugar in 185 



sorghum and sugar-cane compared. .423 



sugar obtained from in working 257 



Belgium and Holland, sugar product of 545 



Be gium, production of beet sugar 542 



"sugar consumed in 26 



sugar production of 26 



Benlham, Genera Plantarum, on sor- 

 ghum 60 



Bester on sorghum . 55 



P)ibliography of sorghum 42 



Bieolor, Holcus, or sorghum 59 



sorglium .. 51 



Blot, yi., on sugar from corn stalks 428 



Bishop, Hon. James, on sorghum in 



N. J ■'. . 418 



Bisulnhitp of lime, composition of .308 



in defecation .305,308 



Black sorgho, from India, plate of 83 



