556 



INDEX. 



Egyptian sugar corn, sugar in bagasse. .275 



Egypt, production of sugar 543 



sorghum in 51 



sugar product of 26 



Ensilage, average analyses of 39o 



money value of as "food 394 



En-yama sorghum described 69 



Er Chiu Hung Liang, from China, plate 



of 86 



Erickson, Evan, report on sorghum 



crop 412 



Erni, Prof. Henry, time for working sor- 

 ghum 6 



Error iu analysis, limit of 470 



Elrrors of analysis, how determined ..474 



Europe, production of cane sugar in. . . .543 

 sorghum in 50 



Evaporation, action of lime during 298 



and freezing compared 361 



by hot water 354 



by sicam and open pan 338 



by triple effect 356 



capacity of open pans 338 



from surfaces 339 



how increased 338 



in open pan, when finished 354 



in vacuum, description of 349 



phenouiena attending 299 



power of bagasse as fuel 397 



methods of 327 



of j uice 325 



Evaporators, open steam, plates of 345 



steam, plate of 346 



test of their rapidity of work 338 



Evergreen Broom corn, analysis of 

 juice 206 



Exhaustion of central grain belt of U. S.459 



of east and west compared 461 



of soil , . .451 



of soil by growing sorghum.. 447 



of soils, how prevented 464 



not caused by sugar growing 394 



Expansion of steam in vacuum 343 



Expense of growing and working sor- 

 ghum 415 



Experiments at Washington, result of. 520 



Experiments in defecation 296, 316, 324 



dilfusion 284 



saving sugar of bagasse 387 



sugar making at Washington. 513, 522, 



529, .534 



on sorghum desired 64 



Exponent as indicating available sugar. 216 



of juice of different sorghums 214 



of maize juices, average 501 



of sorghum juices, average 499 



Export of' domestic molasses from U. S. 



since 1790 34 



of domestic sugar from U. S. since 



1790 ... 31 



Of molasses from U. S. since 1790.. . .34 

 of sugar from U. S. since 1790 30 



Factories, central system 425 



Factory, plate of cheap home .505 



Failure, cause of at \\'ashington 514 



in suear making, causes of 537 



of experiments explained 520 



of sorfihnm crop at Washington 514 



toniiike sugar by Dr. Goessmann. .535 



Fairgrieve, A , on sorghum in New South 

 " Wales . 546 



False .grain, danger from. 364 



explanation of 355 



how removed 364 



Fahrenheit and centigrade, degrees com- 

 pared ' -334 



Farm products, average acreage value 



of 420 



Feeding experiments with sorghum 

 seed 20 



I I'-eeding. value of sorghum leaves 391 



Fehling's solution, how i)reiiared 503 



Fermentation arrested by defecation... 300 



ariested by sulpliuroiis acid 307 



how prevented . . 284 



of sorghum juice, products of 252 



of sugars, products of 23 



Ferric alum solution, how made 503 



Fertility of soil maintained by sugar 



production 449 



Fertilization of soil for sorghum 447 



Fertilizers, amount consumed in Great 



Britain 465 



as aftVctin.g glucose in sorghum.. . . .168 



as nffecting solids in jiiices 170 



as affecting sugiir in sorghums . . 166 



average value of 411 



efl'ect of on ash of sorghum 172 



effect of on sorghum 162, 184 



effect of upon sugar in sorghum . .172 



for sorghum in Japan 419 



frauds in 467 



improvements in .461 



on sorghum, experiments by Dr. G. 



H. Cook 173 



on sorghum, Prof. Svveiison on 175 



value of, how fixed 462 



Fiber in bagasse, per cent of 278 



Field crops of sorshum, analysis of 247 



Field, J. A., statistics of sorghum 1882.. 411 



Figi, yield of sugar per acre 27 



Film orsurface evaporators 339 



Finings, Howard's, in defecation 362 



Filtering of juice, how effected 289 



Filters, bag, construction of 289 



bone coal, construction and use..,.. 374 



for juice, construction of , 289 



Filtration by hone-black 372 



Florida, production of sugar 1879 27 



])roduction of sugar and molasses.. .542 



sorghum production of. 416 



value per acre of crops in 421 



yield of different crops in 4.53 



Floiir from sorghum seed 379 



Fodder corn, money valtie of as food. . 394 



from sorglium, value of 405 



Folger, Mr.] on skimmings for feed- 

 ing 402 



Food constituents of bagasse 392 



for man. plants used as 50 



value of bagasse - 392 



ensilage .. 393 



scum and sediments 401 



sorghum leaves 392 



Forage, value of sorghuni for 40G 



Fragus, Jerome, on sorghum 55 



France, analysis of sorghum grown in 240 



cultivation of sorghum in 65 



production of beet sugar 28 



sorghum in 51 



sugar consumed in 26 



sugar product of 512, 515 



Frauds in fertilizers 467 



Frazier, William, method of working. 5li) 



report on sorghum 414 



Freezing, concentration of juice by. 361 

 French Institute on beet sugar investi- 

 gations 13 



Frost, effect (U' on mature and immature 



sorghum 157 



on sorghum. 154 



upon sugar-cane ICl 



Frosts, occurence of at Washington, D. 



C, 1880-1-2 147 



time of in 1881 and 1882 158 



Fruit si'.gar 22 



I'uchins on sorghum 54 



Fuel, how bfigasse is used as... 397 



value of bagasse for 396 



Furnace for burning bagasse, plate 400 



