560 



INDEX. 



Lime sncrato Tnethnrl of dcfpf>,atioTi. ... .304 



sulphate, effect of on sorghum lOo 



sulphite, composition of 308 



sulphite in defecation 308, 305 



superphosphate in defecation 302 



water, use of in vacuum pan 356 



Lindley, Henry, on stripping cane. .. 141 



value of skimmings for food 403 



Link, Ephraim, letter from about hy- 

 brid 71 



Link's Hybrid sorghum, analysis of. .243 



analysis of 190,247,250 



Link's iiybrid, available sugar iu. . 126, 538 



comparative value of 214 



sorghum described 99 



plate of 93 



sport of Oomseeana .. 69 



Linnseus on sorghum 56 



Listing, when important 114 



Litmus paper, properties and use 292 



Lobel on sorghum, 55 



Lonieer on sorghum 55 



Loss bv diminished yield of crops in 



United States 458 



in not working cane promptly 126 



of glucose in manufacture 534 



juice, causes of 260 



sucrose in manufacture 534 



sugar, actual, in manufacture 322 



sugar by methods of manufacture ... 17 



sugar by poor harvesting 237 



sugar by suckers 133 



sugar ill Ijagasse 174, 274, 277, 383,406 



sugar in drying sorghum 396 



sugar in manufacture 258 



sugar in stalks of maize 442 



sugar necessary in manufacture. . . 309 



sugar present in sugar-cane 535 



Loss, total, by diminished crops of 



United States 459 



Louisiana and Texas, value of sorghum 

 to n 



Louisiana cane, analysis of juice of 207 



export f>f sugar from 543 



production of sorghum in .. .416,408 



production of sugar in 1879 27 



production of sugar and molasses . 541 

 sugar-cane, per cent of sugar in. . . .185 



sugar, product of. 26, 27 



value per acre of crops in 421 



yield of different eroyis in 453 



yield of sugar per acre 27 



Lynch, Peter, on cause of failure at 



Washington 515 



Mabali, or sorghum 51, 78 



Maceration, expense of 282 



of cane 281 



Madagascar, sugar export of. -543 



Madras sugar-cane, analyses of 208 



Magnesia, amount of in crop of sor- 

 ghum 396 



and lime in soils, relation of 182 



Maine, value of farm products per acre 



in 421 



yield of different crops in 4.52 



Maize, analyses of leaves of 406 



and sorghum, cultivation of, the 



same 10 



and sorghum juices compared 443 



and sorghum, same conditions re- 

 quired 19 



and sorghum seed compared 377 



and sorghum seed, same composi- 

 tion 20 



average acreage yield of in United 



States 457 



average analyses of juices from . 197 

 average yield of in different states. ..4-52 



fodder, analyses of 393 



crop of sugar and grain from 442 



Maize for sugar, fuither investigation 



needed 444 



height and weight of stalks 431 



juices, acidity of 436 



analyses of by stfiges. 435 



average analysis of 431 



rich in sugar 197 



specific gravity and analyses 497 



sugar present in 197 



land in United States devoted to . . . 19 



stages of development of 430 



stalks and bagasse, analyses of 406 



fjutts and tops compared 235 



comparative value for sugar ... 439 



loss of sugar in 442 



stripped stalks, yield per acre 439 



sugar 22 



history of 427 



made at Washington 521 



made from stalks of 441 



total value of crop in United States. 4.58 



value of in fattening 450 



varieties tested for sugar 429 



Malate of lime frojn maple sap 341 



Maltby, Nelson, method of manufac- 

 ture 507 



on sugar from sorghum 419 



report on sorghum 414 



sugar from corn stalks 441 



Mammoth, White, plate of 97 



Manilla, export of sugar from 544 



sugar production of 26 



Mannite in fermentation of sorghum — 252 



Manufactuie of sorghum, cost of 415 



sugar 245 



sugar, cost of 21 



syrup, cost of 20 



sugar, comparison of methods 511 



from sorghum and beets compared. .424 



from sorghum, cost of 417 



methods employed 506 



period for 538 



syrup at Washington, method.. . . 521 



various methods 504 



]\Ianna 56 



Manure, effect of, on sorghum 175, 176 



from stables, value of 464 



Maple molasses, product in U. S. since 



1790 38 



Maple sugar 22 



annual production of 545 



annual production since 1861 27 



pan scale 341 



production of 25 



Margraff, investigations of beet sugar. 12 

 Marketing of sorghum syrup and sugar..424 



.Marking the land for planting 112 



Marsrhall on available sugar '-'16 



^larshilla, or sorghum 51 



Martinique and Guadeloupe, sugar pro- 

 duction of -f> 



export of sugar from 543 



Maryland, production of sorghum in 



408, 416 

 value of farm products per acre in ■121 



yield of different crops in 452 



Massachusetts, act to promote cultiva- 

 tion of sorghum 17 



Agric. Coll., experiments in sugar 



making 129 



early efforts in sugar making in — 428 



sorghum, analysis of 244 



sorghum production of , ... 416 



value of farm products per acre in. .421 



yield r,( different crops in . 4ri2 



Masse cuite, analysis of, 2S5 



Mastodon sorghum, available sugar in, 



126, 538 



comparntive value of 21 1 



described 68, 100 



