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INDEX. 



Neeazana variety of sorghum 60 



, Need of further research on sorghum.. .123 



Nees, on sorghum : . . 58 



Netherhinds, production of beet sugar.. 542 



Nevada, sorghum production of 4]() 



value of farm products per acre in. .421 

 New Hampshire, value of farm products 



per acre in 421 



yield of different crops in 452 



New Jersey, act to promote cultivation 



of sorghum 17 



analysis of sorghums in 248 



production of sorghum in 416, 408 



Kio Grande method of working 511 



Rio Grande soils, analysis of 178 



sorglium sugar made in 188:J 549 



Sugar Works, cost of working cane. 417 

 value of farm products per acre in. .421 



yield of different crops in 452 



New South Wales, sorghum sugar in 546 



New York, maple susjar produced in. . . 28 



production of sorghum in 416, 408 



value of farm products per acre 



in . .. . - 421 



yield of different crops in 4.52 



New Mexico, sorghum production of 416 



Niles Sugar Mill, plate of 268 



Nitrate of potash in sorghum juice 252 



Nitrogenous fertilizers, effect on sor- 

 ghum 163 



matters in sorghum juice 2.52 



Nitrogen manure for sorghum 175 



North Carolina, acreage value of farm. 



products in 421 



production of sorghum in 416,408 



production of sugar and molasses. .542 



Norway, sugar consumed in 26 



North Carolina, yield of different crops 



in.. . 452 



Nubia, sorghum in : 51 



Number of stalks per acre Ill 



Nutritive ratio sorghum leaves and ba- 

 gasse . . 392 



Oak Hill, 111., Sugar Works, methods of 



working 509 



report 414 



Oats, acreage yield of, in different 



states 452 



average acreage value of. 420 



average yield and value per acre. . . .423 



in Iowa, acreage value of 420 



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



Oceanica, export of sugar from 544 



Ohio, maple sugar produced in 28 



production of sorghum in . . 416,408 



sorghum products. 1862 to 1878 410 



value of farm products per acre in. 421 



yield of different crops in 453 



Oomseeana sorghum, comparative val- 

 ue of 214 



available sugar in 126. 538 



described 98,99 



variety of sorghum 51,66 



Open and vacuum pan methods com- 

 pared 512 



Open pan e vaporation 327 



rapidity of 338 



when completed 354 



Orange Cane, available sugar in 126, 538 



composition of.. 2-50 



Orange sorghum, analysis of 239, 246, 250 



Oregon, sorghum production of 416 



value of farm products per acre in. .421 



yield of different crops in 453 



Osborn, Joseph H., report on sorghum 



crop 412 



Osmosis explained 282 



Otaheitan sorghum, time for working. . 7 



Palm sugar 22 



amount produced 25 



Panicura Dioscorides, or sorghum 55 



or Bread Millet 55 



Panicle, average length of 103 



average weight of 103 



lenath of 105 



weight of 105 



of sorgluim, plates of 83 



plucked olf, to increase sugar 241 



Pan scale, composition of 340 



how removed 340 



Pao Liang, or sorghum 54 



Paper, litmus, properties and use 292 



Paper pulp, amount of, in crop of sor- 

 ghum 400 



from bagasse 400 



Paper, tumeric, properties and uses 292 



Parson, H. B., report of work at Wash- 

 ington 515 



Patterson farm, sorghum grown upon.. .514 



Pearl Horizontal Mill, plate of 265 



Pearl Millet, sugar from juice of 445 



sugar made at Washington 521 



Pech, F., on sorghum .55 



table for identification of sorghum 98 



Peligot, analyses of sugar-cane bagasses. 387 



Penang, sugar production of 26 



Pennsvlvania, production of sorghum 



in 416, 408 



value of farm products per acre in. .421 



yield of different crops in 452 



Period during which corn stalks may be 



worked 439 



of working crop, length of 538 



Permanganate process for the estima- 

 tion of sugars in juices 471 



solutions, how prepared 503 



Persoon on sorghum 56, 57 



Peru, export of sugar from 543 



sugar consumed in 26 



sugar product of 26 



Philippine Islands, production of sugar 



in ,544 



sugar-cane soil, analyses of 182 



yield of sugar per acre. 27 



Phillips, Ilollister S., on sorghum seed. 378 

 Phipson, Dr. T. L., analyses sugar-cane 



soils 182 



Phosphate of alumina in defecation 302 



of lime in defecation 302 



Phosphates, effect of, on sorghum 163 



Phosphoric acid, amount of, in crop of 



sorghum 396 



in corn crop of U. S 450 



in crops of U. S 462 



in crops of U. S., value of 463 



in sorshum juice and cane 256 



Piknometers for specific gravity 484 



Piute sugar 56 



Plant cane, analysis of 208 



Planter, plate of" 112 



Planting, amouni of seed for 110 



and cultivation, cost of 415 



a second time undesirable 539 



close, reasons for .. . .111 



cost per acre . . 112 



im portance of good 109 



method of Ill 



method of, in Japan 419 



number of stalks per acre Ill 



preparation of seed for 68,118 



proper depth of 112 



selection and preparation of ground. 108 



time for 110 



to certain development of plant. . 119 

 to maturity of sorghum, time. . .105, 538 



plants used as food for man 50 



Plates of sorghum 83 



Plate of steam evaporators 346 



Plaster of Paris, effect of on sorghum. .16S 

 Plaster, use of in defecation 301 



