564 



INDEX. 



Saracen Millet 50 



Scale frf)m evaporators, composition of .340 



how removed 340 



Scaliger on sorghum 54 



Scheibler's, Prof., strontia sucrate pro- ^ 



oess 371 



Sciences, National Academy of, on need 



of investigation 10 



Scott, N. H., report on sorghum 414 



Scovell and Weber, analysis of Orange 



Cane 250 



analyses of sorghum 239, 246 



loss of sugar after cutting 127 



on climate as affecting sorghum 153 



on prompt working of crop 9 



on soils for sorghum 184 



on time for cutting sorghum. 123 



on tops and biitts, value of 236 



time for working sorghum 8 



Scum and sediment, value of 401 



Scum, appearance of in defecation ex- 

 periments 316 



formed in defecation 294 



from defecator, analysis of 401 



removal of in defecation .295 



Seasoning of sorghum by storage.. 8 



Seasons of 1880 and '81 at Washington 



compared 148 



Second and third sugars 369 



Sediments and skimmings, value of 401 



Sediment, character of in defecation ex- 

 periments 316 



formed in defecation 295 



from defecator, analysis of 401 



in defecation, how to settle 296 



in defecation, when down 296 



or scale on evaporators 340 



Seed, amount matured at Washington. .515 



amount of for planting 110 



and sugar from sorghum. 20 



average acreage yield of sorghum.. .412 



choice of 115 



condition of in time of working sor- 

 ghum 123 



expense of gathering 415 



growth of, effect on sugar 138 



heads, increase of sugar bv removal 



of 241 



heads of sorghum, plate 83 



importance of testing 117 



method of testing vitality 117 



number of in pound 110 



of sorghum and maize compared — 377 



ash in crop of 395 



composition of 377 



crops produced 414 



food for man 51 



for fattening 379 



for horses 51 



production of 378 



value for feeding 395 



value of 377 



yield per acre 380 



pays expense of sorghum crop 416 



per acre, product of 175 



preparation of for planting 68, 118 



removal of, effect o'n sugar 138 



removal of, effect on timeof maturity.138 

 ripening of, does not diminish sugar.241 



selection and preparation of 114 



sorghum, described 58 



sorghum grown solely for, in China. 537 



sorghum mainly grown for 20 



southern grown, value of 115 



used for fattening hogs. 415 



variety for any locality 114 



Senegambia sorghum in 51 



Separation of sugar from molasses 362 



Settling in defecation, how effected 296 



Settling tanks and sulphurous acid 306 



Settling tanks for juice 291 



Shaffer, Dr. J. M., on need of further in- 

 vestigation 10 



Shaloo, or sugar grass 51 



Shanghai, China, sorghum from 64 



Sharpless, Prof. S. P., analysis sorghum 



juice ". 244 



Shepstone, J., letter concerning Imphees 80 



varieties of Imphees 76 



Sherwood, J. D., report on sorghum 



crop 412 



Shla-goo-va, variety of sorghum 66 



Shla-goon-dee, variety of sorghum. . .51, 66 



Shoemacker, Mr., on stripping cane 141 



Shorghi, or sorghum 56 



Shu, meaning of term 52 



Siam, sugar exported from — 543 



Silica, gelatinous, in defecation 303 



Silo, value of bagasse for 393 



for preserving bagasse 396 



Silver and gold, production of in 1881. . . 41 



Skimming at defecation, how done 295 



sugar lost by 274 



value of for fattening hogs 402 



vinegar made from ... .403 



Skinner, E. W., time for working sor- 

 ghum 7 



on storage of sorghum 9 



Small mill experiments at Washington. ..521 

 Smith, Captain John, on sugar in maize. 427 

 Smith, Dr. J. Lawrence, on need of in- 

 vestigation . . 9 



on promx>t working of cane 8 



sugar in sorghum 3 



Smith, J. H , on varieties of sorghum... 67 



on prompt working of sorghum 8 



Smith, J. N., time for working sorghum. 6 



Soaking seed before planting 118 



Soda salts, effect on sorglium 163 



Soda, silicate of, in defecation 303 



Sodium chloride, effect of on sorghum. .163 

 Soil and climate the same for maize and 



sorghum 19 



at Wasliington, D. C, analysis of . . .162 

 best adapted to sorghum, resolution. 15 



decrease in production of 417 



demand of sorghum upon 255 



exhaustion, how prevented 464 



exhaustion of 451 



exhaustion of by growing sorghum 447 

 for sorghum, experiments by Scovell 



and Weber 184 



for sorghum, selection of 108 



not exhausted by sugar growing — .394 

 not exhausted by sugar production. .449 



Soils, analyses of 181 



composition of as affecting sorghum. 177 



for sugar-cane, composition of 182 



how produced 18fr 



importance of lime 182 



mechanical analyses 179 



of what composed 180 



Solids, average in sorghums, 1879, '80, 



'81 198 



average in 35 varieties of sorghum. .197 

 average of in juice at different 



stages 194 



in juice, average per cent of 2.34 



in juice, how determined 472 



in juice, increase of in plant 490 



in sorghum juices 105 



in sorghum juice at different stages. 210 

 in sorghum juices, average results, 



1879 492 



not sugars, as affected by fertilizers. 170 



as affected by frost 159 



average per cent in 1880 and 1881 150' 



per cent in juice 134 



per cent of in leaf juice 143 



per cent of in different sorghums. ...214 



