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INDEX. 



vahie of products per ton 414 



value to the country H 



variation in time for maturity 117 



varieties from Africa, (hina, India. 76 



varieties of, grown in U. S.. 73 



varieties the same iu sugar content.. 211 



varieties worked for j-ugar. 312 



variety to be selected for growing. . .211 



vulgare 61 



analyses of juices of 206 



botaiiical description 60 



waste products from 376 



weight and length of 74 



weight of grown per acre : 179 



weight of leaves in crop 392 



when ready for working 122 



South Carolina, production of sorghum. 408 



production of sugar, 1S79 27 



production of sugar and molasses.. .542 

 value per acre of farm products in. .421 



yield of different crops in 4.53 



Solubility of different sugars 24 



Solutions of sugar compared as to den- 

 sity 335 



Spain, sugar consumed in 26 



sugar production of 543 



Specific gravity and analysis of juices. .489 



and analysis of maize juices 497 



and analysis of sorghum juices.. . .493 



and Beaiime compared 337, 487 



average of juice in 1879, '80, '81 199 



average of, of juice 234 



average of 35 varieties of sorghum. 197 



different scales compared 485 



of corn stalk juices. 435 



■ of good juice 213 



of juice and composition, relation of. 502 



of juice as affected by frost 159 



of juice, how determined 472 



of sugar solutions of different tem- 

 peratures 335 



sorghum juice at diff"erent stages . . 210 



sorghum juices 105,134,484 



table of sorghum juices 491 



Speed of rolls in sugar mills 279 



Spiked Millet 61 



Sprangle Top sorghum, comparative 



value of 214 



described 69,100 



Sprengle on sorghum 58 



Sprouting seed before planting 118 



Stable manure, effectof on sorghum. 175, 176 



value of 464 



St. Christopher, export of sugar from. . .543 



St. Lucia, export of sugar from 543 



St. Vincent, export of sugar from 543 



Stages of development, explanation of ..197 



of maize 430 



time to reach 119 



Stalk, different portions of compared . .218 

 analyses of upper and lower halves. 234 



and leaves, analyses of juices 142 



and leaves of maize, relative weights 



of 443 



of sorghum and corn, analysis of... .406 



of sorghum, average yield of 415 



of sorghum, how kept in Japan 419 



of sorghum, physical structure 2-58 



per acre, amount of 175 



per acre, number of Ill 



stripped, acreage yield of 214 



sugar in a ton of 210 



weight of leaves on 392 



Starch in juice, and its removal 288 



in sorghum j\iice 251 



Statistics of cultivation and products of 



sorghum 414 



production of sorghum in U. S 408 



sorghum in the census 416 



sugar production and exports 542 



Steam, amount produced in vacuum 



pan 343 



and open pan evaporation 338 



coils, heat given out by, to water or 



juice 338 



Stebbins, Mr., on food value of scum, 



etc 402 



Steck, Paul, Cal., method of sugar mak- 

 ing 510 



report on sorghum 414 



Sterling, Kansas, soil analysis 179 



sugar works, process employed .'^07 



sugar made in 1883 ,549 



Stewart's Hybrid sorghum, analysis of. .242 

 Stockbridge, President, sugar in sor- 

 ghum 4 



Storage of sorghum after cutting, con- 

 flicting opinions 8. 9 



Storing cane, loss of sugar in 127 



Storms, effect on sorghum 244 



at Washington, 1880-1-2 147 



Stout, Mr., on use of bagasse as fuel 398 



Striking of vacuum pan ... 356 



Stripped and unstripped cane compared. 140 



stalks, acreage yield of 214 



stalks, per cent of cane in 142 



Stripping, effectof on quantity and qual- 

 ity of juice 144 



method of 144 



not necessary 144 



sorghum, effect of 140 



Strontia sucrate, composition of 371 



Structure, physical, of sorghum 2.58 



Stubble cane," analysis of. 208 



Stubbs' evaporator, plate of 333 



Stump's New Variety, detailed analyses 



of 191,250 



Subsiding tanks for juice 291 



Succinic acid in fermentation of sor- 

 ghum 252 



Suckered and unsuckered sorghum, av- 

 erage analyses 135 



compared. .". 128, 134 



Suckering, advantages of 136, 538 



habits of varieties as to 106 



Suckers a result of hilling 113 



how prevented Ill 



loss of sugar by. 133 



Sucrates of lime and strontia 370 



method of defecation 804 



Sucrose 22 



analysis of explained 473 



always preseat in juice 195 



and glucose, development of lf<5 



available from one ton sorghum — 500 



available, when at maximum 215 



average in sorghums, 1879-80-81 198 



average in 35 varieties of sorghum. .197 



average of at different stages 194 



average percent in juice in 1880 and 



1881 150 



by analysis and polarization 476 



development of in sorghum. 185 



early appearance of in sorghum 



and maize 195 



estimated by polariscope 22 



gradual increase of in plant 490 



how determined 472 



in corn stalk juices 435 



in immature canes 217 



in juice as affected by frost 159 



in juice, effect of fertilizers on 172 



in juice, sliown by specific gravity. .490 



in maize juices, average .501 



in maize juices of different densi- 

 ties 497 



in sorghum, as affected by fertilizers. 166 



in sorghums by polariscope 22 



in sorghum jiiice, average 499 



in sorghum juices 104 



