568 



INDEX. 



Sugar lost in bagasse of corn and sor- 

 ghum 406 



lost in drying sorghum, — , 396 



lost iu manufacture 322, 385 



lost in skimming 274 



made only from ripe cane 516 



making at Department' of Agricul- 

 ture.. .513 



making from beets, sorghum, and 



cane 424 



manufacture at Washington, meth- 

 od 521 



manufacture, comparison of meth- 

 ods 511 



market value of sorghum 415 



maximum results in sorghum 196 



method of manufacture from sor- 

 ghum 245 



maximum found in maize 197 



necessary loss in manufacture 309 



not an exhausting crop 394 



not diminished by ripening of seed. 241 



not obtained from soil 449 



not the object of the farmer 521 



obtained from beets in working 257 



of juice recovered in syrup 532 



of milk.. 24 



of sugar-cane lost in manufacture. .535 



of U. S., whence obtained 26 



per cent, density, and boiling point 



of solutions 336 



per cent in juice of crop 134 



per cent of in different sorghums 214 



per ton of cane 175 



principle of cry.stallization 326 



pounds from gallon of syrup 418 



production and increasing fertility. .449 



production of 25 



of at Washington 521 



of in Louisiana 541 



statistics of 541 



quantity decreased by salts 216 



recovered from bagasses 388 



relative amount of, in juice of 1880 



and 1881 150 



relative solubility of different.. 24 



separation of from molasses 362 



solutions, sp. gr. compared. . 335 



solutions, different density, [.weight 



of 337 



sources of 25 



to molasses, proportion of 418 



total product of the world 546 



value of, consumed in U. S. since 



1790 30 



varieties of sorghum worked for. . . .312 

 various methods of manufacture — 504 



yield per acre 175 



yield of, per ton of sorghum 414 



yield per acre in different countries. 27 

 Sullivant, Joseph, on fattening value of 



corn 450 



Sulphate of alumina in defecation. . 302 

 Sulphate of baryta, use of in defecation. 301 

 Sulphite of linie and lime in defeca- 



tion 308 



in defecation 305, 308 



Sulphur box, construction and use of . . .306 



Sulpliur fumes in defecation 306 



Sulphuric acid, amount of in crop of 



sorghum 396 



Sulphurous acid, action of 216 



antiseptic property 307 



in defecation 305 



preparation of 305 



properties of 305 



Sumac sorghum, comparative value of. .214 



described 68 



plate of 94 



Summary of results at Washington 520 



Superphosphate, effect of on sorghum. .163 



of lime in defecation 302 



Surface or film evaporators 339 



Surinam, export of sugar from 543 



yield of sugar per acre 27 



Sweden, Norway, and Italy, production 



of beet sugar 542 



sugar consumed in 26 



Sweet corn, average analyses of juice of. 431 



stalks, sugpr in juice of 197' 



stalks, su.^ar made from 441 



Swenson and Henry on loss of sugar 



after cane is cut 127 



process of manufacture 506 



sorghum analyses by 242 



fertilizers on sorghum 175 



loss of sugar in cut canes 132 



on cost of making sugar 417 



on product of sugar 419 



on yield of seed per acre 380 



Switzerland, sugar consumed in — 26 



Synoptical table of varieties of sor- 

 ghum 98 



Syria, sorghum in 50 



Syrup, amount of sugar obtained from. .418 



average selling price 412 



character of in defecation experi- 

 ments 317 



cost of manufacture 417 



cost of production 412 



crystallization of, how effected 362 



of different densities, weight of 337 



expense of manufacturing 415 



from sorghum, average yield per 



acre 412 



from sorghum, cost of manufacture. 20 



from sorghum, yield in sugar 20 



from corn stalks, yield of sugar in. .440 



gain of by not stripping 142 



how put up for market 425 



made at Washington, analyses of. 



519, 528 



made in experiments 313 



only to be made by the farmer 521 



yield of, per acre.. 414 



marketing of . 424 



of sorghum, total product of in U. S.416 



percentage of in juice.. 322 



produced by freezing juice 362 



produced in defecation experiments. 309 



produced in U. S., from census 416 



produced in U. S.in 1860 and 1870. . . .409 



selling price of 414 



uniformity in, desirable 425 



various "methods of manufacture . . 504 



where manufactured 354 



Table giving comparative value of sor- 

 ghums 214 



Talcott, H. L., on sorghum seed . — 379 



'I'anks for storing skimmings 403 



Tanks, settling, for juice 291 



Tannin in sorghum seed 378 



Tar, coal, on seed for planting 118 



Teas, E. Y., introduction of sorghum.... 65 

 Temperature and density of sugar solu- 

 tions. 335 



and rain-fall at Washington, 1882 . . 151 



and pressure in vacuum pan 3-12 



at defecation 295 



at Washington, D. C, 1880-1-2 147 



comparison of F. and C. degrees — 334 



effect of on sorghum.. 145 



of boiling point and pressure ... — 341 

 Tennessee, production of sorghum in . 



408, 416 

 production of sugar and molasses. . .542 



value of crops per acre in 421 



yield of different crops in 453 



Texas Amber sorghum, analysis of 243 



and Louisiana, value of sorghum to. 11 



