CANE JUICE 37 



0'4 1. Gums increased to 0'346, just three times as 

 much. Albumen increased to 0'092, nearly four times 

 as much. Free acid increased to 0'072. Quotient of 

 purity reduced to 84*4. The reason why the glucose 

 was less is because the top part of the cane, which 

 contains the largest amount of glucose, and which is 

 the softest part, had been more thoroughly squeezed 

 by the first mill than the harder parts of the cane. The 

 third mill gave a purity quotient of 84. The colour 

 of the juice from the first mill was light, from the second 

 dark, from the third very dark. The word glucose 

 is here applied to all reducing sugars or invert sugars. 



The extraction of juice by the Diffusion process 

 will be described in the next chapter, when dealing 

 with the subject of beet juice. It is one of the most 

 interesting subjects connected with sugar production. 



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