SUGAR FROM SORGHUM 213 



The yield of sugar per tree varies from 2.5 to 5 pounds, ac- 

 cording to the season. A single tree has been known to yield 

 as much as 40 pounds of sugar. It will be seen that the average 

 yield of sugar may easily reach 200 pounds per acre. 1 



The period is remote when we may hope to obtain our sugar 

 supply from the maple. This sugar will doubtlessly always 

 remain a luxury rather than an article of general consump- 

 tion. 2 



Former analyses show that the yield from Louisiana cane 

 is less than from cane grown in the tropics. The future pros- 

 perity of Louisiana growers need not suffer from the poorer 

 juice, since the recent experiments at Fort Scott 3 demon- 

 strated that a given weight of cane, without noticeably increas- 

 ing the cost of manufacture, yielded thirty per cent, more by 

 the diffusion process than has ever been made before. The 

 Southern sugar industry will thrive with the encouragement of 

 a greater sugar yield, and by the introduction of more scientific 

 methods of growing and manufacture. 



The following statistics will show the sugar and molasses 

 importations for the year ending June 30, i886, 4 free of duty, 

 from the Hawaiian islands : 



Free of Duty. Amount. Value. 



Molasses 61,1 71 gallons $7,786.00 



Sugar 191,623,1 75 pounds 9,166,826.00 



Total, $9,174,612.00 



Dutiable. Amount. Value. 



Molasses 39,018,637 gallons $5,587,884.00 



Sugar 2,498,258,590 pounds 71,606,918.00 



Sugar candy, etc., 23,333.00 



Total $77,218,135.00 



Value of all imported sugar and molasses $86,392,747.00 



1 Our Sugar Supply, by H. W. Wiley, p. 20. 



2 Ibid., p. 21. 



8 Bui. No. 14, Ghent. Div. Dept. Agr., 1886. 

 4 Bureau oj Statistics, Treas. Dept., 1886. 



