had taken the averages of all the four thousand experi- 

 ments made upon sorghum by the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment in 1880. These, as given by them, would rep- 

 resent an average of 3.3 per cent, (see Table A), which 

 evidently condemns this as a sugar-yielding plant. 



TABLE.A. 



General averages for stages, as determined from the results from the same stage for 

 ajl varieties of sorghum. 



Number of experiments, - 620113411 Total, 19. 

 Percentage of practical sugar, | |i|2| 3 | 4 | 5 |6 7 8 AVERAGE 3.3 



American Production of Supposed Sorghum Sugar. 



If we were to listen to the sayings of thousands 

 of believers in the sorghum fallacy, sorghum sugar 

 has long since been manufactured in the United States 

 in paying quantities. Some of the Eastern States 

 manufacture thousands of pounds yearly ; one factory 

 is now working on a practical basis as to profit ; all of 

 which leaves the problem no longer a doubt in the 

 minds of the masses of our population. This sugar is 

 of an excellent quality, and sold at eight cents per 

 pound ; one million pounds are produced yearly, etc. 

 In answer to this we would say, that no such evidence 

 appears in the Agricultural Reports. The supposed 

 production of sorghum sugar from 1861 to 1877 is 



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