75 



Five samples of sorghum juice examined by Professor Ililgard, of 

 Berkeley, Gal., in 1880, showed the following rncaii composition: 1 



Specific gravity 1.081 



Total solids percent .. 19.65 



Sucrose do 11.89 



Purity 06.82 



In 1881 Weber and Scovell continued their analyses. 2 

 The means of three series of determinations of sucrose and glucose 

 were found to be : 



Weber and Scovell 3 give the following as the mean composition of 

 the juice of Amber cane for 1881 : 



Specific gravity 1.070 



Sucrose per cent.. 12.08 



Glucose do.... 2.47 



ANALYSES AT EXPERIMENTAL FARM OF WISCONSIN FOR 1SS1. 4 



The mean composition of the juice for 1881 at Madison, Wis., was 



Per cent. 



Sucrose 9. 5 



Glucose 3.2 



Not sugar 2.3 



Water 85.0 



Analyses of Early Amber, Early Orange, and Honduras canes gave 

 the following mean results : 5 



CANES FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE. 



The mean composition of the juice from canes grown in different 

 parts of the State of Wisconsin and sent to experimental station for 

 analysis is as follows : 6 



Per cent. 



Sucrose 8.07 



Glucose 5.12 



1 College of Agriculture, California, Report 1880, p. 41. 



2 Illinois Agricultural Report, 1881, p. 497. 



a Encouragement to the Sorghum and Boot Sugar Industry, Department Agricult- 

 ure, 1883, p. 12. 



4 Report National Academy Sciences on Sorghum, p. p. 80 et seq. 

 6 Op. cit., p. 8G. 

 ' Op. cit., p. 89. 



