80 



The means of nine analyses of Early Amber cane juice, made by 

 Prof. GL H. Failyer, of the Kansas State Agricultural College, at Man- 

 hattan, in 1883, are as follows : * 



Per cent. 



Total solids 15.35 



Sucrose 11.72 



Glucose ,. 1.45 



The means of six analyses made by the same person, at the same 

 place, of the juices of Link's Hybrid cane, are as follows i 1 



Per cent. 



Total solids , 11.12 



Sucrose 6.13 



Glucose 2. 83 



Means of four analyses of Kansas Orange cane juice, made by the 

 same person at same place and time, are as follows : l 



Per cent. 



Total solids 14.91 



Sucrose 11.28 



Glucose 1.06 



One analysis of Honduras cane, made at the same time and place by 

 Professor Failyer, gave 



Sucrose per cent.. 9.76 



Glucose do..., 3.29 



Specific gravity 1. 061 



The means of sixteen analyses reported by F. L. Stewart are as fol. 

 lows : 2 



Specific gravity 1.068 



Sucrose per cent. . 12. 50 



Glucose do.... 2.23 



Prof. W. A, Henry 3 reports the analyses of twenty-one samples of 

 sorghum juices from different varieties. 

 The mean results are as follows : 



Per cent. 



Sucrose 8.93 



Glucose 2.34 



In 1885 further analyses were made of field samples at the Eio 

 Grande factory by the chemist of the New Jersey station, Dr. Neale. 



All the samples except the last one named had been fertilized. The 

 quantity of sugar in the cane of the several samples was as follows : 4 



1 Op. cit., pp. 68,69. 



2 Fourth Annual Report New York State Sugar-Growers' Association, p. 44. 



3 Second Annual Report Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, p. 33. 

 <New Jersey Experiment Station, Bull. No. XXXVIII, p. 10. 



