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1912),— Plantation Wliite Sugar Manufacture, Harloff & 

 Schmidt, pp. 1-138 (Norman Rodger, Manchester, 1913; Re- 

 vised and Enlarged, 3rd ed., 1917, J. H. De Bussy, Amsterdam); 



translated from the Dutch by James P. Ogilvie. The Cane 



Sugar Factory : A Catechism of Cane Sugar Manufacture for the 

 Use of Beginners, Scard, pp. 1-118 (The West India Committee, 



London, 1913). Notes on Experiments with Sugar-Cane at 



Sabour, Somers Taylor, Agric, Research Inst., Pusa, Bull. No. 37, 



1913, pp. 1-17. Notes on Cane Crushing in the United 



Provinces, Clarke, Hussain & Banerjee, Agric. Research Inst, 



Pusa, Bull. No. 42, 1914, pp. 1-12. The High Price of Sugar 



and How to Reduce It, Smith, pp. 1-54 (Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 

 Ltd., London, 1916). Sulphitation in White Sugar Manufac- 

 ture, Maxwell, pp. 1-72 (Norman Rodger, Manchester, 1916). 



A Handbook for Cane Manufacturers and Their Chemists, Spencer, 

 pp. 1-529 (John Wiley & Sons, New York ; Chapman & Hall, 



London, 1916). Sugar-Cane Culture for Sirup Production in 



the United States, Yoder, U.S. Dept. Agric. BuU. No. 486, 1917, 



pp. 1-45. Chemical Control in Cane Sugar Factories, Geerligs, 



pp. 1-140 (Norman Rodger, Manchester, 1917). — —Sugar and 

 the Sugar-Cane in the Gurdaspur District, Barnes, Agric. Research 

 inst., Pusa, Bull. No. 69, 1918, pp. 1-100.— The International 

 Sugar Journal, issued monthly (Pubhshing Offices, Altrincham, 



Manchester). The Australian Sugar Journal, issued monthly 



(Pubhshing Offices, The Outridge Printing Co., Ltd., Brisbane, 

 Queensland). 



Saccharum spontaneum^ Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Air. IX. p. 95., var. 



aegyptiaeum. Hack. I.e. 



Ill, — Palisot de Beauv. FL Oware, Benin, ii. t. 103 (^S'. span- 

 taneum) ; Duthie, Fodder Gr, N. India, t. 52 ; Symonds, Indian 

 Grasses, t. 44. 



Vernac, nmnes. — Kyamro, Kyauro, Kibiya, Sheme (Hausa, 

 Dalziel) ; Kasa (Sanskrit, Watt) ; Kosa, Kas, Kus, Kayara, etc. 



Watt) 



Borgu 



and extending through Lower Egypt to Syria. 



The species is found throughout the warmer parts of India 

 and Ceylon, and distributed to Southern Europe and warm 



regions of the Old World (FL B. India, vu. p. 119). 



Stems commonly used for arrow-shafts. Northern Nigeriei 

 (Dalziel, Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 69), and highly prized for the manu- 

 facture of native pens, India (Watt, Comm. Prod. India, p. 930). 

 Largely used as a thatching material, and the . leaves are made 



India (W 



m 



■state fed to elephants. It is also said to be relished by camels 

 and goats; but except while very young it ** is so very coarse 

 that cattle do not eat it '' (Lc). The Indian plant has also been 

 under experiment as a paper-making material; but the result-s 

 so far (1918) are not definite as to the value (Ann. Rep. Bd. of 



