82 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPe;rIMe;nT STATION. TQI2. 



MOLASSES. 



Molasses is the product left after separating the sugar from 

 the product obtained by evaporating the purified juices of a 

 sugar producing plant to a solid or semi-solid consistency in 

 which the sugar chiefly exists in the crystalline state. Molasses 

 thus separated should contain not more than 25 per cent water 

 and not more than 5 per cent of ash. 



Before the passage of the food law there was sold in the 

 State a large amount of compound or imitation molasses which 

 usually consisted of glucose flavored with a low grade cheap 

 molasses. The character of the molasses on sale has greatly 

 improved within the last few years. There is now practically 

 no imitation or compound molasses sold in the State. While 

 comparatively few samples have been examined, the inspector* - 

 in their rounds have made careful observations of the kinds of 

 molasses that were on sale. 



The samples herein reported were purchased by the inspect- 

 ors without making themselves known and were the kind of 

 goods that would have been delivered to any customer who 

 went into the store and asked for molasses. It will be noted 

 that the majority of the samples are within the limits in ash 

 content, and most of them are a trifle too thin. That is, they 

 carry a little more water than the standards allow. The dif- 

 ferences, however, have not been sufficient to seem to warrant 

 prosecutions. 



Table shozving the results of analyses of samples of molasses 

 collected by inspectors in Auburn and Lemiston. 



No. 



Dealer. 



Price 

 ppr 

 quart. 



Water. 



Ash. 



Sucrose. 



*Total 

 sugar. 



9492 

 9473 

 9483 

 9489 

 9486 

 9491 

 9482 

 9487 

 9480 

 9477 

 9490 



9484 

 9475 

 9488 

 9478 



Bickford's Grocery, E. A. Bickford 



E. W. Beaumont & Co 



A. E. Dudley 



J. F. Eaton . ._ 



Guimond & Simard 



Hilton & Co 



Howard & Goss 



Merchant & Dillingham 



D. Morisette & Bro 



Theo. F. Nadeau 



Perryville Cash Market, A. E. Jen- 

 nings 



A. Roger 



Tanguay & Ouellette 



A. Walter 



Fred I. Wills 



10 



24.0 



10 



25.0 



13 



24.6 



14 



26.4 



13 



26.8 



13 



25.3 



10 



25.0 



13 



26.0 



15 



27.5 



13 



25.1 



10 





15 



26.2 



13 



25.4 



13 



26.0 



14 



26.8 



5.0 

 5.4 



4.7 

 5.1 

 4.1 

 5.2 

 5.1 

 4.3 

 5.1 

 4.2 



5.1 

 5.8 

 5.4 

 4.6 

 1.3 



43.0 

 34.9 

 39.3 

 40.5 

 39.1 

 37.3 

 38.4 

 44.8 

 37.7 

 45.0 



37.9 

 30.5 

 36.8 



44.7 

 47.7 



62.6 

 73.1 

 54.2 

 59.4 

 53.5 

 58.2 

 62.6 

 62.7 

 60.6 

 73.0 



70.5 

 46.8 

 61.0 

 62.2 

 67.3 



* Sucrose plus invert sugar as determined by polariscope method 



