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chap. The article above referred to continues : — 



XIV. 



" The results obtained from the corn under the conditions 

 which existed this year were entirely satisfactory. The defe- 

 cated juice worked perfectly and I believe there will be less 

 loss in defecating the corn juice than that from the cane. The 

 whole operation during the boiling to massecuite was beyond 

 my expectations and entirely satisfactory. The sugar obtained 

 from the runs has all the good qualities of cane sugar, shows a 

 very good colour, and by washing it with a little water showed 

 a polarization of98'5 degrees. . . . 



"A ton (2,000 lb.) of corn [maize] cane utilized under this 

 patented process, contains an average of 570 lbs. perfectly dry 

 solid matter, and of this 270 lbs. were in solution in the juice. 

 Of this dissolved matter an average of 240 lbs. per ton is 

 sucrose, 20 lbs. uncrystallizable sugar and 10 lbs. organic matter 

 not sugar. The average yield of dry crystallized sugar is: 

 1st sugar 96 centrifugal, 160 lbs. ; 2nd sugar 89° centrifugal, 

 30 lbs. 



"About 6 gallons of molasses, containing about 70 lbs. 

 of uncrystallizable sugar, remain as a by-product, which is 

 converted into ethyl spirits producing 5 - 1 8 gallonsof95 percent 

 alcohol. . . . 



" In one ton of green ear and husk product there is about 

 580 lbs. of dry substance, of which 21 per cent, or 420 lbs., is 

 fermentable matter, 85 lbs. of dry pulp and about 30 lbs. of 

 corn gluten. The fermentable matter will yield half its 

 weight (210 lbs.) or 3 1 "I gallons of 95 per cent alcohol." 



Writing in the Agricultural Journal of the Union of 

 South Africa in May, 191 1, Dr. A. I. Perold gives extracts 

 from an article on this subject which appeared in the Resu- 

 men di Agricultura, of October, 1910, which was taken over 

 from the Boletin de la Sociedad Agricola Mexicana. Dr. 

 Perold summarizes his article as follows : — 



" 1. Maize will, under proper treatment, give as high a 

 percentage of sugar as cane sugar does on an average. 



"2. It will give as much crystallizable sugar as the su^ar 

 cane. 



" 3. Permit area, the total production of maize stalks is 

 equal to that of the sugar cane in the fertile soil of Louisiana. 



"4. The sugar obtained is proper 'cane sugar' (sac- 

 charose). 



