24 NORTHERN SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



Taile showing approximate total solids and total sugars, ^'C. — Coutiuued. 



Specific gra-yity. 



Per cent, solids, 

 calculated as pure 

 sugar. 



Approximate per 

 cent, of total 

 sugars. 



1. 3211 



65. 20 



58. 13 



1. 3272 



66. 19 



59. 01 



1. 3333 



67. 19 



59. 91 



1. 3395 



68. 19 



60. 70 



1. 3458 



69. 19 



61. 69 



1. 3521 



70. 20 



62. 59 



1. 3585 



71. 20 



63. 48 



1. 3649 



72. 22 



64. 39 



1. 3714 



73. 23 



65. 29 



1. 3780 



74. 25 



66 20 



1. 3846 



75. 27 



67. 11 



1. 3913 



76. 29 



67. 92 



1. 3981 



77. 32 



68. 94 



1. 4049 



78. 35 



69. 86 



1. 4118 



79. 39 



70. 78 



1. 4187 



80. 43 



71. 71 



1. 4267 



81.47 



72. 65 



1. 4328 



82. 51 



73. 52 



1. 4400 



83. 56 



74. 50 



1. 4472 



84. 62 



75. 45 



1. 4545 



85. 68 



76. 39 



1. 4619 



86. 74 



77. 34 



1. 4694 



87. 81 



78. 29 



1. 4769 



88. 81 



79. 18 



1. 4845 



89. 96 



80. 21 



1. 4922 



91. 03 



8L 17 



1. 5000 



92. 12 



82. 14 



1. 5079 



93. 21 



83.11 



1. 5158 



94.30 



84. 08 



1.5238 



95. 40 



8.5. 06 



1. 5319 



96. 51 



86. 05 



1. 5401 



97. 62 



87. 04 



1. 5484 



98.73 



88. 03 



1. 5568 



99. 85 



89. 03 



QUANTITY OF SORGHUM SUGAR MADE AT PRINCIPAL FACTORIES IN 

 THE UNITED STATES DURING 1883. 



From the data at the office of the division of statistics the produc- 

 tion of sorghum sugar during the past season was as follows : 



Pounds. 



Rio GraDde, N. J 282.711 



Champaign, 111 160,000 



Sterling, Kans 136, 000 



Hutchinson, Kans 131, 000 



Ottawa, Kans 7,000 



Department of Agriculture 10, 000 



Total 726,711 



THE BEET-SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



The beet sugar made in the United States during the campaign of 

 1883-84 was all manufactured at Alvarado, Oal. The following letter 

 of Mr. E. H. Dyer, superintendent of the Standard Sugar Eefinery, Al- 

 varado, Gal., will show the character of the work which is doing in Cali- 

 fornia with the sugar beet : 



H. W. Wiley, Esq., ' 



Chemist, Departmaul of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. : 

 Dear Sir: Yours of r)tli instant received. In answer to your inquiry in regard to 

 the amount of sugar made in campaign 1883-84, will state that our whole product 



