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Ash in sorghum cane chips. 



Per cent. 



No. 1 6172 



No. 2 6380 



No. 3 5956 



No. 4 6424 



No. 5 . 6568 



No. 6 6300 



No. 7 5772 



No. 8 ■ 6508 



No. 9 5924 



No. 10 6128 



Average 62132 



Compare this with the ash in the sugar beet. 



Ash in sugar beets. 



Beets from Oswego, N. Y. : 



Per cent. ash. 



No. 1 1.022 



No. 2 1.079 



No. 3 1.049 



No. 4 775 



No. 5 862 



No. 6 l.Ool"^' 



No. 7 983 



No. 8 985 



No. 9 1. 099 



No. 10 1.166 



No. 11 897 



No. 12 1.250 



From York, Pa. : 



No. 13 1.317 



No. 14 1. 574 



Average 1. 30 



Horsin-Deon* gives the mean percentage of ash in the beet as 1.131. 



Composition of the ash of the sugar heet.i 



Potash..... 45.87 



Lime 8. 26 



Magnesia , 5.50 



Soda 10.09 



Phosphoric acid 11.'47 



Sulphuric acid . . 2. 75 



Chlorine 4. 59 



Silica 11.47 



100. 00 



From these analyses, it is seen that the sugar beet contains nearly 

 twice as much ash as the stalks Of sorghum. 



* Traits Th^orique et Pratique de la Fabrication du sucre, Paris, 1882, page 3. 

 + Horsin-Deon, op. cit., p. 32. 

 1G4.35 N fc' 2 



