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experiments. 1 Up to October ist, the mean composition of 
the chips entering the diffusion battery was: — 
Per cent. 
Sucrose. 8.76 
Glucose.... 3.28 
Soluble solids.14.88 
Available sugar.2.64 
Following that date: — 
Per cent. 
Sucrose. 7.02 
Glucose. 4.16 
Soluble solids.14.89 
Available sugar minus.0.85 
With such raw material it was found to be impossible to 
manufacture sugar successfully. 
It must not be inferred from these discouraging analyses that 
sorghum is not capable of becoming a good sugar-producing 
plant. Many samples of cane brought fresh from the fields or 
from protected parts of piles of cane cut for a day, showed 
a remarkably high percentage of sugar. 
On September 30th, a sample of cane from the carrier 
showed: — 
Per cent. 
Sucrose.12.39 
Glucose. 3.76 
Total solids.17.8 
Available sugar. 6.98 
Such cane would yield 140 pounds of sugar per ton. 
An October cane cut one day gave an average of 176.6 
pounds of sugar per ton. 
Dozens of samples of cane during the season would have 
given over 100 pounds of sugar per ton. When it is remem¬ 
bered that sorghum cane can be grown and delivered at the 
factory for $2 a ton, the importance of these figures cannot 
be overestimated. If sorghum can be produced which will 
1 Bui. No. 14. 
