SUGAR FROM SORGHUM 
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The yield of sugar per tree varies from 2.5 to 5 pounds, ac¬ 
cording to the season. A single tree has been known to yield 
as much as 40 pounds of sugar. It will be seen that the average 
yield of sugar may easily reach 200 pounds per acre. 1 
The period is remote when we may hope to obtain our sugar 
supply from the maple. This sugar will doubtlessly always 
remain a luxury rather than an article of general consump¬ 
tion. 2 
Former analyses show that the yield from Louisiana cane 
is less than from cane grown in the tropics. The future pros¬ 
perity of Louisiana growers need not suffer from the poorer 
juice, since the recent experiments at Fort Scott 3 demon¬ 
strated that a given weight of cane, without noticeably increas¬ 
ing the cost of manufacture, yielded thirty per cent, more by 
the diffusion process than has ever been made before. The 
Southern sugar industry will thrive with the encouragement of 
a greater sugar yield, and by the introduction of more scientific 
methods of growing and manufacture. 
The following statistics will show the sugar and molasses 
importations for the year ending June 30, 1886, 4 free of duty, 
from the Hawaiian islands: — 
Free of Duty. Amount. Value. 
Molasses . 61,171 gallons $7,786.00 
Sugar. 191,623,175 pounds 9,166,826.00 
Total,. $9,174,612.00 
Dutiable. Amount. Value. 
Molasses . 39,018,637 gallons $5,587,884.00 
Sugar . 2,498,258,590 pounds 71,606,918.00 
Sugar candy, etc., . 23,333.00 
Total . $77,218,135.00 
Value of all imported sugar and molasses .... $86,392,747.00 
1 Our Sugar Supply, by H. W. Wiley, p. 20. 
2 Ibid., p. 21. 
3 Bui. No. 14, Chem. Div. Dept. Agr., 1886. 
4 Bureau of Statistics, Treas. Dept., 1886. 
