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Sorghum Sugar Manufacture and Practical Methods
Indiana farmer and agricultural writer Lewis Bollman discusses sorghum sugar production from government experiments, detailing maturation of cane, defecation and filtration steps, and the role of lime and charcoal. The article highlights how juice composition and gum, dextrin, and acids affect crystallization and outlines practical boiling and pressing to obtain crystallizable sugar and molasses.
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Jackson
Myers
Louisiana
West Indies
Belcher
United States
Homan
Cyclopaedia of Commerce