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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1882
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REPORT ON THE MANUFACTURE ON SUGAR, SYRUP AND GLUCOSE FROM SORGHUM. BASED UPON EXPERIMENTS MADE IN 1880 AND 1881, AT THE ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY, BY HENRY AND MEVILLE D., Professor of Chemistry, A. SCOVELL, M. S., Professor of Agricultural Chemistry. WEBER, P H . A. [A portion of this paper was published in the Report of the Trustees for the year 1880, but as it forms the basis of the later work now presented, the whole is included.] INTEODUCTION. The object of the investigations made upon sorghum cane at the Illinois Industrial University, was to settle, if possible, the much disputed question, whether sugar could be made from this plant on a manufacturing scale and with commercial success. From the many conflicting reports relating to this matter no definite conclusions could be drawn, and it was found necessary, in order to prosecute our work in an intelligent manner, to treat the whole subject as an entirely new field of investigation. It has been claimed by many that the proper sphere of the sorghum industry is the production of syrup, and a great deal of good work has been accomplished in improving the quality and yield of this article; but what may have been true for sorghum a few years ago, does not hold -good to-day. The sorghum industry is, at the present time, confronted by another, namely, the glucose industry, which, although still in its infancy, has already shown its superiority in the production of syrup, both in regard to quality and quantity. This
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