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By examining with polarized light (the most accurate method), the juice being previously clarified by acetate of lead, he says, "this result settles the question that the great bulk of the sugar contained in the Sorgho is crystallizable or cane sugar proper."
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This name is so often given to varieties of the Sorgho, or dourha of the negroes, that there is probably a mistake here.
Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny 1818
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Elle compte acheter avec ce prêt 2 sacs de maïs, 3 sacs de Sorgho, 2 sacs d'arachide, 2 sacs de fonio, 4 sacs de mil, etc.
Kiva Loans 2009
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Sorgho and Imphee, the Chinese and African Sugar Canes, by H.S. Olcott.
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Sorgho and Imphee, the Chinese and African Sugar Canes.
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"I find from experiments I have made that the seed of the sugar-cane (Sorgho sucré) parched and ground as coffee, prepared in the usual way, but by being boiled a little longer, make an excellent substitute for coffee, and my own impression is that if it was brought into general use thousands would adopt its use instead of coffee, even if coffee should again be offered at its former low prices, from the fact that all could grow and cultivate it with so little labor, and from its approaching so near to the best Java."
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