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Excerpt from Reading List on Molasses
The ash is interesting because of its high potash content and the very low soda content. Even in the presence of a large excess of. Soda salts in the soil, the sugar cane assimilates potash if available; and if not, it withers and dies. The potash content, which depends upon the nature of the soil, varies from 2 to During the war, because of the high cost Of potash, serious attempt was made to recover this potash, and a plant was erected in California. The molasses was first fermented, the alcohol dis tilled, the yeast separated and the waste or Slop evaporated to about 30° Be, and then burned in a reverberatory furnace. About 4 to 6% ash containing 36 to 38% potash was obtained, which was sold as such to the fertilizer industry. With the return to a normal price the process will probably not be a profitable one.
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