1. THE METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE VOLATILE FROM THE NON-VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF AN AQUEOUS MOLASSES FERMENTATION RESIDUE WHICH COMPRISES MAINTAINING A MASS OF SUBSTANTIALLY DRY, DISCRETE, SOLID PARTICLES CONSISTING OF THE NONVOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF A MOLASSES FERMENTATION RESIDUE AT A TEMPERATURE ADAPTED TO EFFECT VAPORIZATION OF THE VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF SAID AQUEOUS RESIDUE, STIRRING THE MASS, AND CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING THE AQUEOUS MOLASSES FERMENTATION RESIDUE TO THE MASS AT A RATE SUCH THAT THE GRANULAR CHARACTER OF THE MASS OF DISCRETE SOLID PARTICLES IS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED, WHEREBY THE VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ADDED FERMENTATION RESIDUE ARE VAPORIZED, AND SEPARATING THE VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS FROM THE MASS OF SOLID PARTICLES.