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Firmcnich's, Buffalo '. 4,000 bushels. 



Buffalo, Buff'alo 5,000 " 



American, Buffalo 3,000 " 



Higher, St. Louis 1,000 " 



Peoria Eefiner j, Peoria 2,500 " 



Peoria Grape-sugar, Peoria 850 " 



Davenport, Davenport, Iowa 1,500 " 



Freeport, Freeport, Illinois 1,500 " 



Duryea, Brooklyn 1,500 " 



Sagetown, Sagetown, Illinois 250 " 



At that time, also, there were in process of construction nine fac- 

 tories, with a total capacity of twenty-two thousand bushels daily. 



At the same time additional machinery was in process of erection 

 in the two Peoria factories, which increased their capacity two thou- 

 sand and twenty-five hundred bushels, respectively. 



The new factories were buildino- in 







Detroit capacity, 3,000 bushels. 



Chicago " 10,000 " 



Geneva, Illinois " 1,000 " 



Iowa City " 1,500 " 



Danville, Illinois " 1,500 " 



Tippecanoe, Ohio " 500 " 



Ptockford, Illinois " 1,000 " 



Pekin, Illinois " 500 " 



Marshalltown, Iowa " 8,000 " * 



We may safely assume that at the present time one half of these 

 new factories are in running order. The total daily consumption of 

 corn, therefore, for sugar- and sirup-making, is not far from thirty-five 

 thousand bushels. 



Eleven million bushels of corn during the present year will be 

 used for this purpose, and every indication leads us to believe that the 

 amount will be doubled in 1882. 



The capital invested in this sugar industry is likewise no incon- 

 siderable one. Taking the large and small establishments together, 

 each thousand bushels of daily capacity represents sixty thousand 

 dollars of capital. Over two million dollars are therefore actively 

 employed in the glucose-works. The number of men employed 

 amounts to about sixty for each thousand bushels capacity, making a 

 total of twenty-one hundred. On account of the nature of the process 

 of manufacture, the mills are run night and day, and work is not 

 entirely suspended on Sunday. 



To avoid confusion of ideas, the following statements seem neces- 

 sary : The word glucose, in this country, is employed among dealers 

 to designate exclusively the thick sirup which is made from corn- 

 starch. On the other hand, grape-sugar is applied to the solid product 

 obtained from the same source. The glucose and grape-sugar of the 



