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BOUNTY OK MANUFACTUEE OF SUGAR. 



In December, 1886, Mr. Daniel Eoot, of Hudson, Mich., submitted the 

 following statement of the amount and process of manufacture of sugar from 

 sorghum cane: — 



" In the spring of 1885 I planted thirty-five acres to amber cane. It was 

 planted and tilled in the same manner as corn. By the 20th of September, at 

 which time the cane was cut, it was not well matured, owing to the backward 

 season. The canes with the leaves on were passed between rollers in the ordi- 

 nary way. Before putting the juice into the evaporating pan it was treated with 

 milk of lime to neutralize its natural acid. The juice was then brought to a boil 

 and skimmed, and after standing ten or fifteen minutes to settle was drawn 

 into the evaporating pan. Here sulphurous acid was added to neutralize any 

 possible excess of lime. If the juice was intended for syrup it was boiled till 

 it reached a temperature of 228° Fah., and if for sugar to 234° Fah. 



''I manufactured 5,000 gallons of syrup. During the winter much of 

 this syrup crystallized, and the following summer the melada or candied 

 portion of the syrup was separated in a centrifugal machine and yielded 

 10,875 pounds of sugar; this, together with what we made the previous fall, 

 made a total of 12,135 pounds of sugar like that sent to you for analysis. 



" DANIEL ROOT." 



Mr. Boot's affidavit to the above statement and the certificate of Dr. R. 0. 

 Kedzie that the sample of sugar sent for testing contained 97 per cent of 

 crystallizable sugar are both on file in this office. By resolution of the State 

 Board of Agriculture Mr. Eoot was declared entitled to bounty as provided by 

 the following enactment : — 



AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR. 



1881, Act 268. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact. That aU companies or corpcr- 

 rations formed or that may be formed for the purpose of cultivating and growing sugar 

 cane, cornstalks or beets and the manufacturing of sugar from the same, and any 

 and all individuals engaged or that may be engaged in such culture and manufacture 

 shall be entitled and subject to the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 2. All buildings or machinery used for the pur^jose mentioned in section one of 

 this act shall be exempt from taxation, for the term of five years, from the first day of 

 January, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 



Sec. 3. The State board of agriculture shall direct their secretary to receive reports- 

 of results, and said secretary shall collect such reports, and the process by which such 

 results are obtained in the culture of sugar cane, cornstalks and beets and the manu- 

 facturing of sugar from the same, and report the same in full to the board, and said board 

 shall incorporate the same in their annual report. 



Sec, 4. There ^lall be paid from the treasury of the State, as bounty to any individ- 

 ual, company or corporation, upon the report and determination of the board of agri- 

 culture, as provided for in section tlnree, the sum of two dollars for each and every 

 hundred pounds of merchantable sucrose sugar manufactured by said individual, com- 

 pany or corporation in this State from sugar cane, cornstalks or beets grown therein, 

 and said bounty shall be paid upon each year's results for the term of five years from 

 the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to all individuals, corpora- 

 tions or companies entitled to the same under the provisions of this act : Provided^ 



