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then refilled and again connected with the next cell. The pipes are fitted with valves, 



so that the water runs on through the remaining cells when one is disconnected for 



discharging and refilling. 



A battery having a capacity for 150 to 300 tons of cane per day would cost, with the 



slicing machinery, about $10,000. Of course a smaller battery would cost less. 



Yours truly, 



DANIEL ROOT. 



The last report of the United States Department of Agriculture, that for 

 1886, has, on pages 303 to 341, an account of the government experiments 

 in the manufacture of sorghum sugar, at Fort Scott, Kansas. Any one 

 interested in the subject can obtain a copy by applying to the member of 

 Congress from his district. 



In the body of this volume will be found a reprint of an article on this 

 subject, by Dr. H. W. Wiley, the chemist of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, taken from the proceedings of the Society for the Promotion 

 of Agricultural Science for 1887. 



