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three-roll, steam-power mill, and ran the juice into defecating tanks, putting 

 in milk of lime to neutralize the acid in the juice. The juice was then heated 

 to 210° F., causing a thick scum to form on the surface and considerable 

 sediment to settle at the bottom. I removed the scum and ran the clear juice 

 into the evaporator by means of a swing pipe, then put in water charged with 

 a sufficient quantity of sulphur fumes or sulphurous acid to turn blue litmus 

 paper red. The contents were then boiled until it reached 228° F. and run 

 into the cooler. The syrup weighed JH pounds to the gallon. The twenty 

 acres planted to cane yielded 4,000 gallons, or 200 gallons per acre. I boiled 

 part of the syrup until it tested 234° F. That went to sugar in a short time, 

 varying from a few hours to three or four days. Not having any convenience 

 to separate the sugar, it was not done till the summer of 1883, when it yielded 

 4f pounds of sugar to the gallon of melada. I made 2,] 00 pounds of sugar 

 like the sample I sent vou. It was made by the ordinary centrifugal process. 



DANIEL ROOT. 



The affidavit accompanying this statement, as also that of Dr. R. C. Kedzie 

 as to the amount of crystallizable sucrose sugar contained in the specimen 

 furnished for examination, is on file in my office. 



I laid Mr. Root's report before the State Board of Agriculture, also the 

 affidavit above referred to. The Board regarded Mr. Root as having com- 

 plied with the requirements of Act No. 268, statutes of 1881, entitled " An 

 Act to encourage the culture of sugar cane and the sugar beet, and the man- 

 ufacture of sugar from the same," passed a resolution declaring him entitled 

 to the bounty provided for in said Act. The amount was received by him 

 soon afterwards. 



This is the only case in which bounty has as yet been applied for under the 

 statute above referred to. 



