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the niannfiictiircr Itiiusclf is in most iristaiu-cs ii fnnuor has hrcn 

 variniisly cstimati'd at from $«'..()()().()()() or $7.(M)().()00 to SI().()(K),(H)0 

 Hiinuall\ . We have Ixm-ii workirij; on that |>r<)l)lcni in tlio lafxtrutory 

 and at this point I would like to ask, with your pmniMsion. Mr. 

 I*ainr to make a hrirf slali'nicnt with r«'<;ard to it 



rANE-HUn'l- INnUHTRY. 



Mr. Pai.ne. Tho cano-sirup work has for its object the assistanro 

 of th<^ cane-sirup industry in the South. At the pn^ent time sujjar 

 cnne is raised ;;enerally throu<^hout Fh»ri(hi. the southern part of 

 South Carithna and the southern halves of (leor^ia. Alaharna, Mis.sis- 

 si[)pi. liouisiana. and l'>ast Texjis, J'ractieally the sole use of su^ar 

 cane is in making cane sirup, outside of Louisiana, at the present 

 time. 



Mr. Andehson. >'(>u >-m\' that in llic^c otiirr >.liiic< if i< t\<>\ \i<r<\ 

 for nnikinj; su<^ar f 



Mr. Paine. In liouisiana it is used in nuikin«; su^ar and sirup, 

 while in the other States it is in f^en(>ral only used for makinj; sirup. 



•Mr. BrcjiANA.N. They make suj^ar in Texas, do t\\t'v not ( 



Mr. Paine. A small amount. 



Mr. Buchanan. Are not the bi«;g;e,st refineries in the United States 

 in Texas ? 



Mr. Paine. I tio not think so. 



Mr. BrcHANAN. One of the bifjj^est. anyway? 



Mr. Patxe. There is a lar*;e one, but I do not think it is the largest. 

 At the present time cane sirup is made by a lar<;e rnnnl)er of farmers; 

 it varies greatly in (juality and has no stable and establisluul com- 

 mercial outlet; it has prinnuily only a neighborhood sale. 



One of the objects of this work is to assist cooperative cane sirup 

 asst)ciations in producing a uniform ^radc of cane sirup that can be 

 .sold through regular commercial cnannels. We are cooperating 

 with the farm bureau federations in Texas and Alabama with the idea 

 of assembling the siruj) at central blending and canning plants for the 

 purpose of mixing it to uniform irrade and giving it suflicient treat- 

 ment by the invertase process — wnicb we have developed for prevent- 

 ing crystallization — and be able to turn out cane sirup of high and 

 uniform <|uality. 



High-grade cane sirup should have tbe following points of {|uality: 

 Freedom from crystalization, clearness and freedc^m from dregs and 

 sediment, and attractive color and flavor and standard density. 



PLANT AT I.IKKIN. TEX., FOK BLENDINf}, PUOCESSINO. AND CANNINn SIRUP. 



This is the j)sy(hological time to do this work, if it is ever going 

 to be done; and if it is ever going to be done it will have to be 

 through an organization of farmei"s, and it has only been in the past 

 year or two that this has been made jjossible through farm bureau 

 organizations. They have no facilities for the technical j^art of the 

 work, and thev have asked us to give them the necessary techni<-al 

 assistance. We have drawn up plans for such a central plant and 

 method of proce<lure; and this first plant of its kind is now being 

 erected at Lufkin, Tex., and is expected to be in operation in about 

 two weeks. 



Mr. Anderson. How large an investment do these plants require i 



