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Beaume Hydrometer, weighed at the lower end. and having 

 graduations on the stem by means of which the density can 

 be readily determined. 



RESULTS OF MR. SMITH. 



"By the employment of steam heat, the temperature and the 

 rate of evaporation can be regulated with great exactness, and 

 a much more thorough clarification and satisfactory evapora- 

 tion is secured than by the employment of the ordinary evap- 

 orators, where a large proportion of the scums are frequently 

 boiled down with the syrup, darkening its color and rendering 

 its preservation difficult. 



"Mr. Smith secured a yield of about 660 gallons' of syrup 

 per acre the season of 1903 on four and one-half acres of land, 

 or a total of about 3.000 gallons of syrup. I understand fur- 

 ther that he has been able to virtually secure a market for his 

 whole output in advance of its production largely by reason 

 of the care and skill employed in the manufacture of his syr- 

 up and by reason of the uniformity in quality and composition 

 of the article. 



"I might further say in this connection that a number of 

 analysis of cane produced in Baldwin County and one or two 

 adjacent counties in South Alabama have shown that the cane 

 ip much sweeter and richer in cane sugar than the cane grown 

 on the rich alluvial lands of Louisiana, and a given weight of 

 this cane would of course produce a relatively larger amount 

 of syrup than the same weight of the Louisiana cane. In 

 addition to its excellence in quality over the Louisiana cane I 

 would also say that where there is proper preparation and 

 fertilization of the soil a verv heavy yield of cane per acre can 

 also be obtained in South Alabama, and in Baldwin County in 

 particular." 



WORK ox CANE MILL. 



This year the machinery of Mr. Smith's plant, after he had 

 ground all his cane and put it into cans for shipment was taken 

 up and hauled nineteen miles to the Foley place where it was 

 used in grinding the large crop of Dr. Foley. The mill was in- 

 stalled in its new location by Mr. Smith and who superintended 



