20 



Hence to prepare it, all that is necessary is to cause the fumes of 

 iburning sulphur to come into contact with water. 



The easiest way for persons using steam-power to make 

 this acid is to draw the fumes of burning sulphur from the 

 furnace b}^ a common gas pump and force them through a pipe 

 reaching to the bottom of a barrel filled with water. The 

 bubbles of gas escaping through the lower end of the pipe will be 

 absorbed by the water in ascending. It is best to bend the pipe 

 so that its lower end may lie along the bottom of the barrel. The 

 open end should be closed, and the part lying on the bottom 

 should be pierced with small holes so as to make a large number 

 of small bubbles, instead of a few large ones, the gas being ab- 

 sorbed in this manner more rapidly. In this way a barrel of sul- 

 phurous acid may be made at a cost of from 75 cents to 80 cents. 

 Any further information may be obtained on this subject by 

 writing. 



Below will be found the analysis of several bundles of cane, 

 which I received from diiferent parts of the state. Many bundles 

 arrived without any labels, having lost them during transporta- 

 tion. Such samples were not analyzed, as it was impossible to 

 tell whence they had been sent. If parties who have sent cane 

 are not represented in the following table, it is because I have re- 

 ceived no information in regard to the cane sent, or else the cane 

 has been without labels, making it impossible for me to tell where 

 it belonged. 



