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packages so inspected contained from 92 to 98 per cent, of crystallized 

 sugar, respectively. 



The amount claimed as bounty, and due thereon from the State treas- 

 ury, is $4,692.14, leaving of the appropriation for 1887, above referred 

 to, unclaimed, the sum of $10,307.86. 



And afterwards, to wit, on the 15th day of December, 1887, there was 

 filed in this office, by Professor Cowgill, his complete and final report 

 relating to the sorghum-sugar industry in Kansas, which is herewith 

 submitted for the information of the public. 



WM. SIMS, 



Secretary. 



I/ETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.. 



SIB: Under commission from your office dated August 15, 1887, and 

 instructions to inspect and brand sugars made in this State during the 

 season of 1887, as provided in the act of the legislature approved March 

 5, 1887, and under your further instructions to ascertain whether sugar- 

 making in Kansas is a success or a failure, and why, I proceeded to the 

 Parkinson Sugar Works, at Fort Scott, the only sugar factory in opera- 

 tion in the State, and inspected and branded the sugar produced, as 

 set forth in detail in Exhibit A. I also made a careful study of the 

 processes used, and submit herewith my report. I am aware that much 

 that is contained in the following pages is not new to those familiar 

 with the usual methods of making sugar $ but realizing that to most of 

 those who will read this report the details of the entire subject are new, 

 I have deemed it proper to describe the old as well as the new in the 

 processes employed in the manufacture as at present conducted. I 

 have not hoped to enable persons unfamiliar with the subject to at once 

 enter upon the profitable manufacture of sugar, but to help those who 

 are studying the subject, and to place reliable information on a most 

 important new industry within the reach of the intelligent Kansas 

 public. 



I am, sir, yours respectfully, 



E. B. COWGILL. 

 Hon. WM. SIMS, 



Secretary State Board of Agriculture. 



