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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., December 21, 1886. 



SIR : I beg leave to submit herewith a report of the work done at 

 Fort Scott during the present year under authority of Congress in u Ex- 

 periments in the manufacture of sugar from sorghum and sugar-cane 

 by the processes of carbonatation and saturation." 



The conduct of this work you placed in my hands, and throughout 

 the whole of it I have had your earnest support. 



The results of the work are now presented for your inspection and ap- 

 proval. 



Very respectfully, 



H. W. WILEY, 



Chemist. 

 Hon. NORMAN J. COLMAN, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



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