PRODUCTION OF SIRUP FROM SWEET POTATOES. 5 
This sirup was distributed in much the same manner as that pro- 
duced during the preceding year. 
WORK AT FITZGERALD, GA. 
Buildings. 
The apparatus used in conducting the experimental work on the 
production of sweet-potato sirup on a semicommercial scale was in- 
stalled in a frame building covered with corrugated sheet iron and 
provided with a cement floor (Fig. 1). The engine room had the 
Fig. 1. — Plant at Fitzgerald, Ga., which was used for conducting experiments on 
the manufacture of sweet-potato sirup on a semicommercial scale. 
same construction. The boilers for generating the steam were built 
out in the open, but were covered with a roof made of wooden rafters 
covered with corrugated iron sheathing. The potatoes were stored 
in a frame building mounted on wooden piles. The walls were made 
of slab boards over which pebble-finished tar paper was spread verti- 
cally, battens being used to cover the laps. The roof of the building 
was made of rafters covered with slab boards overlaid with pebble- 
coated tar paper. 
Plant Layout. 
The layout of the experimental sweet-potato sirup plant ( Fig. 2 I 
shows the apparatus necessary for the production of the sirup, the 
floor space required by the various pieces, and their placing. A plant 
of this size is large enough for an average daily production of 50 
gallons of finished sirup. Its capacity could be greatly increased, 
however, by the addition of a few other pieces of equipment. 
Apparatus. 
A detailed statement of equipment used is given in Table 1. 
