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BULLETIN 1158, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 6. — Cost of manufacturing sweet-potato sirup, including potatoes, exclusive 
of containers. 
Cost items. 
Plain 
sweet- 
potato 
simp (100 
gallons) 
Artificial 
maple-fla 
vored 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (100 
gallons) 
Cane- fla- 
vored 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (111 
gallons). 
Cost of manufacturing sweet-potato sirup, exclusive of potatoes and con- 
tainers 
Potatoes (73 bushels at $0.25 per bushel) 
Shrinkage (4 per cent) (3 bushels at $0.25 per bushel) 
Total cost 
Cost per gallon 
$45. 31 
18.25 
.75 
$54. 69 
18.25 
.75 
$50.81 
18.25 
.75 
64.31 
73.69 
.737 
69.81 
.629 
Table 7. — Cost of manufacturing siveet-potato sirup in 5-gallon cans. 
Cost items. 
Plain 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (100 
lions). 
potato . 
simp aroRSL."" 
lions). 
Artificial- n „„„ fl „ 
gallons). 
Cost of manufacturing sweet-potato sirup, exclusive of containers. 
20 5-gallon cans at $0.61 each 
22.2 5-gallon cans at $0.61 each 
Total cost 
Cost per gallon. 
$64. 31 
12.20 
$73. 69 
12.20 
$69. 81 
13.54 
76.51 
.765 
85.89 
.859 
83.35 
.751 
Table 8. — Cost of manufacturing sweet-potato sirup in 1-gallon cans. 
Cost items. 
Cost of manufacturing sweet-potato sirup, exclusive of containers. 
100 1-gallon cans at $0.22 per can 
16.67 cases at $0.40 per case 
Ill 1-gallon cans at $0.22 per can 
18.5 cases at $0.40 per case 
Total cost 
Cost per gallon. 
Plain 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (100 
gallons). 
Artificial- 
maple-fla- 
vored 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (100 
gallons). 
$64. 31 
22.00 
6.67 
92.98 
.930 
$73. 69 
22.00 
6.67 
102. 36 
1.024 
Cane-fla- 
vored 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (111 
gallons). 
$69.81 
24.42 
7.40 
101.63 
.916 
Table 9. — Cost of manufacturing siveet-potato sirup in 1-quart cans. 
Cost items. 
Plain 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (100 
gallons). 
Artificial- 
maple-fla- 
vored 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (100 
gallons). 
Cane- fla- 
vored 
sweet- 
potato 
sirup (111 
gallons). 
Cost of manufacturing sweet-potato sirup, exclusive of containers. 
400 quart cans at $6 per 100 
12.5 cases at $0.52 per case 
444 quart cans at $6 per 100 
13.88 cases at $0. 52 per case 
Total cost 
Cost per gallon. 
$64. 31 
24.00 
6.50 
$73. 69 
24.00 
6.50 
$69.81 
26.64 
7.22 
94.81 
.948 
104. 19 
1.042 
103.67 
.934 
