AWARDS OF PREMIUMS. 
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Spears & Plumb, of Madison, and the other by L. L. Lee & 
Son, of Milwaukee. 
Owing to the imperfect fitting up of the apparatus, the par¬ 
ties were not prepared to work before the Committee until the 
afternoon of Thursday. At that time we weighed out to each 
of the parties 77 1-2 pounds of Imphee canes for grinding. 
The mills were operated by one horse each. 
Messrs. Spears & Plumb ground out their quantity in 28 1-2 
revolutions of the horse ; and Lee in 80 1-2 revolutions. The 
time of each was the same, 6 1-4 minutes. 
Spears & Plumb extracted 38 1-4 pounds of juice, and Mr. 
Lee 46 8-4 pounds. The first lost considerable by fast feeding 
and an overflow of the juice from the channel of the mill. 
The whole of the juice was delivered to Spears & Plumb for 
evaporation, upon u Cook’s Portable Sugar Evaporator.”— 
They had at least three gallons of boiling water upon the 
E vap orator w hen 
the juice was put 
upon it. In fifty- 
five minutes began 
to draw finished 
Syrup from the 
Ewaporator, and in 
sixty-four minutes 
tVr^\*rhole of the 
. " * 
juice delivered, and 
cook’s evaporator. 
fifty pounds in addition was reduced to a 'Golden Syrup, and 
the Evaporator left full of water, which had /been introduced to 
drive the Syrup from the Evaporator. There was no burnt 
matter on the Evaporator. 
On Friday morning the Committee weighed to the competi¬ 
tors 79 pounds of very unripe Sorghum canes. Messrs. 
Spears & Plumb ground out their quantity in 45 1-2 revolu¬ 
tions of the horse, occupying 10 1-2 minutes time ; and Lee & 
Son in 30 revolutions of the horse, occupying 7 1-2 minutes 
time. 
