The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-02-13
From the Prairie Farmer
Ohio ty,,,Eum Convention.


Ohio s.,,xum Convention.
This convention met ut Columbus, the
7th, AZ announced, aud proceeded to or
yanize by the election ot--
Ur. j. Wnrder Us Pre-. .ident. and }
l. Gill, as Secretary. \ comm''sre was
chosen on permanent oryuuix.tlon Forty
two >anpi,s Of syrup were entered '"r
cnmp.,!tlon, and iiltern for sugar IN"
following staten nts were made ty d.
ereu, individual. present, which ~r copy
from FT~td Not's:
Mr.. Myers. Of Clark county, said h"
was ut first much prrjudic d dassnst rails
,ny it, but rc>ulvel to test It. In grow
ing the cane the must important p"i"t
was to give the seed good start. lie
had rpr"u,, d and tran-pIan'rd it. at from
to I of an zach 10 length, but found 1t
woni not answer E,rIy planting is not
always de>irabl lis best cr"p WAS
planted the last "f May. III" seed being
rreparrd hy -""A,rH N minute aud II halt
in boiling water. Had the ground in
good ord r. and drilled the seed one inch
drp and 81 feet apart. PAINTED Que half
bl~hrl "t seed It" tie acr''. III order that
h. might get one seed in ten to grow.
Mr.. Jacobs Of Franklin, thought the
plantiry should b. d"nc in acc"rd.ncc
with the season and cundlti,n nf the soil
A. comm n thing >hcuid te suaked,
bu; il soaked or scali,d aud plant d in
dry ground, II would fail. The grtnud
should be u,rlhw Two 0u,rrs seed 10
the acre was sufficient IL tnc seed we,e
g"'d. i, would bear thinning "ut, hut i,
should not be suckcrrd Yh"u.h: the
ca" was IN the season Of maturity for
cutting up when the seed was partly
turned Ii the seed became ripe. the
saccharine mntter formed w"d and fibre ;
if cut too green, the syrup would be Of
lighter color. but less in quantity. The
cane should be shocked in the field with
the butts on the ground, and protect. d
with corn fodder II improves in rich
ness ty standing some time
The jnicc fermen,s very rapidly after
being expressed from the cane, or after
the cane i frosted Thinks the bi sui
phite of lin" should bc used, AS it arrests
fermentation lie uses one pint t" on,
hundr,d gallons. The juice should be
naporatcd a. rapidly as possible, as the
longer it is exposed to u low heat, tn.
darker will be the color of the syrup
Ike C 'he should not be strip while
standing, unless it is to Le worked W
Immediately
The can. should be planted three ant
y half feet apart, aud allow from eight t.
ten stalks in bill. Suckers are ohjrc
ti""abr, but if planted AS above, The,
wsl, 10, grow to disadvantages. lie cuts
the seed head off willie in blossom. ~ d
then top. the cane when he goes to wo'N
it up, ut about the same place he would
u"nvs "'Nv' v,'cun'>' '"nerr.
Mr.. Hopkins, Of Richi."a, h~d r-'r'i
the culture Of the cane for tao years.
and had made eighteen hundred gatI ,ns
of syrup the pu,t season. Clay sill Is
the best Muck will not answer Cane
grown on muck mud. the most juice but
less syrup He made sev nty two gallons
hola->es from one acre muck cate, and
one hundred and fifty from cane grow,
"n clay. He had used one horse mill,
but 1t was too snrl! tor his operations --
Tie made sugar whenever he tried
Mr.. Day explained that j" order to ot
tais cry>tal'zrd sugar from the S"rvhu
cane, shallow ev; p.,rati"n was nrc' ssary !;
/ that the f"reiyn matter be entirely re-
moved by skimming, and being d, post
I'd at the b'to'" of the psn; that th.
syrup be bo;l,d to the density Of 3Oo
Bau"r, and tie temperature not be al
lowed to fall below from so TO 90 Fa
r"nh.it, until cry>,ui'z,d lie says il
care be used, sugar. can b. produced al
all times from good cnne.
Mr.. Day stated ,ha, the fine sumple OF
sugar exhibited by himself, made ~ Mr.
James Cook, Of Mansfield, cry>tal'zcd i,
forty eight hours after lc~v,us the e,np
orator, aud was drained Of the molss>e,
III one E"nr's time, by enclosing IN /
strong linen bag and subj tj'ctiuy it to /,
heavy pressure under cheese or .imila,
press.
Mr.. Ncwc,nb wished 10 know y ha,
| was she most durable article for au evap
crater. H., ,hon.ht that common iron
was better than ralvaniz. j iron that
III. zinc c ,at,ny wore off in one season,
aud was p">onous.
, Mr. Hedges thought corp"r VA. tho
best. but it was too expansive. lie br
Iirv. d common iron Was the next best
the thicker the better.
Mr. jacobs had tried galvanized iron,
thinking that he could make ii.h'e,
article of syrup. hut found tl'a, the com
mon iron Was the most 1urab and made
just n> light an article OF syrup.
| Mr. Newc NIB said he used Cook
cvapors'or for detecting his juice, and
finished lis syrup in a comm'n pan ii.
used milk of liue Cor common white
wash in the raw juice; he thought il
removed the raw and sharp twang. S.iG
he had used soda. bur dd not like it; il
made light ur,icle Of syrup but ta>tcd
unpleasant.
DR.. Wa'dcr was called upon 20 explain
the difference in the properties Of limt
aud soda. lie said that the lime was de-
posted the bottom Of the pan. while
! tn" soda would be incorporated through
the syrup.
An award Of one Of J. l. Gill & Son.
Ev: p"rators waa made for the best sam
pie "f sugar. 1t Was msdc by james
Cook of Mansfield. aud pronounced l
beautiful Article. us it really is. We have
a sample Of it in our office.