, 1862-12-08

Keeping the cane afzcr being cut reduces the
quantity Of juice, but greatly improves the
quality. We always work our i1nphce first,
hecause it viii not Keep so long. The more
thoroughly your cane is crushed the more
granulating power you will find in your
syrup. We rse the cane seed to feed to our
sheep, horses, hogs, &c. We also feed cane
juice to hogs, and find it has much more Of
the tattening properties than corn. Many
farmers are now fsttening their hogs on caue
juice. One acre of cane juice will do more
fattening tllan three Of corr, and the pork is
just as solid and good. The eating Of corn,
from the labor Of doing it, cSEausts the vital
ity Of The hog, while lie will lay down to c.ue
juice all day without any effort il corl-
suming it.
Amen,ber wanted to know whether the
juice fed to the hogs by the manufacturers
came from their customers
The discussion was continued to the noon
hour IT adjournment, without ellciilnSS any
anew points. -.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
a comfiaittce Of fire, OIL motion, WIS ap
pointed to report OH the syrups and sugars
on exhibitIon, consisting Of 7. P kimtlIl.
!: S: Hyatt, a. F. Moss, G. ". Nurtfrldt and
E. Fl. Seward.
Mr. Anderson exhibited sou2c specimens Of
sorghum flour, made from the Chinese cant.
secti-larEse cane, PLANTED III the 20th Of June.
It makes very good 1ackmheat rakes. this sor-
ghum -four does. He thinks it will he prof
table to save the seed for flour and Other pur-
poses.
On motion, a committee was appointed to
examine report OH eGapOr:atorS, lis follows:
james s. Houghton, Dr.. G. B. Hammond,
Jesse Biinn, c. A. Huntington aud D. S. Par
dee.
The subjcct nnaer discussion was again re-
newel.
Mr.. smithett asked if any persons in this
pert OF the country ever sent to Louisiana
for cuttings If not, as that State is in our
possession. he suggested some ones doing
80. and also seeds. The matter was referred
to the Wlnnebayo county Agricultural Soci-
city for action.
hfr. Collins did not think the Chinese sugar
cane would sprout from cuttings The South
ern cane is different from ours
Alr. Rraiuard and Mr. Frink had both seen
sprouts from the cuttings of1hc Chiucse sugar
cGne.
Mr.. Smithett said that the sugar cane seed
| never matured in the South. and that was the
| reason why they used The stools and cuttings,
| the former having to be renewed by seeds
from the cuttings about once in three years
| Mr. Cory said that the experiment Of
| spEouting from cuttings was now being tried
| Dy Mr.. Hodges Of Dayton, Ohio, and also by
himself, and the result would be- soon known.
The subject Of
| MACHINERY
Was then taktn up and
Rev. A1r. Smithett ncas called upon, and he
gave in detail the process Of gathering and
manufacturing in tic West India Islands and
tire machinery used. This address, like thu
other one delivered by Mr. Snit!aett, WAS e1
ceeGiogly interesting, and Il vote Of thanks
was fotvd aud copy requested for publiea
! ton.
The discussion cn evapo:ations was ther
zone INTO, and continued for the balance of th<
afternoon. Each inventor Of an evaporation
was allowed to set its peculiar cl:llrns fo
popularity before the convention for ten min
Etcs, which generally practically meant hal
an ;crT-
Gac convention then adjourned until eyen
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