, 1864-01-30

mtcbig gan sorEham convesf1on. -
The third annual convention, OF ths Micht-
gaa state Association. Of sugar one grow
e1s, was held at Adrian, on tho 21$ and ed
inst, The attendance was not Iery large,
about 40 persons only being present, VIII
liam Taft, Of Wayne county, preElitd-
Tie subject Of sEEp, was frat discussed.
John Richard, Of Raisin, gave preference to
the Chinese. J. 8. Tcl,nan, of Ttcumseh,
aerced with Mr., Richard. Mr.. Ga-lnyaouse.
ct Eaisip, Lad proceeded but With the Afti-
can. SIr Sharp, Of Raisin, agreed nth him.
Vm. Tenbrock, Of sanfield, gave preference
of African over Chinese, for tho tuallty Of
syrup, while the quantity Of the .brmcr fell
short. WIN. 3. Cory, Of Lima, Ind gave his
uncqniyocal preference to the Chinese. While
the Gn;phce would Produce only some 50 or
90 gallons to tie acre, the Chinese would
vicld regularly, frou $50 to 200 gallons. c.
Cory, Of Lima, said he had foual. .otaheitan to
produce sugar more readily aud In larger
quantities tI,an any other variety. Il would
cranulate leo per cent better thin any othcz.
liz believed wc could successfully achieve tho
manufacture OF sugar with this variety. J.
". Benedict thought the Olaheita, too late
variety. Gr. Steward gaye the preference
entirely 10 The. Chinese. Mr., Stn1dazt no.
ticcd during the drouth last summer, that
tle OtaIef;an seemed to stand It'll, while
tlc Other grew somewhat. Wn. TAFT said
tlzt notwithstanding tie O!aheian did lot
crow tlnting tho Jrontl, the yield with him
f,ad been eGtla} to the Chinese.
The subject OF CULrIyATlo1 OF THE CANE
was then discussed. L. ". 3odwen urged
deep I'1oWtng 10 oeTlate re dansera Of
art plowcd ard dragged until the soil was
pulierized like garden bed; ;hen planted,
hocd aud otherwise cattd for IL TIE same as
for q crop Of corn: hr. T:uhan favored
cultivation even bcforc the canegct up. Ao
EosIcd lilo seed twenty four hours, thon
rolled It In plasteE and plante9: Ut sG,a2
could be sprouted in twenty hours. He left
It in tolerahly ar1n water for ten hours, then
put 1t in a bag, kept 1t damp, aul placed it
before hot store. This plan will develop
sprouts in the time na.ncd- In tEls way the
fifteen days ". 3. Cory noticed favorable
results from running fur5oWs cast and west,
and planting on tho sunny side Of the furrow.
Mr. Richard, ID coon as the plant was up,
would SOW plaster on 1t, then hoe and cu1ti-
yate we'll Mr. Suell would thoroughly pro-
rale the ground, barrow manure In deeply,
plant on top Of the ground afte. marking,
cover half Nh incl, deep, four by two feet
apart. lie would p1ow deep and well, ma
1nre thoroughly, cultivate until three feet
lish, aud then let It alone; was In favor of
mauuring. He had seen ealt sown and har-
rowed IN before planting. He never saw d
1arger and finer lot Of sYrup. than was pro,
thought the effect OF manure not Gaod. J.
W. Benedict was opposed to spronting seed.
IIo planted OH sod ground, and did not use
naEure. ". 3. Cory advised the application
Of lime, ashes md plaster, to ncutralizo tho
acid In the cane, and a1so to prevent the rav-
cges of tic cGintz bug
The euljcct Of HARVESTING Was then ia
ken {1p Air. Richard cut up his c:uc lmme-
djatcly Eelo1c or cfter d white frost. Hc put
it in shocks for ten days or go, till thoroughly
cured. lie then stripped OF the leaves, cut
off the tops, stored it uuJcr cover, anu kept
"trip before cutting, as It could be done with
20 much greater facility. 1Ir. Richard ind
Nr Enell did rot favor stripping before cut
ling. Mr.. Richard stripped and topped at
the some time The experience Of several
otLcz gentlemen were given under the above
head.
During the progress Of tue debate Mcssrs.
G. Cory T. Sons Of lima, Indiana, submitted
statement MS 10 the merits Of the 0taheitan
cane, In which tlcy soy: -....
TIE great attraction OF tho 0:1hcftan cane, we
have topEd to be IN Its sE1erier eugnr making
r. Coming TO us from abroad, We have, ourselves,
made actral experiments on IT 70. two successive
what We here state. In our first year'slimlted ex
re1irents with this cane, tho syrlp commenced
Craun1atinc on the e7aporator, and portions 81 It
warna foom Tor twelve hours, became so,id u1,ss
ct vel: crystalized sugcr. The rrranlu1er, under
t poorer treatncnl gr:nulate1 to licarIy the sane
eIae We hasd tse enehteaed II testimony &
msry e1Eetit need Judges:
Cur secord years experiments, notwithstanding
ex,rrmc droEghf, early fcsts, and damaged canes
| have been equally euccossful: In thcEe numerous
| e1rtriu enis We hare found quite uniformly, IL
| our u,ore matured canes. the same easy. ua:nral
that we have taken from different lots Of otahsf'
tan syrup al the time of manufacture, and retsin;
cd in q warm Temperature, hase soon become solid
with sugar, while other portions OF the sarna lott
| hare extensively grauulsted without further cart
or facilities. In short, from what We hare already
sna S f ne.an 10
gars as vii iii soon % b. numbered viii the staple pro
d's''0n' OF oRf &espee'fal}y epeais& submitted. .
The convention then adjourned until thk
| next morning.
On the oIening Of the Convention OF
| Thureday, the following officers were eloctet
for the ensuing ycnr:
| nssl6nt- -Wil1'sm Tan, Of Plymouth.
L, Tallman, of Tecnmseh; T. saell, Of Lima.
S<r7ttasv-J. l.. stspda1t, Of Madison.
Exeevfies cSnsnaiftes join Richard, Of Rslstn
| O. Goodir1 OF Yosk J. W. benedict of Rnlsln.
The subject of Manufacturing WINS discuss
| ed. ". 3. Cory said that he used lime wate
t He always preferred aour In syrup to color
| 6yrups If properly made, imp owed By age
say 50 per cent per year: he read l1ttl'
| from ". II. Bclcher, the sugar ret1ncr OF Chi
| cago in which he says that bis process Of re
hnlng sorghum is rs follows:
The raw syrup is reduced bY water to 20 DEG: 0
= deg, BauIne !; lime wEter II added to noutza!tz
he acid which moro or lees abouEde In raw eyEnp
The Ry1rp thus treated is de5e:ated br atea1n heat
the ecum taken o9 md .hc lo'd allowed one or Y
| up By etesn and filtered hot thsongh bag alters
illcn Uttered through bone coal, and as soon there
after AS possible. the filtered sy1ap T. boiled l,
| good eyrup wh1rh find ts Is deg. banme, ut tn
temperature Of 100 deg: Fahsenhett. mud which ar
| which The syrup is completed in the vacuum pm
The subject was discussed By Others.
4 Committee on Sugars awarded premi
ums US follows:
1T. Weeks. co'unbia, jackson county, LIST PIE
n!ru1.
Ged between them, thc merit being 81 sana'.
Beet anu Ezeateft variety. j. =: "ee&e'
statements Of the manner OF manufacturing
their sugar. That Of the former was mad
on Cooks Eyaporator, md that Of Mcssrs
Corey on Cooks Evaporator with Cory's at
| taehInent-
The Committee on Implements reported Il
favor Of Cooks Evaporator US offered by J
Richard d Co., Judging from the sample
presented.
air. Richard offered the following, whic
| was adopted:
WHEusAs, Great ard marked progress has bee
made In th1s State In the manufacture Of sugar an
syrup from the Chinese and African ca1es dnrln
~ Reseteea, fhst, IN tho opinion Of this Conye1
tiop, the Slate shoud offer premium for the bes
plan, reduced to practice, Of manufacturing suga
from the several species OF Northern canes.
The Committee on Seeds reported In faTG
Of awarding the first premium on Chimes
| seed to J. Richard, of Raisin, and the fret 0
African to j. 3. Clearinghouse, of Rai6iH Juds
ing from the samples produced as tile produt
Of the different kinds.
The Committee on Syrup reported the fo
lowing prcmiums: Best gallon Of syrups y
Dc1amater; I'd best, j. L. Tallman; 81 ees
D. B. Kroll, Of Raisin Largest. and best yarie1
OF syrnp, D. B. Kroh.
The Convention then adjourned
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