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twelve officers will also 60 of.
MICHIGAN STATE SORGHUM
GROWERS ASS0CIATI0a.
JAnssos, A1cu., Feb. Il.
EvES1N0 SESSION.
meut.
The Nominating Committee reported tho
following nominations for officers for the en-
Fof f1estlsnt, William Ton, Of Plymouth.
'aPn %{tS,,E: TTeS 8; Of Ssposon
Fof TseasueSf, TSeas /. aafgs Ts@snl ul 'eeunseo'
For Directors, L. c. Knapp, John Richards md
The Committee on Examination made the
following report Of awards:
gest @ ssss e Of ssne: J: +. Wssis, Napoleon $50
ssea19 EEL a9 1's cane sagaft or~ H,. ,na. y
&C. asso1af fe'os syrup + + T9,i%sa
Third ." F" ). i. WF. WeeFs.........'.. ..." :
Rsss Etsess sssmps osSesb ee
Bet adjustable crushing miii-a aorznntal. &.
Best Esaporator, o. n. Dra,nard, chicsso-sii7sr
Second best Crnsher-VIetoE Mil. n.....:........ss
Rcst rilling Brick Arch, s. ". Bodwcll-->... :
". 3. Cory oflerd q resolution that the
committee e be Instructed to inquire into tho
and ascertain If tho article to which they had
nwaEdcii the first premium vus pure. He said
he had been reliably informed that The Sugar
IVES G. mponnd Of Northern canc and the
coffee sugur Of commerce. He Ind brought
sugar here made from the pure Northern cane,
and not q gain Of any other compound
mixed with It. While It was far easier to
make IN atticlc Of good sngur By mixing II.
with coifee sugar, 1t was not TINT branch
which the society md canc growers wished
to encourage. HoW- can sugar ha made from
cane? was the important question. It waa
not designed that compound shonld be
brought into this convention to compete If b
pure cane sugar and bear OF the honors. He
was willing to compete With any manufac-
turcr Of t6epure article, and would cheerful
nete with these compounds here cxhibitels
1e concluded by presenting to the Secretary
Of the Society protest agafusk the award.
W. G. EEcKw1TH, President OF the State
Agricultural Society, said that IL 1t could be
shown that the Sugar waa compound as a.
Q. n. BnA1NARp called theattcution Of the
Convention toa method Of cutting the ba-
gassc as It passes from tho mill. Jagasso Is
Is easier handled, and besides he said that by
being cut and put through peculiar mole Of
! treatment. as mucl syrup could be nbst5ucted
| from tue bagasee as WAS produced by the first
crushing. lie said that in conyerso~
ton with Prof Mott, an a1lc chemist,
was told tlat but hulf Of the saccar:nc matter
Wis cxt1acted BY the crushing process. The
Professor told him that tho solid parts Of
sugar could not be crushed out, but remains
In the bogasse, md was usually thrown away
In order to save this he prepared q culiing
rtturhf1o IA n,1+4 4Eo horro IL
the mill. Prof. Mott took it after cu:-
t1g, put It IN yat and steamed il thor.
ouGhly, Wien be again pressed II. and from
the juice thus obtained there w:,s maputac~
tu5ed as much syrup as ut the first crushing.
@ nnd Of better quality: lie WAS informed
France, @hele it. was we'll known that the
crusher e. uld not extract the full amount of
eaccarine matter.
Alr. BnA1SARp said he considered the fact
important, q il gaze good promise Of doub-
ing the yield while it did not materially in
crease the cost Of manufacture.
The Convention then proceeded to consider
the following query: Can we produce sugar
in sufficient. quantities for commerce =; II 20,
how?
ON: BnA1sAnp thought that sugar could
nerer be made p5.1tah'y from the cane. TIC
had handled 1000 barrels of syrup and but
eleven barrels mnf e sugar.
-. ". SKINNER, Of Wisconsin, said be dilIcr-
cd from Mr. Brainard In regusd to tho manu-
1actue q sugar from cane. While lie did
not think thnt Its manufacture would be
profitable with our present knowledge OF the
science. the lime he believed would como
when It could he prohtab1Y made. For
long time after the in PRODUCTION Of cane into
the Santhern States it was thought inapos-
siblc to reduce 1t to sugar. But. science had
su1yed tho problem IN relation to Southern
] cone, aud Dc did not doubt that Northern
cane would prove equally as convertible.
| Perhaps not In the extreme North, but IN
Southern Michigan, Indiana and Illinois he
believed the time wouiu come when sugar
houses would spring up and an Important
branch ofjndustry be developed By tic man-
utoctuEo If Northern cane sugar.
". B. Corr eald that his experiments had
been productive Of far better success thAn
be had cycn hopel for. The progress which
had been mnde in the last few years give
promise of great SUCCESS in the future.
The otaheitan cane vas the best. In 1860
he made ten gallons Of syr1tp frc II thas caac,
and Afterwards manufactured ffp1a 1t eighty
pounds OF sugar, OF an av:,uSe 2f eight
pounds to the gallon. With The pr3per
species Of cnne he looked for no great obslicla
in The manufacture.
G. Coax related his experience in the rnan~
nfaetu5e Of sugar, ind said that with the
otahct:an cnne tho manufacture WAS praeti-
col md easy. For orrups he lihcu tue Chinese
or early varieties, and had made sugar from
thcIfl, but would not adsise thelr culture ioc
klAL puf potG.
3. hfoonE lid not think that surar couId
be proAsab.y made, and Mr.. DE1.AMArKR, OF
Liberty, Mich, cDncurrcd In tho opinion.
W. CIor9u, Of the Sor0h0 JouT71aIt saft It
was philosophical fnct that sugar exiated In
Norths'n canc; Tftha microscope Its minute
p. rsiclcs could be discovered. Each grain
Was n uagnatc having Its positive and ncgn-
tive nttrnctfons, which drew others to II, and
together formed another mngnAtc, md nEatu
at'rnetea snother, and 70 On, TIL tho tnasa
was fot med. Tho great difficulty experienced
Mas found in the iact that theso minutc par
tAc!es were covered b. q guulny non-conduct-
iag au9atahco, which prevented the att.ac-
tion and tho accumulation of the mass. Sumo
cut th!s With alcohol, and some again altcr
lnfonRn homo charcoal, and rrmovc thi3 for
ctgn substance. Whom NO con accomplish
thts, tho question OF tho pznG,ahie 1uaaa.Ac-
lure VIII be settled. Tho subject was then
raFacd over.
On motion R. F. JonssroS was appotn.ed
on o etnndluk c0nmltlco 0f QUO from caeh
so1ghuin growing State to asrnlKe and eiassl-
y tho d'tfercut speclts ot sorghum.
On motion Of W. CLovnn poruon Of tnn
specimens Of tho convention wora presented
to Tho uultcd States Patent offlco for pro-
On motion Of j. ". BAXTER tho thanks OF
thn convention wcto tcudctod to tho press
fur their attendance aut rrpott Of tho pro-
ccrdirna After which tho convention ud-
iourncd sine dh.
i h. Executive Committee Of tho Slate Az.
ricultutnl Society meet tomorrow. to tukr
so,ue Qc,lon In relation to the location Of tho
nryt State Fair. Il II presumed Il viii bo
1oc1tetl at this plnCp.