Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-22

= OPENING REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
Mr.. VIM. Clough, the President of the
association, on taking the char, SAID
The past season has been one OF the
s1s most IMPORTANT and successful with the
ss-s :. cane. that has been experienced since Its
introduction among us. Thousands have
nlanted the cane this year for the hrst
time and nearly all who have planted In
former years have this year greatly ext eAte.- 4:
u ded their operations. The spring was IN
many places backward and uniavorable )
- this was followed by a short and plnehlng
- drought, and this by rainy season OF
sse most extraordinary character, extendlng
ss a over a period of nearly three months,
The 1st of September found the cane,
as we'll as the Indian corn, green and
growing luxuriantly, about as 1t usually
appears on the first of August. The sac
s.1<f eharine matter was at this time undeYel-
+'i'i oped, and an untimely frost would have
caused the almost total destruction OF
both corn and cane. fortunately for both
crops the autumn was as propitlous as the
spring and summer had been untoWard.
This afforded time for the maturity OF
the cane and gave to the husbandman
bounteous saccharine return for all his
toll and anxiety. The behavior of the
cane and the phenomena manifested un-
der the peculiar circumstances OF the last
season have been in the highest degree
From the best sources Of information
at my command, / estimate that the guam
.fi tity of cane planted IN Ohio, this season,
.}.Ia was about twenty per. cent. greater than
last year, and the product abont twenty
five per cent greater Taking Ohio and
ali the States west and northwest, l es-
innate that the amount planted was TWEEN
ty-fYe per cent and the product thirty
five per cent. greater than last year. The
increase in the East was not so marked,
and do not feel prepared to express an
opinion with regard to 1t, except to say
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ssh the East, but has steadily increaced in
favor with the people there as here, only
little less rapidly.
bua Z We have now reached point in the de-
- Eelopment of this enterprise at which 1t IS
appropriate for us toetake a higher stand.
We have solved all the preliminary
questions which arose upon the first in
PRODUCTION of-the cane among US. We
have demonstrated beyond question that
1t can be successfully grown in our lati-
tude During the nine years in which it
has been cultivated among us not single
disastrous failure has occurred 1t has
.1 proved itself more certain crop than
sssrz wheat or corn. 1t thFiYes In soils of great
diversity and over arrange OF latitude as
broad as that upon which our common
Indian corn, is cultivated. Those who
.lslt have employed skill, neatness and appro-
pirate apparatus have demonstrated that
& the cane is capable Of producing an excel
lent table syrup, and a sWeetenlng adapt
ed to many of the purposes for which
commercial sugarsWas formerly employed.
And lastly, all who have engaged in the
business, either as growers or manutactu-
rers of sorghum, have found that 1t Is a
profitable operation--that sorghum pays
We should now take step in advance
and that step all will agree should be in
the direction of greater perfection In the
quality of the product. We have not yet
developed the highest capacity of the cane
for syrup and have made almost no def
81 lniteIand well defined progress in the pro-
duction of sugar. With reference to the
latter It may very properly be said that
IS the road, and the only road, to success in
sugar making is in the greatest perfection
of syrup making, for a strictly good syrup
consists of cTystalized sugar and water,
and sugar separates itself from pure su-
per-saturated solution as naturally and
as certainly as it dissolyes itself In an ex-
cess of water Hence to make sugar we
have only to make pure syrups. when the
H. sugar will most. certainly manifest itself.
'i7 I'VE may not expect to comprehend and
515 master all the obstacles and difficulties
sy3with which this undertaking is encumber-
H4se ed at once, and probably not for many
years, but we may signalize our meeting
here by some movement toward ultimate
success, and to this l trust this COnven-
ton Will earnestly address itself.
While upon this subject, l cannot re-
frain from expressing my conviction that
we cannot count with any confidence mp
On the production of sugar from our canes
through the intervention of any of the
magical modes or processes about which
there are SO many ignorant, fraudulent and
mischievous pretenses. There is no royal
road to sugar. Many of the most learned
br and accomplished scientists of the world
have been employed for half a century
in the production of sugar from its va
arious sources in nature, and the success
attained in all cases has been measured
by the scientific and practical skill en-
ployed In the operation, and in 10 case by
legerdemain or mountebank perferman-
.s eess l. have the utmost confidence that
the farmers of the North will ultimately
become their own sugar makers to the
same extent that they are now the max !
ers of their own butter and cheese, but
this Will be accomplished by the appIica- |
ton of scientific principles to the whole |
V practical sopervation. We need to test |
and determine the most successful var |
iety of seed, the most appropriate soil and |
cultivation, and the best apparatus for
manufacture When we shall have become |
familiar it'll those elements of the art, |
and shalf apply them with fidelity to the |
works we may 8ex peet to- produce sugar
regularly systematically, without them |
we may not hope to produce it excert ac-
Eseldentally 4 and .ins comparatively rare |
cases as at present. n gaa 1ua
FEEDING .SToeK.-Little and often is
the rules How little and how often, may
be asked. So little that the stock will
eat up clean clean /, what What you give them, morn;
- nights of winter feed just before bed
time say obout 8 o'clock, is advisable
Thiswe call often that is four times
day. Though the quantity should be
such to be eaten up clean yet it should
be enough to keep the stock in good,
thrifty conditions No star wing or half
feeding them. This does not pay. S'~A@
Rural Aateriean- ah 3. sa a1la5a1s.}
CURE oF-CoIdc IN HoRsEs.-The fol-
owing is certain cure for collie in horses.
have seen IL tried dozens of times and +
always With success. am sure it win II
Savela thorset If nv ffrectipns ara4 FL I