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weight of stnIks can be produced TO ti,c acre. Il
Il hardly probable that, except In the casu nhoye
given, eurn will he Rto"n for this prupoac In
preference to eanc. +
And right hero It maYnut bo atnlss to eaY that
Hiuny members Ut TIM Convention with whom
convcrsc. felt that, In view Of the IlmEtcd aud
Imperfect manner In which tho experiments of
the Department Of Agriculture wrrs conducted
last fail, tie Commissioner
WAS NOT WARRANTED
In nuhi1abtnur To t,e vorlJ. ~, In dta Tim. u
was demonstrated ihat sugars IN paving ,,uaa-
tlty could, with nbao1ute certainty. bo nr0iurcl
from the juices OF maize mud sorghum; mud
TINT she cxperlenee of another ycar, with tllor-
otiGh testa. slolu naTo been given 0cforc making
slcii announcement.
;, I'll Tile laat topic before the Convention was:
"lase Futuru of b0rgho and CNrtCann Culture
- llds country Tor sugar-MaknG Purposes"
AS hnho OF tie mchlhcrS uosscescd tlc gfit Of
prophecy, and a. dcn. Lo Due, who was set down
for an, essaY upon this topic, neither
came CANE himself nor sent his cssaY, no
definite conclusion was arrived At.
onatrata the fact tmt tic United staies viii
sooo grow sugar 10y iome-supply. II may b.
regarded as already demonstrated that the
ti'e materials for genuine cnrc-surar III qlanti-
tiea that VIII be largely renunerattye-prvp del
thev tdn all te ottdiAed ~ a crBstafistd form.
Hitherto the obtaining Of them las been ncci-
acnta' atlu uncertain. trof Stcwnrt clai.ns that
llls proees9 Will extract ai the stEar every ttme
The probabilities arc Ia favor OF The correctness
ot us elaitn. hut y has not bccn fully demon
afrated. Next fell, ~ soon as itlc cano is sull-
e!ently rtpcncdt hundreds OF Rcentls.s aud pruc-
ttca! men will bo experimenting Will, II. II
Prof. bteHhrt'6 Process falls iii any respect,
somebody will lind out where Il Is deficient. mud
provide remedy, or invent better PROCESS.
tItfIrf
setehce viii find way to overcome them. In
the meantime,
lEQrLA SHOULD 10 stnw.
and not be led jnto A bns,v mini tl,,adv,,,d am.
barking In the sugur-buspess on the st trrtll az
TIE glowing accounts published by the Commits
stoner OF Agriculture, aud the representations
q those who have books or machinery to sell.
II prepared to undertake. the manufacture Ut
slr!lp simply, all rlEhs,-go ahead. There Is ,lu
failure IN thnt,-it s ail assured succcBs. IL is
better TO 70 tn for strup and come out With
augut, than for sugar mud cofuo out will srup.
There are enough In tt1e bnstncss already, uliu
others who will go +, anyway, to give this tucs:
ton o. snsarproauction thorough test. II
probable, there will then be time
cno,sgb to engage In II. Fortunes will
neither be antd by going 70 this year, nor lost
by waiting another year. Every person design
Ing to cnGage In the business In case its sucecss
should bc demonstrated by next seasons opera
tlons, should spend at least month during the
working seaso;l with some manufacturer.
Though the sellers Of machinery antl books may
Claim that all tic operations are 6fti,Dlo and
easily learned from books, the fact IL. t!iat sug
ar.inaRhE OF any klna-WhetHGr e1aGc, 1nap'!,
y Mpeest ~ nosEunn!Iiia ~ GRTs HyFht nIA cuil oi,ly
actual work il gong On Thc danger % Is, lint, mt
under the stimulus of low prices Of farm.proi.
have been published IN regard to sugar.maikIng,
thousands OF people will rusllnto the business