Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-09
THE STATE FAIR,

Ringing Letter from, Seth III. keaney-He
WHl Make a Great Sugar Display-Every
One Called UpOn to Sustain the State In
stat,stion.
MoRR1srowN, Mimi, Aug. 4, 1879.
r. G.. Judson, Secretary State Agricultural
Society:
DEAR SIR: have just received premium list
of the State Agricultural society, Il suppose
from you). am truly pleased by the noble
stand taken by the society, and I trust every
farmer and manufacturer in the State will re-
spond to their utmost in making our fair of
1879 grand success. I believe the society
have shown great foresight in the adoption of
liberal policy in regard to such az impor'a ant
branch of industry and agriculture as the Min
nesota amber sugar cane. The people of our
State should wake up to this great and glo-
rjous enterprise, which is only in its infancy.
But the success of the last years operations
should convince the most skeptical of the value
l0ted. Our exhibit at the State fair last fall Of
sugar and syrup did much more than one
would suppose, not only for our own State, but
all over the Union.
Since tho last State fair, I have received
1000 letters about the amber sugar cane,
many Of them mentioning II saw your sugar
and syrup at the State fairs" also that of Mr.
Miller's. think no new agricultural product
has been brought out that proves 80 reliable as
the amber cane. Some farmers came $50 miles
to the tair last fall on purpose to see and learn
all they could on the subject. sent two bar
rels, one of mush sugar and one of syrup, to
st. Louis, being determined to know what
| there was in it, with the assistance of j. A.
Hodges, of the Northern Cane Growers con-
vention, and Mr.. Chas. Belcher, proprietor of
the sugar refinery of st. Louis. He made re-
port of the whole of the sugar. which was 9415s
per cent of pure cane sugar. l received the
following from St. LOUIS
1.-The two barrels of sugar and syrup you
sent to our convention did moro to advertise
Minnesota than all the books and papers ever
written"
As result of this investigation and investi-
cations made by Doctor Wilhelm here in our
State last iall we have the Faribault refinery,
that, believe will be the best stock in the
Northwest. I am moving on in this great work
and have bought larger machinery of Blymire
q Co., of Cincinnati. In connection with my
boiler am putting in steam ranges with ca
pacity to work up fifty acres of cane this sea-
son. 1 made last season fifty barrels of mush
sugar, which will have drained by DR.. vii
helm at the Faribault refinery and although
can hardly spare the time, I have resolved to
make large exhibit of sugar and syrup at our
coming State fair. / shall also exhibit goods
made at our Faribault refinery, and allow me
to say right here these sugars and syrups are
pure and as regards purity, favor and appear
ance we challenge the world, and on the sub
ject of flavor allow one word. Hon. j. A.
Hodges, in his work on cane, says, on page 80,
II have found in this city (St. LOUSY barrel
of syrup made from this northern cane grown
in Montgomery county Texas, latitude 81 Il
degrees. The flavor of the New Orleans molas-
SEES precisely, which is proof that the atmos-
phere out which two of the three parts consti.
tuting suger is taken, gives the flavor to it,
hence our far North and high table lands,
where the pure air Astounding in oxygen and
carbon, are to give us the finest favored srru %
and sugar" 1t is often remarked that there
is kind of maple flavor. I wish to prove this
by the exhibit Of our sugars and syrups and
products from the refinery at Faribault, and
another good talk with Minnesota cane growers,
giving them the best council in my power
| about the present crops.
Heretofore there was no market for the crud
| syrup except in a small way. Now the refinery
will purchase thousands of barrels at fair
prices, and shall be pleased to show all our
friends that are interested a chemically pure
syrup made from
CANE GROWN AT ZONE, AND MADE AT HOME.
For this reason DIR. Wilhelm and Mr.. Jollye
who have charge of the refinery,
will purchase no syrups that have
been made with chemicals; they wont
the clear crude goods, then they know what
| can be done with it.
Thanking the society for the interest they
have taken to further this colossal agricultural
| enterprise of our ever to be envied Minnesota
! will close, hoping to meet you and all the
solid farmers and mechanics of our State at
st. Paul, Sept. 1st, 1879.
Respectfully YOURS SETH H. KENNEY