Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-23

The Minnesota Cane Growers association
met Yesterday forenoon in one of the halls
of the market house at Minneapolis, and
Mr.. c. L. Miller, of Dundas, read an essay
on sugar machinery and apparatus for the
farm. These topics were further discussed
by Gen. LIE Due the United States commits
sioner of agriculture, Hon. Seth l.. Kenney,
president of the association, Hon. Jared
Benson, Mr.. Miller and others.
During the recess, and before the opening
of the afternoon session, the
EXHIBITION OF AMBER CANE PRODUCTS
attracted the attention of hundreds of visi-
tors. Prominent in the exhibition, by reason
of its quantity, but also worthy of attention
by reason of its quality, was the sugar OK
hibit from Mr.. Kenney's sugar works at
Morristown. He had on exhibition five
barrels of dry raw sugar, with samples
showing the varying results of differing
conditions of production. The five barrels
was all, it was said. from the large tank into
which most Of his strip of this year was
run. The crystilizatien is beautiful and
uedTlg dao tuiS ohSoi Wouiu WILL
mand in any market The highest price OF raw
sugars. There was one sample of eccentric
results in few pounds of dry, hard, fine
grained and nearly white sugar, but the
large grained, amber colored sugar which
filled the barrels was most convincing of all
1t completed the proof, if anything were
lacking, that the amber cane is true sugar
cane.
loo
to be named, though showing only small
samples, made up an interesting and in
stroctive exhibit. There were sirups of all
degrees of density, from light to heavy, and
from transparent, bright colored, to Opaque
and almost black, while mush or granulating
strip was shown from that depositing
small percentage of sugar to samples
which appeared 10 be nearly
all sugar. The dry sugar samples were also
numerous and most of them very fine in ap
pearance and taste. A part of Mr.. Kenney's
sugar and several samples from other ex-
hibitors we're noticed, in which the raw or
vegetable taste was remarkably slight. The
exhibitions represent several points in
Northwest Wisconsin and nearly all parts of
Central and Southern Minnesota. Taken
in connection with the large attendance OF
cane growers and the great interest mani
tested, they show that sugar cane growing is
already an important matter among the
farmers of the Northwest.
In the afternoon session the first subject
of discussion was the
ROTATION OF SEED,
the general testimoney being in favor of ex-
changing seed every two or three years with
&c oh I'M LA; Of
Those who gave their experiences were A. j..
Whitney of Dodge Center, Ditus Day of Farm
ington, James Wiley of Long Lake, and
Messrs. Kenney and Miller. Mr.. Whiting
with amber cane seed grown in Missouri,
and Mr. Day, with seed grown in Kansas,
alongside of cane from third and fourth
years. seed of Minnesota, had noticed a
large difference in the size of the cane and
yield of syrup in favor of the Southern seed,
while the time of maturing was only few
daya in favor of the Minnesota seed. Mr..
Day advised planting part Minnesota seed,
so as to have longer season of cutting and
grinding. MIR. Wiley, who claimed to have
helped cultivate the first amber cane in Min
nesota. from seed brought from Indiana,
noticed falling off in syrup in three years
from 300 gallons an acre to 125 gallons,
while in 1873 his yield was brought up to
seS gallons an acre by using fresh seed from
Indiana. The seed from this resulted in 1879
in only 223 gallons an acre, yet he consid
cred the season q favorable one. Mr..
Kenney thought the first and second
years seed produced IN Minnesota good
enough. Another grower whose name was
not given succeeded in demonstrating prob
ability that the decrease in cane and syrup
yield from Minnesota seed results from care
.lessness in selecting seed-the earliest ripe,
generally from poorest stalk growth, being
preferred because Of its color. But the as
ISOLATION finally
RcSolycd, That early amber cane seed grown
in the latitude of st. Louis is the best seed
for planting in Minnesota, for two years.
The question of
SOIL AND CONDITION OF SOIL
best adapted to cane growing was irregularly
suits where cane was grown on heavily
MANFRED, fresh MANFRED, or naturally very
rich soil, showing that there was larger
percentage and more obstinate admixture of
unsaccharine substances in the juice, be-
cause of the too rich soil. The general opinion
was expressed in the adoption of the follow
ing resolution:
Resolued, That the best soil on which to
plant the amber cane is good sandy loan, well
fertilized and drained, but freshly MANFRED.
WHEN TO PLANT
was next discussed, by Messrs. Kenney,
Jared Benson, Of Anoka; w. A. Sampson, of
Excelsior; Mr.. Wood, of River Falls, Wis;
Mr.. Levan, of Excelsior: Mr., Kennedy, of
Minnesota City; Mr.. Wiley, Jacob Hirsch,
Long Lake; G. W. Farmer, of Spring Valley;
Mr. Miller and Clinton Bozart, of Clinton
Falls, Iowa. The general opinion appeared
to be in favor Of planting quite as early as
the ground is warmed, and incidental to the
discussion the manner of preparing the
ground and planting was talked of. Mr..
Wood told of repeated instances in his ex-
perience where volunteer cane, the seed of
which had lain in the ground all winter, was
largely in advance of planted cane early
ii the next season. 1t was said that cane
frosted would recover and grow like corn.
Others thought there would be no advantage
Ii planting before the ground is warm and
growing weather has set in. Mr..
Hirsch would plant on fresh plowed ground,
but most of the others favored fall blowing,
thorough narrowing in the spring, and, ex-
cept on clayey soils or during wet spell,
that the cane hills should be pressed down