, 1880-12-24
THE CANE.GROWERS.

REPORTS OF Committees OH Various I'M.
portnIlt subjects.
Special Dt,pntth 10 The Chicago Tribune.
ST. Lot1s, Mo-, ncc. Gj.-Tho E}rst work before
tho SuHar Convention to-dny yas tho reports Of
conl1nittccs,t tn whom hRl bcon assigned particu-
lar tUptcs-
Thu Committee on Varieties OF Cane re.
ported III substance that, for localities north
OF 40 degrees Of latitude. the cnrly nfnl'er
stood first for its snRnr-u!nklng and cnrly-
rlpening qualities, anl was Nlso valuable In
lower latitudcs rs MI curly crop TO be suc-
cccled by tho Inter rpenng vnrlctics; scc-
ond, tho carly hybrid, nbout ono month
Inter than tho nnhuE, and rich III sugar;
thirl, n variety known as tho KMnHas Ora,iRc,
rtpcning ten to twelve days utter tue atnbcr:
nnu, fourth. tho carly ornnKc fifteen 10 twenty
days latcr thnn tho nnhor. ThlB hns given ur.
usually favorable results especially In ATTITUDES
Houth OF vt. Louis and In Tcxns. II gives protn-
1se Of ratoonnH lIKn the Southern emo, giving
crops three or four years without reptanting.
When tho season Ia long enough. by planting
those diircrcnt varieties tho manufacturing
Benson can ho prolonged from, ono 10 three
months.
The Committee on FMol and Furnaces
A very Interesting report on Il Dau usse burning
furnnco was innde by tho Chairman, Mr.. 1susE,
Of Troy, Kas., but ms this cnn only ho illustrated
BY diagrams which cannot be published by T11E
TRIBUNE, a description with Illustrations will be
given nt a latcr t1atc.
Next. Steam or FIpo Trnina. Thp Committee
recommends TINT beginners should uso tho ilt,u
train d. Atnyolrlny bNt snul cost. md which
would advo tho valuable experience which vauld
b0 needed. md c0Mg In PLAY when they sh1i
afterwards chanHu to tho more extensive slcnn
1rRiH,
Next, Mills andlEvNp0rntors. TlD Committee
insist TINT mills should he nlatlo much stronger;
that hardly atty now being manufactured nrc
stroug enough: that they sho,slli be stronger
than tho power employed, whuthor horse Or
steam, 80 TINT II overfcd thoy viii stop
tho power Instead ot breaking tho mill; thnt Il
larger percentage OF tho Juice cnn thus bu ex-
pressed to tho Ereatcr profit 0f tho n,an,.-
factuser, md he DO savcd tho loss OF ttnu ut,l
money consequent upon tho brcnktng OF Ills
mllli that MILLS aro Lou small generally, and tn0
their inanlfactnrc: that coppcr il mich the
best 'natcrl4l for osapornsnrs. nr stean coils,
iicicnt oxydization oi oyen xaivanIzrd iron 10
Tse Se!n%!';;ss q I: en Samples. sonsttns M Of NJ:
9carEo Y. W. DcctaGr 0!lu john u. ThQlHaB btlttl
RnS 81 sahar s sss'fSsix ss foawi 's r.
Iepresantc by nc ty speoos e1 eseecs C ' ihot
Ercntpst expectations. becoptlly. tho Qunljty ut
large nuniber ol samples 6 q v, l'xh i eliar-
manufacturers ono OF tho lnost Inipnrtant Il,
tho history ot thia country. 10 mako
sn% Sz !nSsS st9y sysss i s;
tho desire of the Committee. They wu,il, how
over, emil espacal MtteMtlon 10 u i,!nst masnI'l.
IinelIIl!, Tex; niso to tho al,Ear nial6 hy X: i.
s,tout, q Iray; Iia!,: 4 s"!npo from tl!o ~;
aa.l per cent ot suKur irom thu tuutAto. merits
notieo on recount Of tte percentage nt Yield
Ashh shn;a .hs sRes o,tv of sfHps is w. o ta M 1S
ty!'larly picased tho Goni,nittey, TtIs,