The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-01-29

cultivation whatever after planting. Mr..
henney told of 200 gallons to the acre beino
produced on upland knolls, where wheat
would not grow. Mr. Wiley told of a neigh
Dor OF his having sowed four acres broad
cast with cane seed which grew larger stalks
and yielded $50 gallons of syrup to the acre.
Mr.. Ward exhibited fair article of melada
from cane raised on hrzel-brush land, $50
square rods of which yielded $50 gallons of
syrup. A difference of opinion was develop
ed as to the advisability of pulling or cutting
the suckers. Col. Coleman thought it
wouldn't pay except when labor was chaep
Inc nnal and unanimous conclusion was
! !, Hesotced. That early amber cane should BIO
thoroughly cultivated the same as corn.
| THE TIME TO OUT CANE.
MI. kenney said if he had large crop,
ne would begin to cut when the seed was in
the dough, and wouldn't get through any too
soon. He had noticed that the syrup of the
early cut cane has the greatest tendency to
form into sugar. In this latitude, he would
say, begin to cut about the 1st of September,
when the upper part of the seed head ap-
pears filled out and is beginning to change
color, when on squeezing the seeds q little
m'lk would come from some of them
Messrs. Whiting, Dyer and others agreed
cutting when the cane was barely headed out.
The slrup was dark, but eranulated Aicely.
When the seeds are just in milk, the syrup
Will make very fine sugar, but the cane must
be worked Immediately, not later than twen-
ty-tour hours after cutting. There was
| some difference Of opinion as to the neces-
slty OF stripping off the leaves, but the ma
]or1ty opinion was in favor of stripping. It
was mentioned that the saed heads, if allow
ed to go through the mill, discoloz the sirup
and prevent granulation. Mr.. Earl, of
Cedar Mills, urged for many reasons the use
of strong mills, which will take all the Juice
from both cane and leaf, when he thought
there would be no harm in leaving the leaves
on the stalks, and incidentally gave an inter-
esting account of his work for the Indians
OF White Earth, where good syrup was pro-
duced from late planted, little cultivated and
Immature cane.
TRANSPORTING TIE CANE.
Mr.. Hampton and others preferred to
bundle the cane, tying at both ends. Mr..
Wiley did not bundle, but preferred to haul
the care loose in dump cart. MIR. Kenney
explained his plan of cutting, piling, strip
ping, topping and bundling cane. Inciden-
tai to this discussion it came out that the
mill men last season charged fifteen to twenty
cents gallon for grinding and boiling, and
Mr.. Wiley advised that no one should grow
cane who does not raise enough to pay for
hrving his own mill and evaporators.
gain in saccharine percentage of juice was
spoken of as resulting from allowing the
cane to lay with the leaves on until the leaves
are wilted; but it was suggested that the per-
ceutage test was not conclusive, because
there was probably loss of juice by evapo-
ration.
CosT OF CULTIVATION.
Mr.. r. ]. Wilcox, of River Falls, submitted
by letter his estimate of cost per acre as fol-
lows: Flowing, $3.50; narrowing etc., SOC;
seed, SOC; planting, SOC; hoeing twice, $3.50;
cultivating three times, 81. so; stripping and
tapping, $500; cutting and tying, $3.50;
interest on land, $3.50; hauling 10 tons,
loads, miles, $500; total, $18.75.
SUGAR OF TWO YEARS AGO.
Mr.. Kenney asked Mr.. Jolly of the Fari-
bault refinery to state the sugar quality of
- barrels of melada from his (Kenney's)
crop of 1877, when his cane was piled 27
days before working Mr.. Jolly stated that
be could only give an approximate estimate.
He should say there was not less than As
per cent. Of sugar. The residue would be
uncrystaiizible sugar, but a merchantable
article of s,rup Calling the sirup barrel so
gallons and the weight of the sirnp IL
pounds to the gallon, the sugar would be
PAT = pounds to the barrel.
FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AS to the care of cane after cutting elected
an agreement that it WAS best to pile it on
rails or boards to admit the air under it.
The butts should not be exposed to the sun.
In grinding it was concluded best t., run
the mill SO as to crush about fifteen feet of
cane per minute. Faster there would be
loss of juice, carried along by the motion
with t., 9 bagasse. The cane should be fed
in butts first to prevent clogging. 1t should
be fed straight so as to keep an even strain
on the rollers.
An adjournment was then had to 7:3O p.
H., at Association ball, when Commissioner
LIE Due is to deliver an address.