Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-22

contracts were that the cane was to be
delivered at his mill free from
leaves, tops, grass and weeds. He
bought it by the ton. If it cost So an
acre to strip the cane he would strip it.
He wanted pure cane to- handle. Every
impurity which goes into the juice causes
q loss Of sugar. He had successfully ham
died eighty acres of frost bitten cane with
the leaves on but the leaves were dead
and dried. He would make it rule to
strip the cane. 5c-o0lI sgagT 3..[5 -JEg5s. Z.
u Mr. Kenney had also worked eighteen
or twenty acres. Of dry leaves but he
would strip thc-caneif it cost $125 an
acre and never run the leaves through
Mr. Day said his son stripped an acre
day using q single stick, but green hands
would not do as we'll & - Aasie.zsni e
Mr.. Prindle, Of Durant, suggested that
while cane planted in hills might easily
be stripped standing, that growing thick
ly in drills could not. bgsE
A resolution was adopted without OBJ
lection ruling that mill men should re-
quire the cane to be stripped. u1o5 no =
SPECIAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Mr.. Lane, of +Champlin, argued that all
special knowledge should be made gener-
al for producing results beneficial to the
whole cane industry 5.iJI
Mr.. Wernli asked for discussion of the
best and shortest methods of reducing
cane juice to strip. 39Ti1r1 1i.z-1,-1 5,9E
r. Col. Coleman thought the amber cane
growers were frank and did not conceal
their successful methods. The president
told last night just how he defeated.
Lime is the defecator.a Prof. Stewart is
the only one who has secret for sale.
He thought the greatest profits would
come by men combining to set up larger
establishments. There was a prejudice,
he thought, among them against the re-
finery. But there will be dozens of them
in this State and in other States produc-
ing uniform products, and having a
market for all they produce. Beet
sugar cannot be produced SO cheaply as
can amber cane sugar. The seed of the
cane, properly saved and fed to cattle,
will pay the cost Of the cane crop. In
this respect the amber cane excels the
Southern cane, which has no seed heads.
Mr.. Kinney-Last year Mr.. Miller and
l wrote out and published directions for
DELEGATION. We have never kept any
thing back. a
Mr. Wernli-My inquiry was as to
methods of manufacturing. Is lime only
used? There are different qualities OF
strip here. Why are there these differ
ences ~ ~ 19Eli,f q Itol. b,
Mr.. Wood never used lime, but had
produced good article of strip, which
has sold we'll He used fannie acid and
sal soda a heaping teaspoonful of the
first and two teaspoonsful of the soda to
fifteen to eighteen gallons of juice. He
put it in as soon as the Juice was put over
the fire, and took off the scum rapidly as
soon as the juice boiled He thought ii
did, in great measure, correct the acidi-
| ty. When the foam came up milky white
he thought the sirup was fairly pure.
| Mr.. Wilcox said he had treated Woods
strip with lime and removed about as
much impurity as he would have had
from fresh juice. 9-
| Mr.. Wood thought MIR. Wilcox had ex.
perimented with some strip his Woods
employees had defeated by process O.
their own He could not recall what
they used.
THE VALUE OF THE SEED.
Capt. Blakeley thought it important tt
bring out more facts regarding feeding
seed, and how much was produced to tn,
acre
| Mr. Russell, of GAINESVILLE, Wis, told O
a neighbor of his having saved the seet
from seven acres, twenty-five bushels t.
the acre and sixty pounds to the bushel
1t was fed to mich cows, and it improved
the flow and made the milk richer. He
would prefer, for feed, to mix equa
quantities Of corn, oats and cane seed.
Mr.. Wilcox had heard it said the seet
had astringent effects.
| Mr.. Kenney saw two of the fattest
cows he ever saw on Mr.. Schwartz place
in Missouri. They were fatted on can,
seed and nothing else and made good beef
The seed was fed whole.
Mr.. Wyman thought if the seed was
crushed through the feed rollers NOR,
benefit would be had from it.
Col. Coleman had supposed the value
of the seed was fully 1t wa.
the Uniform testimony of Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Illinois growers that the seed is
nearly equal to corn in yield and as fooG
for horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poul
try. 1t is better than corn for sheep
Some cook it, others allow it to fcrment
and others feed it dry. He never heard
it did any harm. Ground and mixec
with opc-quarter the bulk of flour, tho
meal made excellent cakes. =
Capt. Blakeley read Prof. Johnson
analysis of grains and cane seed, showing
that the seed contains about the same
constituents, and remarked that the cant
growers, having made strip and sugar
from their cane could from the seed sup
ply the glucose makers with starch, equal
to corn starch in quality and quantity.
CHANGE OF SEED.
Mr.. Wernli had hear seed from the
South commended.
Mr.. Kenny's experience was that seed
grown in the latitude of st. Louis came
to maturity here four or five days later
than Minnesota grown seed.
Col Coleman called attention to the
resolution of last year Recommending that
seed be brought from about the latitude
of St. Louis.
Secretary Elliott had understood from
correspondence that cane from seed of
several years growth in Minnesota was
surest in sugar results.