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


Pounds of Sugar.
Yesterdays sessions of the Minnesota
Amber Cane Growers Association, in the
city council chamber at Minneapolis,
were more largely attended than those OF
Wednesday, and the discussions were
more general and interesting. @
The committee of last year reported adj
versely to the proposed union of the as
ISOLATION with the horticultural Society,
but an agreement, which was adopted,
that the Horticultural Society meeting
next year shall be from Monday noon to
Thursday noon, and the Cane Growers
from Thursday noon to Saturday noon.
Russell Blakeley, Seth III. Kenney and
the secretary of the association were ap-
pointed to solicit legislative action in
furtherance of the objects of the ass0cia
ton. ~
STEWARDS PROCESS. II
Mr.. Wilcox, of River Falls, pre-
scented a letter from Professor
Stewart, author of "Stewart's Process,
and patentee of certain chem
ical compounds used in his process. The
letter claimed that eight to nine pounds
of sugar per gallon of sirup would result
from his process, and that he could pro
ducc sugar from any sirup. - -l.L1
Col Coleman, of St. Louis, character
lied Stewards assertions as ridiculous,
and said his process is not success, and
will be abandoned by Missouri cane
growers. Skill and care are requisite,
and operators must follow scientific
methods. The agricultural college
should lead in the Investigations, follow
ing the cane through the season, deter
mine when the saccharine qualities are
fully developed. When we know when
to cut the cane, and when and how to
to treat it, Prof Stewart or anybody else
can make sugar from it, but no one can
bring sugar from sirup that has been
burned.
HANDLING CANE.
Mr.. Wenrli, of LeMars, Iowa, wished
a discussion of when to cut the cane, and
how long it should be cut before
grinding
Col Coleman could only answer the
question when to cut by saying it should
be when there is most sugar in the cane.
This question should be answered by tests
on the Agricultural college farm in con-
nection with analyses by the chemist OF
the university. He believed the cane
should be cut when nearly ripe and be
rushed through the mill and evaporation.
Mr.. w. III. Wood said his experience
had been that the best granulatiOn, pro-
| ducing most sugar, had been from his
cane first cut, when the seed heads were
about half black.
|. Mr.. Wernli said the schools were be-
| hind in this matter and must follow men
of practical experience. He was a teach
er himself and came to learn for himself
and neighbors from experienced cane
growers.
Mr.. Kenney thought the time to cut
| the cane was when the seed is in the
hardening dough.
Mr. J. F. Porter, of Red Wing, thought
he had his best sugar success from cane
cut when the seed heads were dead ripe.
Mr. John NJ. Nash, of Hudson, Wis,
presented the report of the committee on
handling cane. The conclusions of the
committee were: The cane harvest
should be begun when the seeds were
dough, so as to be finished by the time
the seeds are hard. The cane should be
| topped and stripped standing, a handy
tool for the stripping being tined
fork Cut the cane at about the lower
Joint Tie the bundle at each end fol-
convenience of handling 1t is advisa-
| BILE to leave them for day or two before
grinding and best to place them in
shocks. the butts on the ground, SO they
sun the cane will keep till freezing. Ii
the cane IS frosted before being cut, lay
| it in winnows, tops over tops, and it will
lose but little. Green or badly frosted
cane should be worked early.
TOPPING, STRIPPING AND FEEDING.
Col Coleman described the method at
| large mills in Kansas, to which the cane is
brought without topping or stripping. Tits
loaded on wagons at the field, butts in
and tops out, so that the tops can be cut
| off with a few strokes of a knife at the
wagon. They say it saves time and
brings the seed to the mills, where it is
| used for feed. They don't strip the cane.
At the Mississippi Valley Cane Growers
meeting it was almost the unanimous
opinion that it is not necessary to strip
the cane There was no difference in the
quantity or quality of the sirup, but the
mill could not do as much wotk. In
some places it was the practice to run
seeds and all through the mill, and the
crushed seeds, taken out with the stem
mings, were used to fatten hogs and cat
tie. Many said even the bagasse furnished
good feed for stock. -
Mr. Ditus Day, speaking from his
twenty years experience, thought if the
leaves were left on there might be some
feed in the bagasse for cattle, but if they
were cut away there was not much for
cattle to pick from the dry stalks.
Mr.. Nash said his stripping, well done,
cost s1.5o per acre. He thought there
was an advantage. in cutting the tops
while the cane was standing, and that
the stripping facilitated handling the
cane His cane, handled as recommended
by the committee, was planted in three
foot rows. He paid 81 day to shippers.
Some of his neighbors were losers by
letting their cane stand after being
stripped. when its juices dried up fast.
Mr.. Wood thought that while I'M
stripped cane might do for large mills,
that the cane must be stripped for small
mills
Mr. Wyman, of Waseca, agreed with
Mr. Wood. and said there is no sap in