The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-01-14
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Isaac Hedges. N A. iauis President Cos
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hlahap aate snme Interesting statistics ~
rsldlha tha msHafstfhfs n suHsf 10 the
North, shovins that e0ndefiul psusfsss ~
that dlfeeilnn has btsn insde IN lhe past fee
Years NJ Hedges read lehxlHy communal
pailon. touching IN arnetd eaY upon The
sfeat Interest that Il belna taken N The eul
llvstlah W snaaf raho Al over the North, and
alluded 10 the generosity " southern efowsfs
IN coming forward and sliding m every mar
naf The rtodnrtlon In the sutih Tho seete
iafy ~ the ioulalana Cane uruwefs' As.oeia
tlon entertained the Convention with sums
interesting facts concerning The growth ~
cane In hlasiaie Mr. NleoIl, n the same asso-
iion, following with some remarks on the 70
sul, II experiments with Northern cane In
southern territory. Prot Henry made Al iew
tcmsfhs touching upon cane culture, aiiet
Witch reports from different States we're read,
the Convention then taking into considrra.
iion tho advisatility ot sending delegates 10
represent them In the National Convention,
assembling ut that city On the lnh inst.
Prot scoyilc delivered worry practical ad
dress, IN which he detailed the results Of q
series of experiments on the subject of sugar
making fium amber cane, An analysis ~
cane produced on different soils showed the
following results Old prairie soil, ll7s pcr
cent sugar; virgin prairie soil, laT,i timber
land, if.si Mississippi sand soil. lia The
effect of sasHarr was shown TO be detrimental
by the fact thai manurcd land gave percent
age Of 1879 sugar, whilo unmanurcd land pro.
ducod 1897. A general discussion was IN
dulsed In as to whether glucose Is injurious
or not.
SECOND DAT.
Atsp. m.mcmbers Of the Convention mot at
the iaclcdc Hotel and proceeded on visit to
Bclchers Sugar Refinery on the lcyee. A mum
Der Of samples Of sugar were examined. and
the process Of manufacture noted.
At II o'clock the Association rcassemblod nj
tho Polytechnic and after a few remarks by
Prof, wyiie, OF the Indiana State Agricultural
College, President Hedges introduced Mr.. q.
Bozarth, OF Cedar Falls, Iowa one OF the lar,g.
est cane. growers in his State, having cultiva-
ted over 100 acres Of amber cane each year for
the last twenty, and his experience IN tho
practical management Of the sorghum plant
was listened 20 with especial interest. II wa.
stated by member from Louisiana that In thu
South sulphufous acid is used before the de.
lection takes place. Prot. wigley urged tho
use OF turmeric paper as test TO indicate the
amount OF lime In the Juice. an excess of lime
turning the yellow turmeric paper brown
Regrct' were read from Prof. Culbertsor
Of Nebraska, who stated that ho was In full &C
cord with objects Of the convention, aftel
which ageneral discussion was engaged In ~
to the uses to which tho cane bagasse may b,
put II has for years been used in the manu-
iacture OF paper, and Tor that purpose sold iol
70 cents per ton. As food for stock II also
has considerable value, especially when tn
leaves are not stripped In many parts %
the country II Il used ns fuel with hrst. .clas
results, and n Kansas gentleman thought 4
hrs great future a. matcriaLfor mattresses
l'rot. Wiley, Of Indiana, spoke # the subiec
principal of these and forms 4 70 10 per Z, cent mi
~ many sugars. Another form Of adultera
tion Is inycrt sugar. This kind Of sugar ali
icrs from glucose. and may ba produced II
various ways. II does not crystalize, and 4
very difficult to distinguish. third, an
perhaps the most important aduiteration
consists Of starch sugar. This sugar Is per
icctly dry and white, and 4. mixed with can
sugar TO The extent Of from - TO 80 per cent
Mr.. Thombs, by request, gave the iolowin
figures as TO the cost per day Of manufActur
lnq 100 tons OF cane, upon the basis Of i6I can
Juice: