The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-01-26

coal filter, made out OF bones charred il re-
tort and ground coarse. These
were PLACED in large iron cylinder
about sixteen feet high, and the syrup
urated with the gum from the syrup it was put
i'll char kiln and baked over, removing there
by the impurities. He spoke OF a patent that
some Illinois men had got out, patenting lime
for DELEGATION. 1t had been used in China from
time imaacmorial, and if any one came round
to sell the patent he cautioned the farmers
against buying it
MR. Russell ON METHODS.
Mr.. A. J. Russell, president Of the Wisconsin
Cane Growers association, being called on,
said:
Get your cane to tho mil az soon as possible
anu get it ground. Then ship to soma central
refinery, and it can be made easily into sugar.
To make sugar making success, the I'm III
operator should be perfectly instructed. He
destroys his sugar the last five minutes by boil
ing after it gets to PIP or 21S. 1t caramelizes
or is turned into grape sugar. 1t Should be
finished 10 vacuum pan and should only be
boiled down by tie small operator toa semi
syrup. He spoke OF syrupon exhibition at the St
Louis exposition. which took the first premium.
It was made ty his own brotAer, and boilel
down with the greatest care on cook pan. Care
is very essential in its manufacture. Cane
should not be hauled over three miles, and the
central works should be located here and there
at convenient distances. Refneries need not cost
ever $4,000 to $l5, 900. He had zen some
in our own state that pulverized as high as the
Louisiana sugar ,ane
A SURE SUCCESS.
Mr.. Matteson, Of Wisconsin. said that he
made year ago nearly 10000 gallons Of
syrup. Every enc in Wisconsin who has taken
any pains in bis state has met with unqualified
success. lie has met with success in feeding
both stalks, seed and scum to COWS and hogs.
In cutting cane he has saw horses made and
takes into the field and lays the cone on them to
bind Met with misfortune in tho turning of
his mill the past fall, go Lad to ship by rail
fourteen miles. On account OF this he kept
some of his cane for sever al months and found
that it retained it's sweetness.
VALUABLE FOB OTHER PURPOSES.
Mr. Farmer, of Spring Valley, did not favor
feeding whole seed to stock. 1t paid better to
grind. The seed for feeding was more value bic
than either oats or corn: some OF his neigh
the acre He advocated thorough culture OF
the cane Cited the following instance: A
neighbo1 OF his planted o half acre and pastured
in it geese and sheep and about every other
kind OF stock He brought it to the mill, the
largest stalk being only as large as his little
finger. Ithad absolutely no juice in it, and
was not worked, 80 poor was it. The cane was
splendid for COWS. Let them run to the stalks
two hours and they would give more milk than
when fed with other food for twenty-four
hours.
MUST BE PROPERLY RAISED
Mr.. o. s. Powell of River Falls, Wis, said:
The cane must be properly raised. We can't
get syrup from cane grown in pigeon grass and
Now is the time to instii the idea Of the thor
oughness into the minds of the farmers
Mr.. Frazer of Vernon county, Wis, said that
he bought small mill in 1875. Used Cooks
evaporator, and tor years made fair article
last fall made 900 gallons. and sold it as fast
as made He dropped everything and went at
work to learn all he could find in books and
papers. Had found that lime was best for de-
fecating. He had Cook evaporator fifteen
feet long, and above this on the hillside he
placed second pan, in order to aid in defeca,
ting the juice. Made the past season 1890
gallons, which he sold for 10 cents gallon.
Mr.. Wakefield of LIE Sueur spoke of cutting
cane early while the seed was ia the dough. A
gentleman tried it, and got fourteen ga lions to
the load. The same cane, when III seed WAS
ripe, only yielded four gallons to the load He
felt satisfied that he hat lost heavily.
Mr.. Clement Of Kansas said: In cultivating,
the hoe is never used in Kansas. A crop on tue
sod does excellent:y. The seed we'll pays for
saving. Sheep mon say they had rather have
it, pound for pound, than corn. It worth 60
cents per bushel-considerar)e moro than corn.
Cane is sometimes taken at the mill with leaves
machine M: 'D is p' now being in7epted to
cut, top and pile the cane in tho field.
Cane cannot probably be hauled over two
and half miles: Varieties which We prefer.
amber cane, Kansas orange and Honduras
Amber yielded ten tons to the acre, the orange
fifteen, and the Honduras thirty tons, and the
test Of each respectively was IL degrees
Baume, 10 degrees Baume, and degrees
Baume. Very little difference in quality. The
red Siberian is promising variety: The early
Grange is large cane and promising: Juice is
very much after the plan of Faribault factory.
Can grind i've tons Of cane per hour the week
through. Have two mills Of thirty inch rolls
each, one fifty horse power engine, and two one
hundred horse power boilers. Use four defe-
to a tinisher. We worked 5000 tous last sea-
son. Our product OF syrup was 80, 600 gal
Ions, which We sold at 50 cents yer gallon in
Chicago. Same eyrnp is now worth from forty
to forty five cents. Paid $l.25 for Nnstripped
one. third more fuel than we can use. Fill up
your furnace, lower your doors and you will
save fuel We dry our bagasse some by spread
ing it out. Haul it out on sleds.
Had over 500 tons Of cane on hand before
he got ready to grind. Some of it turned black
spoiled, but we made up lot one day and
lined it heavily. and it made some Of the best
syrup Ran his mill fast, and preferred to run
it twenty one feet per minute.
AvARIETY OF OPINIONS
O. F. Miller of Dundas, Rice county, devoted
ia cane culture and experiments in the manu-
facture Of syrups from early amber and other
varieties now in common use. The machinery
employed in the process was also mentioned.
The juice OF the Minnesota cane was pro-
nounced purer than others. The seed Of the
orange variety was declared unsuitable for
general use in this iatitude and aa,;n soil
was thoroughly recommended. The most sue
cessfui me thods of cultivation we've also de-
ecribed, and the trouble encountered on &C.
count Of idigenous grasses, in Minnesota es-
pecially, were reviewed, the only sure protec-
ton against which is found in three separate
The cultivation of the cane and it's prep VA
toa for the mill was the subject Of general
but informal discussion by members. The syB-
tenn of stripping and top dressing cane, WAS
strongly condemned on account OF its liability
to i'm overish the juices; one member no had re-:
seeds on the cane until the latter was taken to
the mill and crushed.
Prof. Porter explained the importance of
floor and strike the tuft Of cane upon it's edge,
throwing the tuft to one side after the better
seed is obtained, and thus insuring healthful
and rigorous plant as their progeny or sue
cessions. President Kennedy recommended
careful cultivation as the most advantage
GUS procedure for the cane, and
member summed up his experience in the
words: The best cultivation ihsures the richest
cane. A delegate from Tomsh, Wis, called
attention to the prevalence Of fox grass in
fields in which cane bad been repeatedly grown,
and the difficulty in securing reliable seeds.
Mr.. Day expressed the opinion that southern
eeed was the best but the northern syrup was
sweeter than that produced in the south. Other
delegates announced their intention Of procuring
southern seed for the next seasons paintings.
Prof Porter stated that the sorgho and emphee
seeds we're liable to hybridize with broom corn
> if the fields s,e located within half mile of
each other. Mr.-Harris of Il Crescent COIN
cided with Prof. Porter in declaring the un
mietakable advantage found in selection Of
plump seeds and sound stalks In
the rotation Of crops. Governor Colman
Of St Louis thought the sorghO cane
could not be as well perfected here - in Mis-
eouri, because it was foreigner in the land
A great improvement in the yields would follow
assiduous civilizations such ~ il devoted to
hemp and other crops Southern cane seed
will prove advantageous to the farmer Of MIN