Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-06-29
Commissioner LOring on Sorghum.
" estern (wis.l Farme

Hon. Geo. b. Loring, the 4. s. com.
missioner of Agriculture. has issued q
circular, dated June &, 1882, addressed
to the manufacturers of sugar from
sorgham, beets, and other sugar pro-
duclng plants, wherein he states that
the experiments by the department
have not proved successful, and undel
the authority of an act of congress,
making provisions for experiments in
the manufacture of sugar from sorg-
hum, etc, he makes the following
proposition to growers of the cane and
manufacturers:
Each manufacturer is requested to
submit an account OF his work to this
department, covering the following
points-vlz.:
"FIRsr--An accurate account of the
number of ceres o. sorghum brought
to his mill, the number Of tons of cane
manufactured, the yield of sorghum
per acre, the mode of fertilizing, the
time of planting, the time required
for maturing the plant, and the value
of the crop as food for cattle after the
juice has been expressed.
SECoND--The amount OF sugar manu-
featured, the amount yielded per ton
of cane, the quality, the amount of
syrup manufactured, the process of
manufacturing, the machinery used
the success of the evaporation, the
vacuum pan, and the centrifugal in the
work of manufacturing.
THIRD The number of hands en-
ployed in the mill, the cost of fuel the
cost of machinery, the wages paid for
labor, and the price of sorghum at the
mill, if not raised by the manufac-
turer"
The returns, when received, will be
submitted to committee for examina.
ton, and in order to compensate the
manufacturers for the work of making
these returns, propose to pay for the
ten best returns the sum of 81 200 each
the decision to be made by the afore.
said committee. Each return must
be sworn to before competent officer
| have distributed to ninety persons
n supply of the best sugar-beet seed that
| could obtain, and | would reques,
each person having received this seed
TO send to this department statement
of the amount of land planted by him
the yield per acre, the fertilizer used
and the value of the crop in the mar.
ket. also request each person max
/ ing this experiment to forward to this
department sample of the crop foi
analysis. The directions for this will
be issued hereafter.
An accurate statement of the process
of manufacturing beet-sugar in thi,
country is of great importance, and
propose to compensate the manuiac
turers for making such statement, by
the payment OF the sum of 81 200 FOL
each two of the best returns submitted
as in the case Of sorghum. The prom
Use Of 1000 pounds of corn stalk suga
per acre, which was made in 1871, anl
has often been repeated with great con
fidence, both at the expense OF the corr
crop and in addition to it, not yet hav'
ing been fulfilled in manufacture, the
experiments not having been satisfac-
| tory and the business not having been
followed up, it is not deemed best to in
jstitute sugarmaking experiments in
this direction during the present year
The same may be said of many escu
tents which have been classed M sugar
producers. All proposals to enter upor
this work for the department must bt
laid before the commissioner on or be
| fore August ] 1882.