Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-01-26

Der zane lu the
and interested Persons from Other States In
Attendance.
Last week there was a large convention at
Minneapolis, Mimi, of the cane growers of the
northwest Gentlemen were present from vari-
Gus parts ot the country. While the display of
syrups ard sugar were not 80 great in bulk rs
last year, in the number OF samples exhibited it
was probably greater. There were forty nine
packages Of syrup and large number of sam
pies of sugar From the latter there were
shown large variety of candies made from
goods purchased from Mr.. Kenney three years
ago.
Capt. Russell Blakely of ST Paul spoke at
length of the experience at the Faribault
Works, with which he il connected. He said:
The cane this past fall was SO badly damaged
that it tErned red half through the stalks. |
am so firm in the belief of its success that
think it is going to be second to no industry in
this country. He then spoke OF the great enc
my OF amber syrup-glucose. The glucose
folks went arond this state and Iowa and Kan
sas and Missouri last fall and bought up large
quantities of amber syrup, which they mixed
with glucose sIrd are now sending it over the
country as pure goods. 1t is pretty fair syrup
much better than they have boon in the hsb-
it of sending out But in order to make good
syrups we must Improve our methods We
must have central retineries and let the goods
be finished in them. Inquiry wss made IS to
his process of tiltering syrup. lt was in a bone
coal filter, made out of bones charred III re-
to:t and ground coarse. These
were placed in large iron cylinder
about siXtesn feet high, and the syrup
was run through it. When the coal WAS sat
urated with the gum from the syrup it was put
in char kiln and baked over, removing there
by the impurities. He spoke OF patent that
somo Illinois men had got out, patenting lime
for defecation. 1t had been used in China from
time immemorial, and if any ons came round
to sell The patent he cautioned the farmers
against buying it
MIR russell on METHODS.
Mr.. A. j. Russell, president of the Wisconsin
Cane Growers association, being called on,
said:
Get your cane to lhe mil ~ soon ss possible
and get it ground. Then ship to some central
refinery, and it can be made easily into sugar.
To make sugar making a success, the small
operator should he perfectly instructed. He
destroys his sugar the last five minutes by boil
ing after it gets to PIP or 2lS. 1t caramelizes
or is turned into grape sugar. 1t should be
finished in s vacuum pan and should only be
boiled down by the small operator toa semi
syrup. Hespokc of syrup on. exhibition at the 81.
Louis exposition, which took the first premium.
1t was made by his own brother, and boiled
down with the greatest care Oh cook pan. Care
is very essential in it's manufacture. Cane
should not be hauled over three miles, AMI the
central works should be located here and there
at convenient distances Retinaries need not cost
over $40, 600 to $4,000. He had seen some
i'll our own state that pu!yeriZed as high as the
Louisisns sugar cane.
A SIRE SUCCESS.
Mr. Matteson, of Wisconsin, said that he
made r year ago nearly 10000 gallons of
any pains in his state has met with unqualified
success. He 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 cane GA them to
bind. Met with misfortune in the burning of
his mill the past fall, 90 had to ship by rail
fourteen miles. On account OF this he kept
some of his cane for several months and found
that it retained its sweetness.
VALUABLE FOR 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 BILE
than either oats or corn. Some of his neigh
the acre. He advocated thorough culture OF
the cane. Cited the following instance: A
neighbor OF his planted half acre and pastured
i'll 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, so poor was it. The cane was
two hours and they would give more milk than
when fed with other food for twenty-four
hours.
MUST BE PROPERLY RAISED.
MIR. 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
smart weed-it don't pay for the working up.
fhca limo 70 fr,0fi of fIaf fl,a,,
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 for years made a fair article
of syrup, which he sold readily. A year ago
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 do
fecating. He had Cook evaporator fifteen
feet long, and above this on the hillside he
placed q second pan. in order to sid in defeca-
ting the juice. Made the past season $500
gallons, which he sold for so cents a gallon.
MIR. Wakefield of LIE Sueur spoke Of cutting
cane early while the seed was in the dough. A
gentleman tried it. and got fourteen gallons to
the load. The same cane, when the 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 the
SUu uOtS SACeileuIly. ne b66u well pays 1Or
saving. Sheep men say they had rather have
it, pound for pound, than corn. tis worth go
cents per bushel-considerabl more than corn.
About one half bushel per acre is sown for feed.
Cane is sometimes taken at the mill with leaves
on, but prefer it stripped. A
machine ID now being invented to
cut, top and pile the cane in the field.
and half miles. Varieties which we prefer,
amber cane, Kansas orange and Honduras.
Amber yielded ten tons to the acre, the Grange
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 ia promising variety. The early
grange is large cane and promising Juice is
rich and granulates readily. Our factory 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 finisher. We worked 5000 tons last sea-
son. Our product of syrup was 10000 gal
Ions, which we sold at 30 cents per gallon in
Chicago Same eyrnp is now worth from forty
to forty five cents. Paid 81. % for unstripped
cane, and 81. so for stripped Bagasse makes
your furnace, lower your doors and you will
save fuel. We dry our bagasse come 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
before we could grind it, and we thought it had
spoiled, but we made up lot one day and
lined it heavily, and 1t made some Of the best
syrup. Ran his mill fast, and preferred to run
it twenty one feet per minute.
A VARIETY OF OPINIONS
@. F. Miller of Dundas, Rice county, devoted
come time to the recital of personal experience
in 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-
purer than others. The seed of the
orange variety was declared unsuitable for
general use in this latitude and coil
The testing Of all seed before splingant
was thoroughly recommended The most sue
cessful methods of cultivation we've also de-
scribed, and the trouble encountered OH ac-
count Of idigenous grasses, in Minnesota es-
pecially, were reviewed, the only sure protec-
ton against which is found in three separate
plowings each season.
The cultivation Of the cane and it's prep IRA.
ton for the mill was the subject of a general
but informal discussion by members. The sys-
tenn Of stripping and top dressing cane, was
strongly condemned on account of its liability
to impoverish the juices; one member had re-
allied an excellent yield of sugar by leaving the
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