The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-04-09
Aamaiian Gazette.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. ISL.
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Ni,bough me >pri1g Of ISIS vss rather ccll
ana backward. he sorghum srprs-N p-ubab,s
-lfl,tc, > lirGsv area than ever before. poNR
b. the h,itvJ part If August t6c grup vas lock
ng ~el aut iourishiBs IN aeafiN every dis
.rict where it bad been planted Growers tslt
lapPy and much encouraged, believing thar
success was practically secured But 3grigg
the last week Of August came TIVE heavy trusts,
which in many sections utterly ruined these
bright hopes, In Minnescei. WiscvHsiu and
New York the plant was rendered t0silly unht
for sugar making ard vas redgccd II value
fully enc bali fer sirup making Large gaan-
titles ct the jGice WcGld net test ever ) deg
Bluuic, which would require nineteen gallons
to make enc Of sirup, eciled to the ordinary
density u . deg. Some CT y tested ) deg.
Bauaie. which requires twelve gallons Of iuice
% enc Of sirup, and in exceptional Instances Il
ran Us high as : deg Balme, which n good
seasons is only fair average and would give
q gallon ct sirup to eight and enc balf sallc1s
Ct luice. In New Jersey, southern Illinois
and Kansas the effects Of culd weather early
N the ta-l were also fels to j sCeater or less
extent, but did not prevent the Manufacture Of
a considerable amount Of sugar But before
speaking Of the establishments In these states
let rs see what IS the condition Of the Industry
IN New York state.
Central western New York comprises uios.
Ct The territory Devoted 10 the culture Of scrg-
hum IN thls state. Reports from eighteen
counties Indicate that ahcg. 1000 farmers
planted 4 larger Or smaller acreage with scry-
hum seed last year. As general rule these
plots averaged enc quarter to enc bali Of an
acre each, but IN exceptional instances Ike
that Of the Yates County Sugar Company a.
Penn Ian, there was as much as thirty acres
planted. Others had from three to eigAs acres.
but the amount varied Sc largely that It Is in
possible 10 Judge how much the total acreage
was. Quantities Of this cane were used for
solder only, while many acres Of II were lo.-
sal loss to the growers. Guly in a few rare
instances did any seed mature, and that IS q
crucial test Tor sugar making. l. should te
said, however, tia. sUEghum did quite as %el
as corn, which was / complete failure In this
state. and that wherever corn viii mature
sorghum viii also. There was, however. !
respectable quantity gf sirup manufactured,
the estimate being about -, 900 gallons fer The
entire state. Tins Is i branch Of the business
that Gun be carried On with SUCCESS even wherg
sugar Is an impossibilisy; for when j frcs;
causes portion Of the true cane sugar % re-
vert 10 glucose IN the stalk, It does not Seri-
cusly rnlurs the Juice for strip making L rhl
plant has attained certain degree Of maturity
Besides IN order TO make sugar probably, the
cane must be worked up Immediately after /.
Is cur, while Tor making strip It may be GU
and stacked up and used apparently At any
time within 4 month afterwari. The sirul
sells by the barrel az IN average price o. sixty
CENTS per gallon. l. Is far superior 90 any
New Orleans uolAsses, which IN most cases,
has besnS2uE through two or three processes t1i
extracting the sugar, and 10 practically guilt
less OF cuutIing more than grain or tw0 q
that article. SORGHUM strip On the Contrary
contains It's fun complement Of sugar. and Is
ucL only much sweeter than ordinary sirup bal
has delIsious favor. In quarters where il Is
Made and known, there Is Il steady demand
6sr Il rum the local trade N. preference TO any
ether sweet.
Turning now 70 the more Fortunate part u
the country, It Is found LaaE there are flur es-
adjustments IN the Northern states that turned
cut last year over 200, 90 pounds OF sugar each
These were the works at Bio G-auds, y J %
at Champaign, H., az Starting anu az Hutch
tnscu, Kan. The plantation II Rio Grand.
was larger than IN lSS3, bui the sffscs Of -b4
season Was such that only about two thirds as
much sugar WIS made. Still the tli.h Of the
cumPdny Is not IN the east diminished and VIZ
understand EhIr II Is now engaged 10 max
Ing an expensive outlay C put N machinery
Tor tie "tItfusIcn process, by which a ldrgei
percentage Of the Juice can be obtained fr9l
the cane, anu still larger pr0portIonate guam
lty OF saccharuse. At the Champaign county
wUrS6 H.. where they had gft acres IN ISS9
tnsy Planted so acres last year, and obtained
iarge yield giving them i net profit Of SjI Z;
per acre The most extensive iscrease, how
ever, nas been made IN The state Of Kansas.
Is discovered that both the sol and the climate
IL that State are peculiarly favorable 30 the
growth Of sorghum, and the works that hav,
been started Il the two points menEisusd By
the Stockholders Of the Champaign Company
Of LllInris have proved emiHently successful
tor the past year. We have no details II hand
OF their prUductiUn except that they mad
about 100000 pounds each, bus their sucres.
IL 4 we'll known fact Thrge other establish
ments N KANSAS, the Dundee Sugar Company
ct Dundee. the kInsley Sugar works az kius-
ley, and the Lawrsncs sugar Company Of Law.
renee, made 10000 pounds Of sugar each
merely a. a sample Of what they could DO.
The experiences Of the llss two years la.
LARRY demonstrated shat in the southern bal
OF The northern states, sorghum can be grow
without failure, for Il Is not likely that lul
more trying seasons than these VIII be ezper-
ienced IN many years. In the states furtheI
North II - still an open question whether scr
gnum cultivation viii pay, with the liability
70 loss 81 crup aucs out Of three DC four years
LIZ friends claim that 1t VIII mature aIoul
with corn IN every case, and thai If the cur
crop IL worth raising that Of cane Is wurtI
raising also The scluticn Of the questiol
VIII probably cume, az Dr. L. L. Sturtevan
suggests, along with the discovery Of earle
maturing varieties, % be obtained BY a careful
selection from sports" or frum indTvitIuf
heads that rlpeu m advances Of LLsIr fellows
such variety Is already being tested, and !
July Flpened rs seed last faII IN Jetfarscl
cuuntEr y T. early enough 70 escape ths
trust winch destroyed all the rest Of the cruz
III that rsg1ou- Should tins variety prove per,
manen- Il would be an immense advantage T.
the cane growing interests Of the north Bu
Until some such variety IA established tbs IN.
uAslfy must be regarded as prgcar Gus IN tht
STATES lying tlrtlez5 north Amber cane maj
be grown there Tor syrup, but profitable sGE1l
making must De Zone somewhat further south
In tins short review Of the uascent =ural
ministry Of the north, We shogld not ue-iec.
% mention the ouly successful beet su-al
manuiactnry N the United States. Il 4 h,
etandarf sugar Refinery Of AIvarado, Cal
Last season vas the fifth Of it, existence an
work. and is balance sheet for October. d,
nrss working month u the season, shows
very satisfactory result There we're :. 80,
TONS u heets wcsksd up, Zoe which they paid
The growers ef-6a per t1u- Erum this amour
they prutuceit 3iI ,gIG pounds az sugar. which
sold for s5irsgfIT. The pulp sold for 81.
making tie total recsiptz S55 SSH. Tbt
entire expense for beets and manufacture, 10.
Gliding pay roll, was 81, g3S "a, leaving a.
the profits uf the mouth SII ,fTs.If. Taerl
are two obstacles m the way Of iutruducin.
beet culture INTO the eastern states. One /
the apathy Of the farmers, whom It u diiicuI
70 persuade 70 raise the heefz The ether d
thai Il eEhaHsta the soil very rapidly, All
HecEaaIrdfes high fertiIizarinn- We beiie7i
however that # farmers could gar $50 De
tan iar heeA they world raise them Fr1u
Hfteen 70 twenty Tons per acre can be -ruwn
and even with considerable cnat f4r Fertilizers
the crop would be paying BruEFTss1,
AI@isEs FruH the Sea-
Uf al the towns on the Mediterranean be
tween Tania and TIngier, there il none 80 cal
euldtea n eachaut the traveller upon a frs
view al Algiers- 10th on ae-8unt of- the bsa4ty
0f ia natural surroundings and the uufan.fIfs Ia
and striking cnnhgursti1n Of the city flself
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