Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-02-23
Sugar Making ~ Tennessee.
Lebanon Register.

Ek.llEI 1-sG4Eht ffH7sE d THs -sf4a. sE.ga
b. Tbs, ,ijmporta9se q this subject ,S4.,t j.
not easily Ovefestfnlfted by "Our
people. Indeed, there is pslSsibly
much more in it than we are will
ing at first thought To accord. The
perfect adaptation of our soil and
climate to the cultivation of sugar
cane is well known by our best ag-
riculturists and should be sufficient
! to awaken a lively interest in the
cultivation of the cane and the man
ufacture OF sugar from ii by our peo-
pie. 1t must he admitted, we
| think, that the raising of cotton is
not profitable in Tenn see, and
therefore, the greater necessity for
| the substitution of something else
that will furnish the means OF sup
plying the family with both the
necessarieS and luXuries Of the home.
The cultivation of sugar cane will
in large degree contribute to this
desirable end.
Below we give something said of
this industry in the latitudes far
north OF this and suggest that if
profitable there. OF how much great
er profit will it prove in our own
latitude so much more favorably
situated i'm this regard
''The Iowa Homestead he's full
confidence that proper encourage
ment to the sorghum interest would
enable America to raise its own su-
gar, and believes if the drain on our
resources for sugar was stopped it
would turn the balance of trade SO
largely in our favor that America
would speedily become a creditor
of the civilized world.
1t is no longer debatable gu s.
ton that sorghum sugar can be
made, and very protitably in this
country. During the last three years
gratifying results have attended
every experiment made with intel
ligent management. In this lati-
tude the sorghum crop yields not
less than fifteen tons of cane per
acre, and thirty bushels of seed.
Cane topped but unstripped sells to
the manufacturer for two dollars
per ton, and the seed to grind for
feed is worth one-third more than |
corn.' sai
We give also what Mr. Collier,
Chemist of the Agricultural Bureau |
at Washington. says of this latitude |
for the culture of sorghum and ask
our people to reflect upon the state
ments made by him:
"Dr. Peter Collier, Chemist OF the |
Agricultural Bureau at Washington,
whose energi ) for the p: ct six |
years have been devoted almost ex.
clusively to the development of this
new sorghum sugar industry, ex-
presses the opinion that the indus
try would be exceptionally favora- !
Bile in this locality, and thinks Ten |
nessee is d dfstined to become one of
the largest sugar producing States. |
So firm is he in this faith, that he |
has intimated his willingness, in a
with gentlemen of !
this city, to take an interest in
stock company for the manufacture
of sugar here, il organized upon |
scale sufficient to Ssen the risk of |
failure, or rather TO make failure |
lie THINKS such a COM
pany should own lands. or lease
them and grow its own cane, to
make sure of regular supply to the
mills. We understand that he
would be willing to join sucha COM
pany in Tennessee and give his
personal supervision to the work.
There is not man in this country,
or any other, who knows as much
about the making of sorghum sugar,
and the company, would be fortu-
nate which should secure his CO.
operation and. services, and this
city would be fortunate in securing
such an important industry at or
near it. There Is no doubt that
sorghum sugar can be made with
a profit, and a very great profit, IL
with sufficient capital
and under efficient management.