Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-13

was 5a1cts for 1887, and it has been 70
ported that the crop of 1888 was solf
on the track for 6 cents; so Won "a,
see that these estimates are intended
to be safe. When we consider th.
length of the season and the improved
machinery used at this present CAV W.
will venture to assert that one good. in
dustrious man and three good horses q,
: mules, can plant and tend sixty acres
Of cane, and do it in good shape. not ir
the slipshod manner that some of OH
farmers are trying to grow it, by drill
ing it into rye and wheat stubble afte,
arrest. Extra help will be required in
cutting and hauling to market. Oh
course it will be a bonanza for those
that live close to the mill. to how
fal it can be hauled proftably is q
question not easily decided. While six
miles is nearly the limit in the eastern
part of the state, where the roads cut ur
easily, and other cropsdo finely it is
really 10 criterion for US to go by.
With us it depends upon the reads, the
teams and the crops We raise. With
good road. a good three or four horse
team, strong wagon and rack from so to
20 hundred pounds can be hauled at a
load.
AS fori impoverishing the soil, there
can be no immediate danger. The roots
see m 10 be more like clover roots than
any other crop raised, and fields that
have been planted to sorghum for years
show no sign of exhaustion. 1t would
be unreasonable to suppose that it
would not finally exhaust some of the
| elements required for its growth.
It is claimed that sugar is composed
of water and carbon. The carbon is
taken from the air and the water from
both air and ground.
The two new methods which promise
so well are the Adamson Roasting Pro-
cess and the other is in using the con-
cretor. BY the first process the cane is
roasted before grinding. 1t is claimed
that plants of 100 tons capacity per "a
hours, can be erected for from $4,000
to $4,000. according to location and
the desire of the builder, who may want
first class outfit or one for as little
money us possible.
This process has been patented and it
is claimed that as much, if not more,
sugar can be manufactured per ton
than by the diffusion process, and at
greatly reduced expense. Another adj
vantage claimed for it is that it only
requires water to supply the boiler with
steam and the crushed cane, when it
comes from the mill is SO dry that it
can at once be used for fuel and that
the quantity is nearly, if not quite suf-
ficient for the engine. If This proves to
be factIt will remove one of the prin-
cipal drawbacks to manufacturing in
western Kansas.
A large company has been organized
at Meade Center to perfect and manu-
facture machines and furnaces.
The Sterling Syrup Works are now
to put Il concretOr in their
works. This apparatus is now in use
in several foreign countries. 1t re-
duces cane juice to solid mass. Mo-
iasses and sugar together with no at
tempt at crystalizing the sugar. This
concrete can now be shipped many
thousand miles to refneries that sep
arate and refine the sugar from the
mOlssses. 1t is now regularly quoted
in the London markets at nearly the
price Of brown sugar. This apparatus
is comparatively inexpensive and does
not require experts to operate it. 1t is
highly recommended by sugar engin-
GERS who have used it, and by scientific |
men who have tabulated its results and |
have compared its products with that |
Of the ordinary expensive sugar ap-
paratuS. This seems TO be a practical |
way of simply condenslng cane juice
to small bulk so that it can be ship
ped and refined by those who have the
facilities and skill to properly crystal
ze sugar, and to separate it from the
molasses. and to decoloriZe and granu-
ate it and produce finished and mar
article. Sorghum sugar man
lfactured at Topeka in 'SS was nearly
white, and refneries are soon to be
erected in the eastern part of the state.
Sorghum sugar is from 9S to SO per
per cent pure sugar.
We expect to investigate these new
that have been introduced ard
will report after we have witnessed
heir practical workings. This is likely
% be an eventful year for the sugar in
lustry in Kansas. Appropriations of
arge sums of money have been made
~ the u S. Government to continue