New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-20

averaging the CnrH season. 2i8 pounds, OF which
'hc glucose wonh hold In solution about d6 pounds,
lravng Id pounds which would be available II other
solids. as gum starch. cooring matter etc, did not
interfere with tho process Of granting 10 such an
extent that under the most favorable conditions only
100 pounds wcr' obtained AID tho average was only
90 pounds, about onethtr ~ thr available sugar.
II will 10 that the discovery and application Of
and economical process for the claHnca
ton OF the sorghum juice obtained by tho process Of
diffusion will be not Inferior In importance to that
process Itself. This Is one Of the problems which
the chemists will try To solve this year.
IN some RESPECTS tho results not goCd ~ tho
PERSONS gagged IN tbr Industry pccteL The de-
maHd for sc"d. whch bad been heavy al prices rang
ing from FL 20 Il 10 per bushcl. Light, and tho
prices "ll to 30 and finally IS cents per bushe and
tho demand for syrup amounted to only small fraction
tie supply. II became necessary TO crrafe a
source Of demand for these by products and II de-
t'dmnei 20 test tCr yauo FOOD for flttrnng boot
The insult Of this test has bceu satisfactory. On
basis ot cents per pound for beef on tho hoOi, the
fe" Is found W be worth n ~" factory. 10 ornis per
hGshei and the syrup 10 cents Per gallon for feed! The
leaves ~ the cane. Villch would be otherwise a desi
l,e, also found 10 posses some value article
~ food for stock and this time 400 head ~ cattle
being fc with sorghum Srel, syrup anil leaves With
Satisfactory results. Forty head II cattle Consume
n"rn gnllous ~ syrup. twelve bushels Of seed and
quantity Of lgaycs I'm day
The season bcug regarded ruthcr unfavcrabo ono.
about ten per arr, for which Tho formers
c"Vod NJ Factories - ton. At thai price the crop
j. Profitable ono 20 u" farmer whore tho distance
irm ID" factory does not exceed thre" mites. Within
radius Of les than three miles, and making ell
noo>Ary allowance for other CruPs al ample amount
Of sorghum eau be raised 20 keep IN constant opera
ton 10 IT'S ih capacity during tho s"ason o. say
ninety days flrHry with a capacity Of 400 tons
per day Tho cost ~ such factory IN Kansas a, tho
pr en' time about s75 600: the cost Of factory
with capacity Of 900 tons per day abou, 10000
That the industry that state Las rrachcd prom.
i'lng, II not wholly souud and satisfactory basis IL
shown by tho fact that ,N sorghum factories ara
building and will be In operation this scasun and
that before the end Of the year mr S75OOOO will be
invested In this new branch Of manufacturing Industry
Ia kansas alone. within the last few months ono
concern IN Ohio has received orders for sorghum ma
chiMcry ia the amount 81 nearly 400 OoU.
The Increased demand fur such machinery will NOT
only c@i 70 mechanical Improvements which expert
cnco has arrsly shown Ia be necessary, but viii 10
Of large amounts or'capiial In the new Industry viii
who have Invested rh"lr money I'm this p%si"'Ss
ard VII" have experienced the dsapponfncnts In
> parable nun the establishment of every now
Industry, cNpiess tho conviction that within tho
dT,r,,or W %iu Yea" ,,,d the average Of PrH
aud quality, ard thr economy OF Manufacture crraiIy
h'reaTd, while improvements In the Implements and
farmer well a. the manufacturer Moreover he
number Of mon shI~ and experienced In tho business
OF making sugar from sOrghm hy the diffusion prr.css
which Is now small with BE- largely Increased viii the
multiplication % factories and tho mpnyNl prospcct
o. the stability as well as tho gnwth OF the Industry
The scarcity ~ such T., ono of tho serious draw
oacfs SIN cNpcncnr"i IN tho planting ami operating
a considerable amount 81 ctpitaL -
In regard 10 the prarticalty Of making sugar from
process herc Is radical dcrrncc Of sn"n
H. J. Hughes, Of Rio Grandc, n j., who has dcvotOI
the last ten years to eyPcrmcn rs and Professor Wiley
tho chemist OF tho department uf AgrICulmro II
l. fact thai tho work last year by the Hughes
process at Rio randC dd not aSfactorIly show thai
sorghum can be probably manufactured on a small
scale; II IS also fact thar tho application Of tho
Hughes process Of OICu diffusion a largo scale M
Douglass. kan, was moi success lhll. In his mnst
recent Official report on this subject Professor Wiley
sad
have been OF tho opinion that sugar making
from sorghum cout he successfully prac,lsed on small
scale and The experiments carried ny the Dopar rcut
Of Agriculture for two successive seasons at RIO Grandc
have only served 70 confirm me Ia this belief The
Of tho processes employed character OF In.
machinery required and the Kind skilled labor needed
all combine 20 render Ia" manufacture OF sugar on small
scale commercially unsuccessful. do not sec any favor.
abc result In this direction from The years trial at
Rio Grnnd". For the present manufacturing season Mr..
Hughes does not amount u sugar made
except from portion 81 the crop and this evidence
whatever that sufficiently low to enable
II " DO put upon the mark" IN competition with other
sugars. | should have glad had the result been
otherwise, for the successful Inauguration OF era Of
making conducted by farmers woull have bccu
| great blessing to vast agricultural rnqon,
Further on after rosiaug thc objection 10 the open
! or dipping system OF diffusion, Professor Wiley
! says:
For very small batteries working only Few tons a
day. this system might possibly b. employed doubt
even then ~ II could be economically worked This opln
Ion OF mine U.s. Will - seen total variance With that
expressed by Mr. Ilughcf and those who propose be-
come practically Interested In the matter viii have "a
decide upon the merits Of the Of diffusion at
! a personal investigation
II may be we'll 10 remember that Professor WILEY
| has been compelled by fhc logic Of facts to modit
or chang oi his former opinions respecting TN
practicauiy and prOnt Of mailing sugar from sorghum
end futIrc results may induce him ~ do so In tltl
ceSe. II Is true, however, that tho cstablishmen
Of \ sorghum sugar industry ~ a branch or liCdrn
OF farm operation Is matter for the future and Il
praetleablty Is cloudcd with doubt 1t Is grauNln