New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-20
THE SORGHUM INDUSTRY
RESULTS or THE YEARS EXPERIMENTS
AND INVESTIGATIONS.
IpY TELEGRAPH 10 TIE IHIBU"|I

my
Washington May l--Ir'pin n".' .,,,.s,rs
and Encouraging circumstance =, s,,c.
tho sorgsum industry has mad" fair Pr"e''
-, ,,o,,,,r and In,cTrd we're nrst Srtes"u a''
IT,, h, "a. lnyestIgainnS and experiments VI ~
potter Cor,Icr some ten years ago. IN re'"',' =,
mas, wear were, on tho whole, NOR eh'"u' 80 =,
those Of any preceding year. lhey PI'''" .
p,,crs favorable to the Rr"w'h OF sorghum 80
,,, bvSlnr,, VI making sugar U" -
Ia h"'''"-' g.. goo! prospect Of fair, imm'dIa''
.,,, r,,,.orctlyc p:oOls on tho eap'l" s,r
~" 49,, .ror,s TO show that III" WaN'"e W :,
! - ,.,.,- hy the prccss e diHn'"h V" ,,
.c,Ic and with a small capital can ~ ""' 49,. -.
-, ,r,r-b ~ farm industry, Who h'' '""'''
rather Encouraging. ,.,s aud rxprrl-
| -, ,-oro r,grc satisfactory. Additional a''' 49,
n'e',, 80, ga, e,,ucd respecting ia" coAp''"'''
py ~, a,ccr,ut varirtr, ot cane ana ihp'"'
,ohnts Of cultivation, p"pa'"" -,
| na,dIing improvement, In "Ppa''' 1T.
| ,,.ch,pcrv Ia, we'll Is III ,..,.
'I,,,on q, tnr oauc and It's iuc" "'ro man ",' -,
| Vs., r,o,l. uscs for some 81 th" bI-p'""
ana p'"''' =, I,.c,,.rrcd II has Dccn Io"ha
! ,,-,c,,c,,,e ~ obtain couPfS ''A'1'"' v, 800
"'t :, .rghp,n sugar. syrup and n"lhH"N i''' -
! -. ,,,,l pr,,tucs OF the Khusa' s'Fsh"" @,.oo
! D., .. .,., b. asc"7aiu"d were; sugar 49,
| ,,,,ts svr,rp and m"la.s"S' ""''""' t"''" ., -
! =. M sug.r refinery 81 Karsas AH ''' 80 -
! g,,ru
! ,or-o, prlco OF about "'nt7 p"f P""', - 49,.
| """s a., STATE maid a bounty OF cen" pr
| W ,rh. svr,p sold AZ tho Factories Al W '''"'
| = ,u,n for Centrifugal to 2"G - o"" w.
| g. which none Of the sugar Ia" o''n
! m. yl.,d Of sugar per ton OIL "''','" -
! - ,,,,icA from A. pounds 10 :" p""n'T' VI. -
w. o.,,,,,s ., the output being about ID P"nu''
OF NV e'N' .,o,, ~ syrup from cane worked for
t,,c averaged a. out - IL gaii"hS P'' WI
s''"' - ,r,,lx,J for sugar also. 10 gallons pr VOL
| .,.,,,,rg ,o TIC cNpcricnc" oi IaHt N'"'
:. J,cs.cd- care ri rp~cut"i about -'''' P'I 20
| can. ~ delivered at the fari"rts py 'no E''" -
,or ian making TIE cost Of ton u "''>' oS,,
81 30 ton Of cane "a u c'h,'" ',.' 90, u,rrth
ID IN an average about t"o bush'1s VI So 49,,
| IL, ,,uruu,c. 20 CrrtS per buSh'I' a'" > ''7
iva ,,I,s las, year Al about IS cents per p"s"'|
,1 10 ro,rr,d the net cost Of the 'dresse" '
ro t,ctory 10 a % or ~ :" per ION !" W" -,
=, ,o,,d. Of sugar AZ cents, a. - 0"' 90 - -
~, scr,,p Al 10 centS, ~ GO; t1ta'' - a. VI 80
- s,,,p a, - conts, - "a; leaving O'a"''
CAIRNS VI IN 4, ar ~ 3D. aud IN tho other case
W va -. 80 - H. from which must ~ n"'u''''
W -, ,,rcps"s salary account, Insurance. '"'''
81 and discount, repairs '"' 90, M ,.
| Tho sum Of these item, amouh''' !" "''"' -
,o,r II was found thai TIE percentages VI VI. u'u'l
| ont Items which were charge" " -"
,,c,ure wcr, about az follows
oror IN factories, 257; salaries yearly a. m'''
,,o,.s, and discount. A; cU0pcraHo' ) L. snhhIy
,,oou.roous exrrnscs and in>urapcc' 81 per cont
r ,,,.,cc- 40 per cont bcing the amount pau ~
-, tor conc These are not fanciinI hSnrs ;
,nss arc derived from actual experience u VIII %
80, ,h., tho balance I'm favor Of the industry dd not
Include the State bounty 81 cents per p"''l" vi
,ucar which, on the quantity above meh'iohen'
amounted to Si1 sac a.
The Conway Springs Sugar Company OF Kansas ia't
vc,r produced 100 900 pounds Of sugar valued al IL
cents pcr pound AMI 5000 gallons OF mola'SeS vat
ned At lo cents per gallon. In this company farmers
who raised sorghum interested to the extent OF
"a zoo which amount Of stock paid for In cane at
: 20 uer ton The balance sheet OF this company Tor
J last season is as follows;
Cost OF labor "a 1896 o.; cost Of fuel, $1,000 j3
cost az cane 81 $50; ncdentalS, coOperage, etc.
81 ag4 81; total sl4 $40 ~ 100000 pounds sugar
At To cents &C. 800; 100000 pounds sugar, cents
state bounty 80 OUO 10000 gallons mOlaSscs at IL
cents "a 800; 10000 bushels seed, 80 cents (estI-
mated. 90 900: total, SI5, 800; balance, s0s1@5.
The profit per ton over the cost Of production was
only 80 cents, but the labor and fuel accounts were
greatly swellcd on account Of experimental wor;
conducted under the direction Of the Department OF
, Agriculture without reference Ia immediate economical
results The average yield per Of sorghum raised
. at Conway Springs vas 10 l.2 tons pr Acre-Ons
6cld OF thirty acres averaging ~ l-2 per acre
and 10 was rich I'm sacchaItno strength. From one
trial rum Of 50 tons Of Ccsnel cane, ALSO
! pounds Of sugar of 81 per cent purity and 600
sugar and % . gallons Of moasses per ton Tho aver
ago yield Of sugar 80 pounds Per The analysis
showed that the amount Of In each ton Of cane