The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
A New souroe of Sugar.

A paper that is attracting considerable
attention among farmers and others was
published recently in Science" by Mr. f.
L. Stewart, of Murrayville, Pa. The
subject of the paper is Sugar from Indian
Corn Stocks" Mr.. Stewart claims that
he has demonstrated by experiments that
if the corn is plucked from the stalks
when it is in the milky stage the energy
of the plant thus arrested in the produc-
ton of ripened grain is turned in the
direction of storing saccharine juices.
After the corn is plucked the stalks
grow more vigorously than they did be-
fore and the accumulation of cane sugar
is rapid.
Mr.. Stewards experiments show that
when the corn in its milky state is re-
moved from the stalks the juices of the
stalk Immediately begin to show an in
crease of sugar, and that the life of the
plant is prolonged from one to two
months. He says: each successive season
fresh series of analyses and practical
tests were made and put upon record, be-
| ginning with that stage of the develop
ment of the plant when the percentage Of
cane sugar had previously been supposed
to have reached its maximum, and ex-
leading them through the after period of
| juice-ripening, brought on by the timely
separation of the immature grain, up to
the time of frost, 1t was found that the
saccharine strength of the juice, under
the new conditions, constantly increased
in fixed ratio, and that the life of the
plant was prolonged from month to two
months beyond the natural period'
The conclusion which Mr. Stewart
reaches is that in any locality in which
corn grows well profitable crop of sugar
can be obtained from Indian corn, besides
the immature corn and the fodder. The
yield of sugar will be larger per acre
than that obtained from sugar beets, and
the cost of obtaining it will be less.
Who can say that these experiments
of Mr.. Stewart will not eventually prove
to be extremely valuablel Many seasons
there is more corn produced in this coun-
try than is needed, The price it brings
does not leave a margin of profit There
is always a demand for sugar If the i'm
mature corn can be utilized and then the
stalks can be made to yield a profitable
crop of sugar the time may come soon
when the farmers of this country will
supply the home market with sugar.
Correct advertising is an art-a growing
one, by the way--and fortunate is the
! tradesman WHO'S himself an artist in that
| line, or who can command the services of
an artist Day after day the MORNING
News contains some choice sketches from
the pens Of local artists in advertising.
and its readers have learned to look for
and appreciate them. Frequently the
| brightest sallies of wit point out the sail
ent feature Of clothing lad terse
comments on timely topic direct atten-
ton to the fact that dry goods are cheap
est at certain store, or a neat bit of hui
NOR turned on local incident reminds
the reader that the advertiser has certain
wares for sale. AS a clever example of
the latter style Of advertisement writing,
we commend the following from Ludden
Il Bates lad. 80 in the MORNING News of
| yesterday: "'Remenyir Can't be fd-
dlel Buy a fiddle and go to practicing.
Fiddling is easy. It's nothing but the
bowling and lingering, and prime fiddles
cost only S3,00O-bows $50 But rosin is
cheap-only loo cake Buy some rosin,
anyhow
Gambling appears to be in the ascend
ency. The Louisiana Anti-Lottery League
has been forced to virtually suspend its
fight against the lottery evil because of
faulty state laws, aud the United States
circuit court, at Parkersburg, w. Va,
has found a flaw in the federal law
| against lotteries. If the laws against the
wheel of fortune and the prize ring should
be upset, the civilization Of the country
would be set back ten years.