The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-30
MONEY IN CANE GROWING.
Continued from Eighth Page.

@-NA'A A|issaANAA IS"
field and have it made into sugarsor. If he
had a min of his own. could nlalSe the
syrup himself and have the mi make the
sugar on a psreentsge bass ths same as
used in ginning, cotton. at
I Capt. James IS of the opinion that max
ing the syrup a home if the planter is any
distance from the mill is the best pan TO
pursue as in this way being of lesser bulk
the heavy hauling can be avoided OF. if
/ shipped by ran, large amount Is saved in
4 transportation charges In case this sys-
/ TEN of bringing syrup instead of cane 10
the sugar factory is pursued IL will be nee
essary TO. have an syrups boiled to "a un-
itorm consistency. and This IS a very I'M
portant consideration. According to
( Baume's sacrometer which is the stand
ard gauge for such work Juice boiled t.
/ 81 degrees is the best for a commercial
/ syrup as it keeps wen and there is little
/ crystallization. For the purpose of eX-
/ tracing the sugar. however, il is boiled 10
10 degrees, and a few degrees more viii
make it into rock candy. Thus it will be
seen that uniform rate is absolutely nee
! cured.
Capt. James owns and controls the Wad-
| ley and Mount Vernon RalroaJ. extending
from Wadley TO within fewrmiles of the
/ Oconee river, a distance of about forty
miles, and this with the ten-fhile limit on
NeANAl SANt AOl NdENtl lDdQSf gives nun tOtl-
! troi OF an area of about 500 square miles.
His present sugar mill. built as an expert
| ment, Is having a capacity of only 1902
pounds a day, but the experiment has
| proved so successful that he wiz visit the
| sugar producing sections of Louisiana in
the near future and aequaint himself thor
oughIy with the methods and machinery in
use there and win then build at Adrian
such a plant will handle the whole out
put of the territory within reach of his
mill.
Before going to Louisiana Capt. James
| will, at the invitation of Capt. Purse, at
| tend the Cane Growers Convention at
| industry with Prof. W. c.. Suhbs of the
| Louisiana sugar experiment station. SO
| sanguine is lac of the outcome, however
that he has already arranged with the
neighbOring farmers TO raise cane with
which TO keep his mill supplied, and he
expects within a few years to have enough
cane grown in his immediate section to
keep his mill busy from Nov. TO March
l. This can be accomplished by bedding
the cane until needed, which keeps it in
| good condition and is very inexpensive
| operation.
Referring to the question of a refinery.
he said that he did not think it would
pay, as the percentage of profit is too
| small compared to the cost of the plant.
| There is always market for crude sugar
such as will be turned out from the Adrian
mill, said Capt James. There is steady
local demand for it at cents a pound,
and it can be sold in bulk at between 3 and
4 cents and, still be profitable. His de
cision TO establish mill was reached only
after careful study of the business, and
he has no doubt that his example will
be followed throughout the sugar belt
The planter, he said, can deliver syrup at
the mil where made al 70 cents a gal
lon and Kp III The
ly used in sugar-making is the ordinary
red variety and the preference is given
it both on account of it's hardness and its
greater suSar-producing power seven gal
Ions of juice from this variety making one
gallon of syrup against eight gallons Of
the white, or water cane. Both varieties
are raised, as the white is softer and is
preferred for chewing.
So far Capt. James has made only about
$50 pounds of sugar, as ne did not have the
machine in time for last years crop, but
| the experiment has been remarkably sue
cessful Samples of the product were sub
mitted by Capt. Purse TO three chemists, |
with the following results: Prof. W. c.
Stubs of the Louisiana sugar experiment
station pronounced it 1871 pure; Prof. H.
c. White of the University of Georgia 92j, |
and Mr. b. F. Ffnney of this city, 96l5 |
OF these analyses that of Prof. Stubs Is
probably of the most weight, as he has a
national reputation on all questions cons !
corning sugar and has special apparatus !
for making such tests.
The Town of Adrian.
The town of Adrian, aside from its in
terest as a future center of the sugar |
making interest, is well worth the trip 10
see, and, as one member of the party eX-
pressed it, gives one a liberal education |
in economical farming Capt. james is
the life and moving spirit of the place
and Adrian and its vast interests is fl
ting monument to his enterprise and in
domitable energy.
The town is only about six years Old,
yet has population OF 1,2oO, and
is growing rapidly. There are
nearly 400 houses. the majority Of
which have been built by the order Of
! Capt. James, with lumber sawed at his
mills. There are twelve stores besides The
store or as it is better known, the com
missary belonging 10 the mill properly one
| of the features of the town is the new n
! possessing all the most modern labor saw
! ing devices. A wagon of cotton is driven
under a flue which being adjusted is let
down into the wagon ana with the aid OF
a rapidly revolving fan 36 inches in diane
| ter the cotton is sucked into the gin in a
very few minutes; by an automatic device
! il is equally divided between The three
gins and in exactly fifteen minutes he
! seed are in the wagon and the bale OF CO.
! ton ready for delivery. lis capacity is forty
bales to a working day Of ten hours.
Following the line of the railroad
the carpenter shop is next reacn-
ed Here Mr.. Watkins is max
ing hoy presses" hay press
that for economy of labor and simplicity
of construction, is one of the mos inter-
esting things in town. The "boy press
| is so named not because il does 3 boy
work, but because with it a boy can DO d
mans work. The average press for pacK-
! ing hay COSTS from three 10 five as MUG
as this little homemade press, and yetu
will do more work, for with the boy
press two boys can pack from 81 70 I"
bales of hay day, weighing from 10 10
| so pounds bale The press is the inNeH.
| ton of a Mr.. Watkins, a Resident OF
Adrian. and its principle is so simple maj
there was some doubt whether patent
| could be secured on it, Capt. James eX-
| poets that by the time the mex hay crop
is harvested he win have fifty men making