The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-10-11
GEORGIA HOME MADE SUGAR.
NEW AND PROFITABLE INDUSTRY
BEING DEVELOPED.
An Emanuel County Farmer Is Show
ing What Can BE Done on His
Farm. Cane Syrup Made

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Farm. Cane Syrup Made
DOubly Profitable.
Another cash crop is within the reach
of the farmers of Georgia.
Experiments in progress in Emanuel
county show that marketable sugar can
be made from Georgia cane syrup with
out much trouble or expense, and that
the article produced is equal to the best
light brown sugar sold from the New
Orleans market.
The Georgia sugar may be refined, but
without that it will bring the cash in
any wholesale market. Cane syrup,
which has been selling for about twenty
cents per gallon in wholesale quantities,
will turn out six pounds of sugar TO the
gallon and leave nearly half gallon of
molasses, which will bring as much
the syrup.
In other words, by the simple method
which Capt. T. J. James has adopted in
Emanuel county the value of the cane
syrup crop will be about doubled. What
is of equal importance it will be made
marketable at a steady price, so far as
the sugar output is concerned, and this
will be little more than half the crop.
Captain James has also demonstrated
to his own satisfaction that the forage OF
the cane crop, when properly cured and
cared for. has a value of forage purposes
equal to the cost of cultivation. 1t is
we'll known that the Amber cane, now
SO generally planted throughout the
state, makes fine forage. 1t is not sur
prising that Captain James finds the top
and fodder of the sugar cane valuable
for horses, cattle and hogs.
These interesting facts, which mean so
much to the farmers of Georgia, were
learned during a recent trip to Emanuel
county in company with Commissioner
o. B. Stenens, Captain John Anderson
of Pulaski county and Mr.. d. q. Purse
of Savannah.
The industries of Adrain include first
of all modern saw mill, with capacity
of Y 900 feet of lumber per day. In
connection with this there is a planning
mill. There was still surplus of power
and two years ago he added rice mill.
This year he has put in a small sugar
mill of the centrifugal type. All these
machines driven by one engine are oper-
ated economically.
Now for results: The rice mill in the
season of 1897 had so encouraged the
growth of upland rice that 5000 bushels
were brought there to be cleaned, paying
a toll of one~sixth or 1888 bushels. As
the machine only cost $3.50, this toll
paid fol it nearly four times In one sea-
son, counting rice at 81 per bushel. At
the same time Captain James has done
very useful thing by practically calling
into existence new crop for the people
of Emanuel county.
This year Captain James has expert
mented with sugar
For some time he has been making
syrup, and found it hard to dispose of
the pr duct in large quantities at fair
price. Last year he sold several carloads
of syrup aC seventeen cents per gallon.
Some of it he put up in bottles, realizing
higher price, and this year be will put
up great deal OF syrup in half-gallon
cans.
AS further step toward the import
ant object of making his crop marketa-
BILE at fair price, be has this year put
in small Centrifugal sugar mill, for
which be paid $135. The same engine
that runs the machine shop, grist mill
and rice mill drives the sugar mill. The
new machine has a capacity of 1000
pounds of sugar per day. 1t is of the
regular centrifugal type, about Is inch
es in diameter, and holds five gallons of
syrup To those who have never seen
sugar mill | might explain by saying
that it consists of one cylinder inside
another. The outer cylinder is stauona-
ry, while the inner one revolves at
high speed, sometimes making $500 rev.