The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-21
BACK FROM CANE FIELDS.
DR.. H. w. Wiley Will Go Through
Savannah for Washington To-day.

Savannah for Washington To-day.
The trip of DR.. H. w. Wiley. who
has been on a tour of investigation into
gia. and the methods employed for the
manufacture of syrup, having been
| concluded with the trip to Cairo Tues
day night DR.. Wiley and party. in
Guiding Capt. D. CT. Purse, Mr.. James
Menzies and Mr.. C. B. Roberts, yes
terday, went to Jacksonville. There
an address was delivered by DR.. Wiley
before the Florida Fair Association
after which, with Capt. Purse, he
went to Brunswick to be the guests
of the Brunswick Board of Trade. To-
day he will pass through Savannah en-
route to Washington.
DR.. Wiley expressed himself yester-
day as more than pleased. and sur
prised with what he had seen on his
trip. Some of the cane examined was
quite as good, as to bulk, as that of
the Louisiana plantations, and though
none of the analyses of this seasons
crop have as yet been made, those Of
former crops shows that the Georgia
cane contains a larger per cent. of
sucrose than the Louisiana product,
and also contains from !. to per cent.
of glucose, which also, SIS utilized in
the making of syrup, though disad-
vantage where cane is grown for sugar
making.
The manufacturing processes, that
of the Wight mill at Cairo, the chief
one visited in Southwest Georgia-also
met with DR.. Wiley's approval. He
had but two suggestions to make:
that the cane be ground twice, being
sprinkled with warm water or steam
in its progress to the second mill; and
that the syrup be boiled in vacuum
pans. Even these suggestions are in
tended only for mills which. manufac-
ture on large scale-for small crops
the added expense of the outfit would
more than counterbalance these ad-
vantages secured in the increase or
juice.
DR.. Wiley thinks that an experiment
station in South Georgia would be of
immense benefit to the farmers of that
section. His views are held also by
Mr.. J. B. Wight, who has long realized
the benefits that would be secured to
the farmer from such an institution
and who was one of the committee
that put the matter before the Legis-
lature some months ago. Mr.. Wight
will continue his efforts to secure the
station. He has the sympathy and
hearty cooperation of all the planters
of the south of the state, especially
of those that are planting cane.
such a station is needed and would
be used" said Mr. Wight, 'in testing
and developing better variety of cane
for this section: in showing best meth
DDS of fertilization and of cultivation;
in showing the best methods of clari-
fying syruD and in demonstrating the
advantages of this section for sugar
making"
Tuesdays expedition to Cairo and
back was made on a special car placed
at the disposal of the party by the
Plant System. From Waycross it was
in charge of Mr.. d. F. kirkland, su-
perintendent of the third division,
Plant System, e to whose forethought
for his guests and carefully planned
itinerary much of the pleasure of the
trip and the value of information OBJ
| tanned is due.
A Brunswick dispatch to the Morn
| ing News stated that DIR. Wiley and
| Capt. Purse had arrived there from
| Florida to meet Brunswicks business
| men and to talk sugar cane and cassa-
va growing. They were entertained at
dinner at the OgIethorpe and later were
rendered sr info-7oel reception at the
s'Nenix Club. Efforts are being made
to have the visitors to remain over
| until tonight and spend to- day among
1 the canefields of Glynn.