The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-07
A GREAT CANE STATE
Is DIR. C. L. sPENcER's OPINION OF
GEORGIA.
is HERE TO START STATIONS.
FOR SECURING DATA AS TO SYRUP
MAKING AND CANE GROWING.

VIII Inspect the station Mt Wells
Cairo Before Returning North.
Says Many Inquiries Are Received
at Department of Agriculture
From Persons DESTROYS of Coming
to Georgia to Grow Cane-Business
Has Increased Largely Recently
and so Per Cent. of Increase Has
Been In This State.
DR.. G. L. Spencer, chief Of the sugar
laboratory. Department of Agriculture.
Washington, reached Savannah yes
terday and will make this city his
headquarters for the next ten days.
He is here for the purpose of seeing
that the syrup experiment station at
Wells place, near Guyton, Is properly
equipped, and to see the work started.
II Is probable also that, before start
ing North again, DIR. Spencer will
make a trip to Cairo, where the De-
partment of Agriculture has two other
agents investigating cane growing and
other agricultural pursuits Of that Sec
ton of the state.
DIR. Spencer was on the trip through
Georgia some months ago with Capt
D. G. Purse, when the four sites OF the
Georgia stations and the one in Flor
ida were selected. These sites, with
the government agents in charge are
as follows: Wells place, Mr.. Arthur
Given; Waycross, Mr.. H. A. Ives;
Quitman, Mr.. J. NJ. Starr; Cairo
Messrs. Ralph Hoagland and Roy D.
Stubs, and Huntington. Fla. DR.. G.
w. Walker. The station near Guyton
will be the first equipped, will in fact,
be put in operation to-day.
To study Cane Growing.
The purpose of the agents and of the
stations, explained Dr. Spencer yester-
day, is not so much to instruct as to
learn, and will devote as much time
to studying soils, climate conditions
and other things connected with the
cane regions as they will to the ac-
tual process of making syrup.
In addition to the Georgia and F'lori-
da stations the Department of Agricul-
ture has similar ones at Auburn. Ala,
where the agent is Mr.. Thomas Bragg
and at Magnolia, Miss, in charge of
Mr.. z. P. Hudson.
DR.. Spencer yesterday visited the
Board of Trade where he was shown
some specimens of cane, three varie-
ties, grown in Ware county. This cane,
which was sent to Savannah by Mr..
w. w. Starr, though topped and ready
for the mills. measures ten feet. DR..
Spencer says it is as fine as that grown
in the tropics.
A Great Cane State. -r
A most roseate view of the future
of Georgia as a cane growing state lie
taken by DR.. Spencer, who estimates
the annual output ofocane syrup now
at 100000 gallons, athe whole of II
being the product of a few Southern
states. He says further that there has
been very large increase in planting
cane recently and that at least so pei
cent. of this increase has been in this
state.
AS showing the interest that this
form of agriculture is receiving he
states that the bureau with which he
is connected is constantly receiving In
quiries relative to cane growing and
suitable lands for 1t, together with
numerous other questions on the same
line, and that such inquiries come from
people who are considering moving to
this state for the purpose of growing
cane.
Hon. James Wilson. Secretary of
Agriculture, and DR.. w. H. Wiley,
head of the department of chemistry,
who were invited by the Savannah
Board of Trade sometime ago to be
it's guests prior to the trip that they
purpose making through the cane sec
tons of Georgia and Florida, have
accepted the invitation. No date for
their visit has been set but 1t is hoped
to have them here within the next
two weeks