The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-16
Sugar Cane and Cassava Promising
Industries.


AT convention recently in Bruins
wick, Ca, the following address was
made:
"As one great object of this CONVEX
ton is to bring to the forefront the
profitable net results of all the ex-
perience that can be gathered and by
these helps build up these twin indus
tries of cane and cassava that some of
US think can revolutionize this sec
ton. herewith hand in my mite for
your consideration. 1t having been
demonstrated that we have the neces-
sary soil and climate and farmers that
will take hold if we can prove them
the inherent value of these two great
agricultural products. AS the stock
business is the highest type of agri-
culture and the thing most needed
just now with us to cut off che vast
amount of money going north 4nd west
and save for home farmers this in
crement wealth, hence 1 say cassava
for stock and sugar, with it's strength
enins power, to the human race. 1t
has often been demonstrated that
soldier can march a day on one-half
pound of sugar when other food was
lacking.
Therefore every desideratum we can
accumulate to aid in its successful
growth is of great value just now.
have noticed the frequent objections to
the going into the cane business more
extensively in the lack of seed cane,
hence have been quietly investigating
and here are the results after consult
ing with many of our oldest and best
planters that l have been able to meet.
1 wish to offer the following suggestion
as procedure in saving and curing for
a nf ne
First-Prepare the ground for your
increase next year thoroughly and in
the best condition possible ready to
receive the seed at once.
This will not only save you the labor
next spring, but insure prompt crop
and early growth.
1t is well known that the top of each
cane stalk previous to it's receiving
the darker or sugar color contains no
saccharine matter of any value, hence
when the cane is stripped leave the
top part undisturbed down to where
the color If the cane shows it is-heaV-
lily charged with saccharine matter
Now as your land is all prepared
cut off this top section, even two or
three inches it may be, into the ripper
part. Then carefully wrap this top
part with its leaves, which will keep
the earth from pressing too closely
and be of assistance as a fertilizer for
aiding the new plants.
Having your new ground furrowed
out you lay this seed in and cover as
you do the regular cane seed. This
seed will, by this process, further ma
ture and start eyes from each section
This will. you see save the trouble
and expense of stripping and grinding
a worthless piece of cane, also saving
hn 0f
quantity of mere water that has little
or no sweet in it. Thus you save a
large quantity of hitherto worthless
cane and make of it valuable seed
Care should be observed to put this
seed under ground before hurt by frost
However. with these suggestions indi-
Gated the farmer can readily arrange
to suit his condition.
BY following out carefully the above
suggestions it will be found that the
planter can keep his cake and eat it,
too l. e., grind his seed, yet keep his
seed, the opposite of the condition hav-
ing been the trouble heretofore because
the planter wished to realize as large
quantity of syrup as possible
Second, there seems to have been con-
siderable trouble in the past in saving
the old roots for the seed. This can
in a great degree be obviated by Gull
tivating the ground between the rows
after the cane is cut off prepare tory
for the new crop the tops having been
planted as above and the cane taken
to the crusher, leaving the roots.
which are really the best seed, if prop
erly cared for.
Now, after the ground is thoroughly
cleaned, take pillow that will turn out
a deep furrow, turning over and I'M
der all of the roots into this first fur
row. This completely turns the old
roots bottom side up. the Importance
of which is leaving the sap to run out
into the ground instead of - running
down into the roots and fefmenting
causing the root to rot and spoil the
seed. as Is often the case. especially If
a warm season of weather comes on at
this time. The farmer often objects to
using any of the old seed on account of
this previous fermentation. which rem
ders il useless. But II the plant Is
turned over the sap will rnn out and
still leave life enough I'm the root
which is covered up by the furrow, suf-
hcient TO start eyes I'm due season for
the next springs crop.
Third A word about the syrup. The
way the matter now stand there are
only about 60 or 90 days that syrup
can be handled in the original form.
II should AZ once be refined by the re-
inerE 20 the necessary point that
makes good syrup. but not high enough
10 make n crystalize and make sugar
out % n Instead 81 syrup.
Nnother point 81 the greatest inn
portance 10 syrup makers. Il as this
trade IL being built % IN many new
quarters. 10 insist upon perfectly
pure article. without = particle of giu-
c0se 0r foreign material 90 a. n ia
Hen known that the temptation %
great 20 pat IN cheap aduiserationa,