The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-07

nav foIroxv with amazement the randi
inv with which the whole grain OF the
corn Is separated into the germ, the
hull and the raw starch, and how in
turn from the germ come oilcake and
oil. from the raw starch gluten and
starch, from the hull and gluten glu-
| ten feed and from the starch pearl
starch powdered starch, laundry starch
| and glucose Not one particle of the
kernel of corn is lost. And now it Is
purposed to add to the many uses of
glucose by making II a food for bees.
| II one. goes through this great fac
tory at Edgewater he will learn USE
, full lesson in economy-an economy
| that out of the savings of fraction of
a cent has built up fortune of mil
| llons-probably the greatest fortune in
| the world He will see in massive
| tanks the shelled corn soaking so as
| to separate the germ which contains
\ the oil from the other ingredients. In
l"this process a weak solution of sui
phurous acid is used-not more than
one tenth of 1 per cent-to Keep the
| corn sweet. Then following the COM
| plicated system along Its various
stages one may see the other separa-
lions take place. He will see great,
| long tanks constantly shaken, and
great altering plants and refining
plants. lie Will enter TOO1uS IOr dry
ing purposes that are so hot that 1t
seems impossible for human being
to work there. yet there ane scores of
men with barred arms and waists turn
ing the golden grain into golden dol
lars. There are boiling down processes
and sitting processes-all the cunning
of years OF experience are brought into
play-and the result is a combination
of products that are daily consumed by
the ton by the world.
And this mighty plant-these vast
machines, with countless millions to
keep the great wheels turuing-are
backing up the little bee.
1t is at the apiary of Joseph H. NJ.
Cook where one may see this queer
combination of nature and commercial
ism to it's best advantages. Mr.. Cook
has an ideal place to cultivate bees on
his 100-acre farm at Essex Falls. lie
is an old hand at this business and
knows all the ms and outs of 1t. He
has studied the bee from n practical
and a scientific standpoint for years
and is regarded throughout the coun-
| try as one of the best posted men in
| that line. The other day when he re-
ceived his shipment of glucose from
the New York Glucose Company he
went right to work feeding 1t to the
bees. The method adopted is to mix
| the glucose with water and then pour
it into a feeding rack which is placed
! on the top of hive. From this rack
| the bees feed as they would from how-
| ers.
IT will not attempt to say what will
| be the result of this experiment" said
| Mr.. Cook the other day when n visit
was made to his apiary. II am going
into this thing without prejudice and
will note the results as they come. OF
| course no one supposes that a bee will
voluntarily forsake the nectar of flow
| ers to partake of glucose, but I have
no doubt that glucose may be used to
| good advantages. There are many
| rainy days when the bees cannot gath
err nectar from flowers and on those
| occasions the glucose may be used
| with profit. Then also, =. during the
breeding season it will doubtless be
beneficial. My sole idea in the mat
ter is to give the experiment thor
| ough test. 1 can talk more authori-
| tatively later on"
In the meantime the bee men In all
parts of the world will watch the de-
| velopments with interest. If the ex-
pertinent proves successful it will
doubtless be followed by others.