The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-05
THE BEST SUGAR CANE
THAT is GROWN
Is That i'm south Georgia. Florida
and Southern Alabama.

Editor Morning News: / begin this
article with the startling announce
ment that the sugar cane grown in
Southern Georgia, Florida and South
ern Alabama contains a much larger
percentage of sugar content to the ton
than cane grown in any other country
on the globe. And in doing so 1 defy
any authority to prove to the con-
trary. 1t is said that Cuba is the
richest island in the West Indies.
DR.. ]. H. Mccall of this place, of
whom l made mention in my last ar
ticle as having recently made a trip
to Cuba, says his greatest astonish-
ment was in the vast amount of lex
ceedingly very poor lands" that he
saw while there. He says it does not
begin-in fertilitY-to compare with
the lands of this country. Reader, if
you are at all skeptical concerning
this assertion write to. him. He is
truthful man. Then the great ques-
ton is, what produces wealth in Cuba?
The answer is, almost the exclusive
growing of a little knotty sugar
cane" such as the farmers of this
country would be ashamed of, and ci-
gar tobacco 1t is a well known fact
that Cuba is not producer of a great
variety of products like this country
The great trouble with our farmers
is their n-progressiveness in not re-
alizing that the country is undergoing
rapid change from it's former con-
ditions. The time has passed to be
satisfied with the way daddy done"
He went to mill and carried his corn
in one end of his sack and a rock in
the other and what daddy done is
good enough for me-" My good fellow.
you must get out of that way of think
ing or doing. For instance, if you
grind your corn on little horse mill
and do not extract more than half,
If indeed half, the juice the stalks
contains, do not brawl around and pre-
tend that you know more than those
who are provided with sufficient pow
err ana large and strong mills which
extracts all the juice from the stalks
AS to an average per acre in syrup
remember, too. that when a farmer
makes $50 barrels of syrup the small
farmers do not average more than
five. This makes the man with the
modern appliance equal to twenty who
use the small mill and get hardly one
half the juice from the stalks of cane.
There is a clear demonstration of
the present fact that our farmers are
| beginning, at last, to realize that these
South lands are capable of producing
from two and half to five times as
much per acre as has usually been
gathered from them and also that the
most expensive, as well as most un-
reliable membranes of all things is
labor. The country's greatest need Is
good class of farmers from the
North and Northwest. And. judging
| from the many letters / am constant
ly receiving from them. 1t is but rea-
sonable to conclude that they are get
ting their minds riveted on coming
South-to stay. They are beginning to
look upon the sugar cane growing belt
as the best section OF the continent.
| They harp heavy on the climate and
its healthfulness.
Very nearly every one who writes
me wishes to know what is meant BY
the TulmNn process.
| beg pardon. Mr.. Editor, for hav-
ing TO use your valuable space in an
sWering them. but am forced to. or
not answer them, as the railroad COM
panies will not afford me any aid in
disseminating the attracting truths
as they relate TO the sugar olne grow
ing belt of the South. Which Is un-
questionaby the coming country Of the
| continent
For the reason: / could not u
devoted my entire time, answer them
an
The Timan process consist i'm q
very simple and Inexpensive mode OF
purifying and cleansing the syrup. just
as II begins to get to the syrup state
lin cooking. The syrup made by this
process shows degree of purity Of
95.5. while that made by the old meth
DDS only 1855 An syrups made by the
old methods VIII SOUR and spoil 700 a.
very short while and become unit for
use, as well as hurtful TO the stom-