The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-27

- Rose of Florida. who was down to read a paper at the afternon session.
 Knowing the Soil.
 Captain Rose submitted his paper on "Centrai Syrup Plants"
 The first pre-eminent quality for your success as cane growers" said Captain Rose, 'is for you to know your soil thoroughly and to know your fer tiiizers, for as has been pointed out to you. your syrup crop Is made In your fields. You only remove 1t from its natural container to your warc- houses. If you use the old fashioned mill you do yourselves an injustice. You do yourself an injustice when you use mill which fails to extract sixty per cont of the juice. differ with Dr.. Wiley and other speakers who have said that the old style mills extracted fifty per cent of the weight of the cane. I have not found that this holds true in my experience. When the mills begin the work in the morning all tightly screwed up. grant that 1t extracts fifty per cent of the weight of the cane. but as the day progresses the mill loosens up and by night-fall the mill is not ex- tracting more than thirty per cent I am. therefore. of the opinion that these
 
 per cent of the juice"
 Endorsed Japanese Cane.
 Captain Rose spoke highly of the value of Japanese cane. In the north ern boundary of the sugar growing belt, he believed that the Japanese cane did better than the green or ribbon cane of Louisiana. 1t was especially adaptable to the making of syrup. It grew and thrived on the poorest lands. on lands so poor that they would prob ably raise no other plants. Moreover, the Japanese cane was rich in glucose, a highly desirable property in the mak. ing of syrup. This glucose prevents the syrup from crystalllzing, render ing in this a most valuable service to the syrup maker. But because of this fact its non-crystaliization qualities, 1t was useless for the Louisiana planter. who raised cane only to make sugar of it Another thing that made Japan ese cane desirable crop for the north ern cane growing section was that it would stand at least ten degrees more of cold than the other varieties of cane.
 Captain Rose declared that one of the principal questions which faced the growers of cane was. How can we market our syrup?" In settling that problem Captain Rose said the cane growers would also have to answer the question as to how the syrup was to be reduced to q consistency. He doubted that this could be done and he saw a great many difficulties in the way of making a general market for cane syrup.
 He was not of the opinion of Dr. Wiley that a standard could be estab- lished and maintained He did not be- lieve that syrup could be brought to one color and one consistency. He had handled great quantities of syrup. but he had never yet seen a car load that was uniform throughout
 Building Small Mills.
 After all. he thought the question resolved itself into the establishment of central mills for the manufacture of sugar as suggested by Dr. Wiley. There was at all times a market for sugar. Captain Rose had some figures showing the cost of a small mill. It was to be borne In mind, the speaker said, that because of the difference in the nature of the equipment a sugar mill would cost at least third more than a syrup mill of equal dimensions sugar mill with a capacity of 50.oO0 pounds daily could be erected at a cost of $75,000. The mill would produce sugar at a cost of 75 cents a hundred pounds and would return a net profit of $S75 daily. The, speaker differed with Dr. Wiley in the time the mill could run each year. He was of the opinion that 1t could be operated for 100 days in the year. If mill was constructed Captain Rose was of the opinion that is would be a paying dnvestment in any of the cane growing sections of Ala bama. Georgia or Florida.
 As the convention adjourned Presi- dent Purse announced that J. W. Jack son of Manitee. Fla, was in the hall and with oranges and grape fruit to distribute among them. and to show that there was one place untouched by the blizzard.