The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-26

ably in luxurtance and tonnage Witn crops which I had sNen in the rich sugar lands of Louisiana.
 Upon the ocasion of later visit to this farm during the syrup making sea son. found that its progressive owner was securing an average yield Of S60 gallons of syrup per acre, the product being of such an excellent quality that much of 1t was disposed of in gallon cans at the rate of 70 cents per pack age, or at the rate of s462 gross per acre. This enterprising syrup pro- ducer had, just prior to the beginning of the season referred to, purchased a i've roller steam mill of the most ap- proved type and thereby obtained an increase extraction of 10 per cent or more above the three roller mill pre- viously employed thus securing an in- l creased production of syrup in one sea- son almost suficent~to meet the tn- creased cost of the five roller over the three roller mill.
 am also pleased to state that steam plants are fast supplenting open fire evaporators in the Southern portion or | the State and some of the larger mills are even being operated on small scale as central syrup factories, More attention is also being given | to the clarification of syrups. and such | clarifying agents as bi-sulphite of lime, clariphos (acid phosphate of lime), etc, l have heen employed with good results | in. several establishments in South Ala bama.
 At the Alabama Experiment Station | at Auburn, numerous experiments in clarifcation methods have been made and good results have been secured by the use of the above mentioned agents, as we'll as by the employment of sul- phur and lime.
 | Although numerous other instances | might be given of the success attend- ant upon the application of intelligent and progressive principles to syrup production. the fact remains that much l of the total product must be marketed 1 at figures far from remunerative, while | the irregularity and uncertainty of the demand at certain intervals, sometimes makes 1t necessary for the producer to either sacrifice a large part of his pro- | duct. or to hold if for better demand l at the imminent risk of considerable l loss by granulation of the syrup, or ! by fermentation. later in the season. | In view of these facts, 1t will become necessary for the syrup producers to | conduct a campaign of education in
 sections of the country where the pub-
 lie. to a large extent, is unacquainted
 with the excellence in flavor and pala- | tability of pure and bona fide cane
 
 | mates as to the quality of cane syrup
 have been formed by reason of the ex- tended sale of spurious or adulterated | product for the genuine article. Admixture of syrsps.
 So long as Southern syrups were
 mixed with glucose in Northern mar
 kets and shipped out to consumers in
 the sections contiguous thereto, even | the Northern consumer accepted with | stOwo oiv,c Of caI hn rQf faI designation of the goods as pure cane | syrup, but when the admixture of the cane syrups or molasses was effected in | Southern markets and the product was | shipped North as the pure and gen.
 uine article, it could not be wondered
 that the Northern consumer formed false ideas as to the flavor and quali- ty of the pure and unadulterated pro-
 duct of the cane.
 1 As Is well known, a considerable
 part of the cane syrup production of 1 the Southern States is now marketed
 in sealed cans as the article can be preserved almost indefinitely in this
 way, but the fastidious consumer has | decided preference for an article of
 a pleasing appearance and put up in | an attractive form, and the maple | syrup producers have caught the eye
 of the public so to speak by putting up
 their product in glass containers of
 neat shape and appearance and the clear, bright color of the goods con tained in new and attractive packages appeals strongly to the taste and judg-
 ment of the prospective purchaser.
 There must be uniformity in color. | clearness and general appearance in
 order to permit of the product being
 put up in glass packages, but such a
 product will win a place in the favor
 of the consumer if only fair trial Is given.
 In defense of the practice which
 even some Southern syrup producers
 are now resortlng to. of adding great-
 CT or less quantities of glucose to
 their cane syrup. it is urged that this
 is necessary to prevent or retard gran
 ulation of the pure article. but this
 contention will not hold good In the
 case of the article marketed in sealed
 cans or bottles as granulation need
 not occur under those conditions if the
 syrup has been properly put up. In
 the case of the syrup that is marketed
 in barrels, the danger of granulation
 Is reduced to minimum by the pres
 ence of increased proportions of non
 crystalizable sugars, but sooner or
 later some economic and practicable
 method of effecting the conversion of
 portion of the cane sugar into non-
 crystallizable sugars should be put in-
 to practice. In other words, the
 syrup producer who finds 1t necessary
 to increase the proportion of glucose
 in his syrup should be able to produce
 his own glucose at home from the pro-
 ducts of the cane.
 Even with improved methods of cul-