Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-21

articles on the subject have been received
hnd will be given space later. The fol.
lowing, fSom Mr. w. b. MERCER, of Cen.
Areyille, is of especial interest. Mr.. Mer
Rier is a graduate of the A. & NJ Col
Apgc class of 1892, and is successful
Harmer. lie is well informed, and what
sbe says is worthy of careful considera-
aion;
"Thcre seems to be but few of our
people who realize that Mississippi will
Aroduce sugar cane equal to Louisiana
In every respect, and the hill lands pro-
3uce much superior quality in saccha-
4ne matter. ] am sure that cane can
b. grown proGtably in any part of the
State 1t looks more than strange that
i majority of our people 60 on year after
near, eating glucose, mixtures and the
Sarious substitutes for syrup, when pure
and wholesome syrup can be raised so
&asily. 1t will produce anywhere from
Boo to 600 gallons per acre, owing, of
fourse, to soil and attention given it. 1t
Il as easily cultivated as a cotton crop.
Dhe hardest part is the grinding, and
Abis is not so bad when the farmer fixes
Ap for it, Besides, you can always get
Aelp to grind cane when you can't for
bthcr work If there is anything a crowd
bf negroes enjoy more than another, it
) taking off "a grinding.
"The great drawback has been, or
Seems TO have been, how to keep the
Byrup from sugaring, also from ferment-
7hg or souring when hot weather comes.
lhis can be readily done by putting up
m jugs, cans, bottles, fruit jars, etc,
[he incest way to put up for home use
small families is in pint and quart
ITuit jars. BY this means you can have
3eriectly fresh syrup each day, as it will
begin to fcrmcnt in hot weather within
5ortycght hours after the air strikes
u. jugs are good for home use or local
trade, but for shipping, the tin can is
the only thing practicable and safe. l
Aaye been using the gallon can for sew
fral years and it has always been salts.
Factory. Have kept syrup perfectly
fesh and Just as from the pan for three
b four years.
i 81 believe that I am safe in asserting
ahat there was put up in this section
D. fall 10000 gallons in cans, and it
1as all been sold at profitable prices, and
pow the local markets are practically
pare Of good syrup, | think there is
Farcel limit to the amount that could
R sold if the business was gone at sys-
FmatcaIly and pushed as any other in
Hnstry must be to succeed. 1t will GER
hnly help to diversity our crops, and |
fsntwc the assertion that if we put the
Nergy and time on it that is put on cot
N, we would make three times the clear
Foht on the crop, do it with more ease,
Flth Just as much certainty of ready
Pies and much more certainty of a uni
brm price.
Cans may be either gallon, half-gal.
Ph or quarts, and in some instances
naller The gallon and half-gallon cans
Fe supplied, if one desires, with self
falmg tops; the smaller cans would have
Y be soldered, which can be done very
Ppdly with little practice. The syrup
nonld be run into the cans or other yes
FIS while hot from the evaporator, as
Fneatng takes from it that peculiar and
posi- desirable flavor found in choice cane
EruP The best grade syrup is made by
flIhg Just to the point before it begins
Y gTannate in the cook pans, or to
spout 50 or 36 degrees, Baume sugar hy.
4Ometer, a simple instrument which ac-
efalely gives the density of the syrup,
II syrup should never be allowed to
PoI before sealing air-tight, it matters
II what character of vessel it is put in.
i viii keep all right in barrels and kegs
i long as the weather is cool, but as
fPoh as warm weather begins, nothing
u. small fright vessels will preserve
\ properly.
nope to see the day when canning
RruP for the general markets will be
H. oi Mlssissippi's leading industries"
nose interested in the handling and
-aIAetlhg OF syrup are urged to cut out
T. preserve this article, as well as those
Nf; ierrington and Others who have
III KIND enough to furnish them.
The Diversified Farming Special to
/ operated over the lines of the Illinois
n''aI lazoo & Mississippi Valley and
"Vr roads in Mississippi this fall is be-
s'"'lS TO attract attention throughout
sections to be visited 1t is, in fact,
comprehensive farmers institute on
rVels, and gives to those who would !
..er their condition in life and adopt
proved methods an opportunity of |
'"lng something from practical men
ru VIII speak from experience and in
Hls mat will be easily understood by |
inc writer is in receipt of the fol |
"' mg letter from Capt. j. +. Merry,
,, s,al immigration agent of the L. G. |
s, teiu and who, with Mr.. Claire, in
'"I commissioner of the same sys-
are deeply interested in this train
us possibilities of good;
Miss: 00"'''''''o"e'' '"cNSo"'
#aaS, Dear Sir-I am sure that it will
/ aInY you, as it will all of our friends
''iss'sSs,ippl, to know that Prof. IIol-
u the Iowa Agricultural College,
sne noted corn expert, has advised
ss1 isa1 ne will be with us on the "Di-
pn4 prea Farming Special" during the
Vi oi October. Probably no man in
.ouhtry has made such thorough
I VI corn production. The enclosed
~ from one of our Iowa papers will
ype something of an idea of what
,lolhg IN this State, and am sure
i'm; n't speeches he will make in Mis-
orpa. ppa WIN be full of just such practical
|mara a'ion as will be profitable to your
wen lT' Mississippi is naturally corn
N no ~ cotton State, and | believe
|tiyat;Ioe a'GIe attention will be paid to the
le .'on ba OF corn in the future than
beon "rS peen in the past. Already it
m,oaa sn demonstrated that alfalfa can
Ia plLesslaliy grown in Mississippi.
''y OF corn and alfalfa, there is