The new South-news., 1909-02-13


Norc About Our syrup.
=. u. Stuart. secretary OF truck
ing organization at Virgins in liar
rison county. writes the following In
icrcstiug letter concerning trucking
ia general and the syrup Industry In
particular.
n have read your article In the
Bulletin on tho sugs cane industry
and am very much interested tn thls
subject We added to our plant last
fail as a winter side limo. s,rup
factory. and V has been succsss
We used the sschronomcter and cook
"a our syrup b. steam Go 80 de
erecs We canned great deal Of
this syrup and Il has kept perfectly
no signs OF sugar until after the
cans have been opened several days.
with us the canned syrup has soid
best and the harrclicd sells least
Ne expect to add a small potato can
merry this fan aud buy sweet pota-
+ toes to can. We had an order some
I time ago Tor a car load. came from
the north and do not think We viii
experience much trouble in nndius a
market up there for all that We can
produce
We have occn buying some tyrun
and cooking q % a uniform fsaEe.
which In my opin'on. g. absolutely
necessary IN cstahlish.ug market
we are using nsw process Ia cook
ing the syrup and We grind st with
large mill. crash'ug the STALKS Until
they are bura-i unfe The h,'lcf for
, fuel.
. In cooking. We put IN los gallons
/, OF juice to tho batch aud get from
I. eighteen 10 twenty gallons OF syrup.
J. which OF course depends largely ~
|. the quality OF the Juice. This Ia a
|, better result than the operators of
, for by the fact that the richest jpicn
Is obtained by excessive hard pressing
In grinding
Referring specifically TO the gon-
orally trucking proposition, Mr.. stu.
art says:
we organized our association last
year and shipped during the season
iHFiA1 ~Aff 'tfN VI ifIf ~ HVl ~
, crn markets The principal crops
shipped were. radishes. cabbage. to-
: matoes. beans. etc. ny reason OF in
experience. as might be expected
some made money and some Jid not.
but with last seasons experience. we
are expecting thig to be very prof
r liable industry In our community
The people OF DeSoto county are
very much Interested In the work Of
!, getting rid of the cattle tick. and on
the first Monday the Board OF Super
Yisors acted favorably upon the prop
ositiou 10 cooperate with the u. =.
Department OF Agriculture and The
. state Live Stock Sanitary Board In
!, The writer WAS presen' and spoke to
!. the Board aud the County Union that
a were in fession At Hcrpando. Tic TN
ion unanimously passed resolution
= endorsing the proposition and plcGg-
!. ing cooperation Desote In one Of.
: II not the leading stock counties OF
!. the state. and the fact that Memphis
N ~ NfHfIuff0 70 CLOS" dRhintt iIffu IN
= few months. makes 1t imperative
\ that IL be ridded OF the tick and again
p supplied with an open market for It's
cattle. The Infection Ia not serious
= and there is o strong hope that the
- work can be completed In tveiy,
- months
-. -
= The two hundred dollar per acre
- land of some Of the northern states n
not one sLit better than lot o. u.
- zen dollar per acre land In this sec
y tIon. II pays the owner as well be
= cause more than one money crop !,
produced on II. There Is something
r. to think about In this.
T. Forest fires have been raging IL
D. the vicinity Of Eatonsille ia this cour
I'd ~ for several days and farmers have
TO been forced 10 fight the flames Il
III order to protect their homes.
- ten can figure ID out, mt the wor