The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-22
CANE SYRUP
lhrA1i Buy il if You Give Them a
Chance

a. - ti'lc dnAtnlng more delicious
Tor hot cakes?
knowing the demand for a high
grad" can" Sirup and realizing also
lhat II Is profitable farm prodlIcs
IN many southern states. the United
states Department OF Agriculture set
Investigations at work 10 find out why
NOR" farm sirup was rot on the mar
kei. I'm Department Circular 149 the
troubles Of home sirup making and
Z their cures are set forth
Quality Varies With the Maker
/ The quality Of cane sirup depends
more upon The man who makes II
than upon the machinery he emplovs
Three men with identical machinery
will make three different qualities of
Slrup. one may be excellent. the Sc
c"nd not so good, and the third very
poor, though juice from the same
vat has been used throughout. In
! 'hat difference i'm quality chemists
ma tho reason why homemade -sirup
/ making docs not flourish as il should.
( The housewife buys a can without a
/ label and with no easy means OF de-
: terminins the quality Of its contents.
! Perhaps the sirup is excellent--her
family prefers it 60 the sirup from
! 'hu ia'torY--and she buys another
can. sooner or later she is bound 70
, lind thar not al homemade cane ST
! rup is good. one lot is packed i'm
STICKY dirty cans; in the next the ST.
rup is too thin and has fermented a
/ niilc. The next is unpleasant I'm
! ilhNor because il was made from froz-
( en- cane. Another can is half filled
! of crystaliZcd sugar--which is no
! fauit al all. but she does not know
thal--and finally she goes back to
the factory product, which has the
one great advantage OF standardiza-
ton and by reason OF its label, iden-
/ tification.
Good Market Possible
A farmer may build up a good mar
ket for his own sirup but ii is an
expensive, time-taking business. He
may unite with several farmers and
ship a carload OF canned sirup TO a
merchant. but if the sirup is not of a
standard quality he will find il diff
cult TO sell another carload to the
same man. If he is well located he
! can sell his sirup 10 "A factory in barrel
lots, though the price he receives will
not he as satisfactory as if he could
reach the customer OF the merchant
directly.
The solution is found i'm csoopera-
tion. 4 number of farmers who grow
varying amounts OF cane unite TO form
a company with capital of not less
than $4,000 and seldom more than
$4,000. The stock is sold. and, i'm a
$4,000 plant, $1,000 goes TO build n
small cannrry and TO purchase watts
and u boiler. The remaining $1,000
is held out TO absorb operating costs
until the production is we'll under
way.
The idea back of such a plan Is
this: To take all the sirup produced
in II vicinity, grade, mix. sterilize and
can 1t: then market it as a standard,
stable community product rather
than as The output OF several indi-
viduals. y brand and label are de-
vlscd. and the Label goes upon every
can SEM out from the cooperative
factory This serves TO advertise and
identify the sirup when it reaches
the market.
The farmers. not necessarily the
stockholders, bring their sirup to the
plant and receive cash amounting to
what would be paid them by a COM
merciai factory. The sirup is strained
TO remove impurities and poured into
a mixing vat where the various flavors
are blended form a singe one
From the mixing vat il is drawn or
pumped into heating watts. and there
il is sterliZed and reduced TO a uni
form density. II goes from the heat
I inn
ili2at.on ana prompt canning elimi-
nate danger OF fermeL'at later on.
The cans are then sealed, labels past
ii on. ana the cans Grated for mar
kct.
\ Desirable Product.
As the sirup leaves the cooperative
factory ii is product that any mer-
chant IS glad 10 handle ana any house
wife * clad TO buy. 1t is standard
| produce with the label of a COM
munity to endorse its quality and TO
guarantee that the second or third
or one hundrcdth can--is as good as
) the first.
When The sirup has been sold and
! the work finished, every association
member receives an additional check
! for the amount of the difference be-
! tween me barrel lot price, already
paid him, and the selling price re-
rcNCd Tor the improved product. Ten
! per cent Of this goes book into the
/ company aS part of reserve fund.
The cost of operating plant which
has "a capacity Of from 1000 10 l.500
! gallons a day is estimated TO be close
70 $23 during normal times. the cost
of canning 100 gallons of sirup is es-
timated i'm the following table:
Cost OF Canning 100 Gallons of Sjrup.
Arrangements canning operations
ana lucl =. e.. ..S2.OO
Labelling ..... .25
Grating and stacking .. e. 90
| l~tpelS 90
rates .... Z.OO
Cans 49, . .. ..l2.50
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