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rial necessary to ruu it. There are fifteen hundred men at work 

 in the factory, and there is not a beet brought to it. You have 

 no real conception of what an immense industry the beet indus- 

 try really is until you commence to study it. But I have taken 

 too much of the time and you will have to excuse me; I am a 

 little enthusiastic about sugar and don't usually know when to 

 stop talking. 



A delegate here inquired if there was any way of disposing of 

 the bagasse so as to use it to advantage as fuel. 



Prof. Porter. I have seen a machine in operation on some of 

 the plantations in Louisiana that takes care of the baf/asse. There 

 is attached to the crusher a carrier with an endless chain and it 

 conveys the bagasse away very much like the straw carrier to a 

 threshing machine. In the passage it becomes so dry that it 

 will readily burn as fuel. There have been a number of inven- 

 tions brought into use for disposing of the bagasse. Anyone who 

 desires a fuller description can send a dollar to Mr. Colman as a 

 subscription to Colman' s Rural World^ and that will give one a 

 great deal of useful information. It will be the best investment 

 he will ever make for one dollar if he ever expects to become 

 thoroughly posted in sorghum culture and manufacture. 



Mr. Whipple. I will say that after reading that iournal for 

 several years that you will find out by that how to get rid of tlie 

 bagasse as well as obtain much other useful information. 



Capt. Blakeley. It is the organ of the amber cane interests of 

 the Mississippi Valley. Mr. Colman has almost always been to 

 our annual meetings. I wish to say that I attended the meeting 

 in Wisconsin two years ago and was well repaid for going. We 

 had a remarkably interesting session. There were a great many 

 present who were well informed in regard to this industry. We 

 were all gratified at the results which were shown to have been 

 accomplished thus far. We felt that we had made an advance 

 that was beyond a question. The rej)ort that was made of the 

 meeting was a very correct one; we had a good reporter, who 

 made a very accurate report of everything that was said. There 

 were a good many interesting items of information contributed 

 by the different persons who met upon that occasion and many 

 valuable suggestions made. I have sent to every member of our 

 association a copy of the report so far as I knew them by name. 

 I have still a few copies -left. I have no doubt it has been a 

 source of profit to many, for all these things were very carefully 

 discussed in that report. 

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