INDIANA CANE GROWERS. 



The third annual meeting of the Indiana Cane Growers was held in the rooms 

 of the State Board of Agriculture, in the city of Indianapolis, January 21, 1885, 

 at 11 o'clock A. M., with President Dr. A. Furnas in the chair. The tables were 

 well filled with specimens of syrup from various parties interested in the cane in- 

 dustry. The question arose as to what was the cause and remedy of the jelly sub- 

 stance so frequently apparent in some specimens of syrup, which elicited quite a 

 spirited discussion. It was decided that it was caused by the impurity of the cane, 

 either by improper culture or by fallen cane. The remedy was the use of lime and 

 the settling tank. Mr. Anderson thought it was due to starch, and by the use of 

 lime it would raise with the scum, and could be removed. 



AFTEENOON SESSION. 



The convention met at 1:30 o'clock, with President Furnas in the chair. 

 The President read his annual address, as follows : 



president's addeess. 



Gentlemen : By the blessing of a kind Providence we are again permitted to 

 meet, in this our third annual convention for the promotion of the interest of the 

 Northern cane enterprise. 



We assemble under peculiar circumstances. To the labor of advancing and 

 completing our work we have to contend with unlooked-for and unexpected finan- 

 cial stress. Overproduction of sugar and syrup has had a depressing effect on the 

 market, alike felt by all, and disastrous to many. This must sooner or later work 

 its own cure ; I say this in all due deference to those who look for legal remedies. 

 Yet it must be confessed that home protection in a given interest will promote the 

 financial standing and success of that business. The propriety of such protection 

 depends on its coht to all other outside interests. This overproduction is not only 

 felt by us of the Northern United States, but also by the sugar makers of the South, 



