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ness. With so many large manufacturers in the field, Amber 

 syrup must go into the market in considerable quantities, and 

 this, with the high quality of the goods, will soon conamand pub- 

 li3 attention. It is the introduction of these large factories that 

 we must expect and encourage, if this is to become one of the 

 great industries of the state. 



One of the plainest lessons of the season is the impDrtance of 

 growing cane close to where it is worked up. A wagon load of 

 the stripped stalks at the crusher is not worth over five dollars. 



It at once becomes evident that such weighty material cannot 

 be drawn long distances with any profit, and that the syrup works 

 must be located near the field? where the cane is grown. Cane to 

 be profitable should not be grown over two miles from the works, 

 unless the roads are excellent, when possibly three may be set as 

 the limit. Those who are locating mills should aim to settle at 

 points where the cane fields can be about them on all sides. Fuel 

 need not be considered, for the bagasse is sufficient when properly 

 managed to supply all the heat needed. The transportation of 

 the syrup requires that the works be near a railroad station. 



Another fact of the utmost importance has been made plain this 

 season, that is, defecation of the juice by some method is essen- 

 tial. The prejudice against the syrup because of its acid or " sor- 

 ghum taste " keeps the market price down below what it should 

 be, and then buyers will only take it at a low price or not at all. 

 If they must pay syrup prices, they prefer New Orleans. 



Even the syrup shipped is not sold to the consumer direct, but 

 is first mixed with glucose to remove the strong taste, or rather to 

 flavor the glucose. 



The only way to overcome this prejudice is to make a syrup 

 with the sorghum taste left out. Toe experiments oq the farm 

 and by others show this to be possible, an i that the methods are, 

 upon the whole, very simple. I am aware that quite a prejudice 

 exists among boilers agaiast any clarification of the juice. Some 

 even argue that people refuse to purchase Amber cane syrup not 

 because of its sorghum taste, but because it is a home product. 

 They forget that maple syrup, a home product, brings three times 

 the price of the New Orleans. 



Our boilers here exerted every effort toward making a light 



