31 



ami was killed, lcavin.tr only the eyes underground i< provide the stubbie cane of 

 the next season. 



I), ,td from tin' form of Mr.,/. />'. II "////. Mr. Wight planted about .">:; acres \\ith 

 purple cane bet ween March b~>and April I. The cult i vat ion was ninch the same BS 

 that already described, the fertili/.er used bein.tr as follows: 



Kight hnnilred pounds of guano ('. percent phosphoric acid. 1' percent of ammo- 

 nia, and .'I per cent of pot ash 1, at SI '> per ton; :!()(> pounds of cot ton -seed meal, at *!'.">. 10 

 per ton: 1"> bushels of cotton seed, at L'.~> cents per bushel. Total co-t per acre, S| J.Sfl. 



Four hundred pounds of guano and l-~> bushels of cotton seed \\,. r e put in the drill 

 when the cane was planted; 100 pounds were put in siding furrows, and iioil pounds 

 of meal in the middle when the cane \\as laid by. 



The following estimates as t<> the profits on raising sugar cane for sirup making in 

 southern < ieorgia, involving the consideration of the advisability of having one cen- 

 tral mill for each community fitted out with the most modern machinery procurable, 

 an- taken from an address made by Mr. Wight before the fourth animal convention 

 of the Association of Commissioners of Agriculture of theCotton < J rowing States, held 

 at Nashville. Term., in August, 1902: 



A/>/>ro.rilii<iti cost <>f briinjniij 1 dcri' of xnijtir en in' to nnttiirihj ami niaiinfact n rim/ it 



into xiniji. 



Seed cane to plant 1 aere -^g*-" n i^^ $10. 00 



1-Vrt i li/er 



Cultivation and rent of land f. P^THE _X 10. 00 



Stripping and hauling 1- -UNIVERSITY' v 10.00 



Manufacturing into sirup V. -of * ' 20. 00 



Thirteen empty barrels, at $1.10 each ^^E^t'/FORV ' 4 ' : ' 



Total cost 74. 30 



Thirteen barrels of sirup (32 gallons per barrel), at 25 cents per gallon 104. 00 



Profit per acre $29. 70 



In case the farmer has no mill and gets a neighbor to make his sirup, the cane 

 grower delivers the cane at the mill, the mill owner bears all the expense of manu- 

 facturing, each pays for the barrel to hold his share of the sirup, and the, owner 

 receives three- fourths of the product and the manufacturer the remainder. Tn such 

 a case the account of the grower stands thus: 



Cost of growing and delivering cane at mill 40. 00 



9| empty barrels 10. 73 



Total cost 50. 73 



9| barrels (312 gallons) of sirup, at 25 cents per gallon 78. 00 



Net profit to grower per acre 27. 27 



A comparison of these figures with those of other field crops of this section shows 

 sugar cane to have the advantage. It is also to be noted that the figures given rep- 

 resent only an average crop, sometimes as much as 800 gallons of sirup per acre 

 being obtained. 



In the States east of Louisiana 99 per cent of cane is manufactured into sirup, 

 which brings up the question of overproduction. But when 90 per cent of the sirup 

 sold in grocery stores is an inferior and adulterated product and the demand fora 

 good quality of sirup is increasing, no fear from this source need be entertained. In 

 regard to the increased demand for good sirup which has been developed at Cairo, 

 Mr. Wight says: 



Sixteen years ago it was hard to find a market for the 1,500 barrels of sirup 

 annually shipped from the town, and one crop was frequently not sold before 

 another was produced. Now that a better grade of goods is being made, IL',O ( ' (I bar- 

 rels of sirup are easily sold before another crop is produced. This sirup is marketed 

 from Massachusetts to Texas, 3,644 barrels of last year's crop going from Cairo to the 

 latter State alone. 



