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TABLE XIX. Composition of cane juices sampled in the vicinity of Magnolia, Miss., and 

 character of soil Continued. 



GROWING SUGAR CANE FOR SIRUP MAKING IN FLORIDA. 



By GEORGE E. WALKER, Special Agent. 



Much Japanese cane is being planted in the vicinity of Huntington, Fla., and it is 

 highly praised, but none of it has been ground as yet. The interest in cane growing 

 in this locality is increasing, and a much larger acreage would be planted in cane 

 were it not for the difficulty of fencing out the wild hogs. 



In consequence of dry weather in the early spring a good stand of cane was not 

 obtained on the high pine land, and this fact, combined with the depredations of hogs 

 running at large, left only enough cane for the seed requirements on our own farm, 

 and consequently we were dependent on the outside supply to meet the demands of 

 the factory. The demand, however, for seed cane (for Georgia principally) was so 

 great that it paid better to sell seed cane than to make it into sirup. For this reason 

 many carloads of cane were shipped from Huntington which it had been expected 

 would go to the local factory, and thus the successful operation of the mill was ren- 

 dered impossible. 



The following table shows the composition of the juice extracted from cane grown 

 at Huntington and at Kissimmee: 



TABLE XX. Composition of cane juices sampled in Florida. 



