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was necessary or not, I cannot say, but 
it is a fact, just the same. In some parts 
of the state the sugar cane had existed 
for many years and it is still grown. 
Whether or not in those particular locali¬ 
ties there are enough parasites to keep 
the borer in check, I cannot say. The 
sugar cane worm is infected with para¬ 
sites that keep him in subjection in some 
parts of the world. 
Mr. Goodwin: In many parts of the 
state there are no sugar cane borers at 
all. In most parts of the state, if clean 
seed is used, there is no reason that I can 
see why the borer should not be control¬ 
led. 
So far as Maiden cane is concerned, 
there are many people who say it is 
found in Maiden cane. I have never 
found any in it. There have been made 
in this county during the past year, some 
very careful tests as to the glucose content 
of sugar cane. A large sugar cane grow¬ 
er in Louisiana who had charge of sev¬ 
eral large factories in Cuba, has made 
these tests very carefully. Contrary to 
general expectations, the glucose content 
on the muck runs as high, practically as 
that raised on the sand. 
A good deal of the cane is being plant¬ 
ed this year in Palm Beach County, and 
next year a thousand acres will be put in. 
If the results this year are promising and 
encouraging, a sugar factory will be put 
in this county next year. 
Mr. Taylor: I am glad this sugar cane 
question has been brought up in regard 
to the borer. 
We started at Moore Haven some 
fourteen months ago, the planting of 
sugar cane. We had some cane sent to 
Moore Haven and we planted it. During 
the time we planted it, I discovered what 
was known as the borer. I afterwards 
sent word to the president of our company 
that I had found this cane was infected 
with what we called the borer and wanted 
him to have the cane pulled up and burn¬ 
ed, to which he objected because the cane 
was valuable. Nevertheless, I dug it up 
and burned it, as I think it is a serious 
matter. 
After being in the citrus canker work 
for about a year and a half, I realized 
what it meant to the state if it was not 
stopped, and after hearing Mr. Gillett 
talk about the citrus canker last night, I 
thought what if it were to start now and 
ruin the groves and citrus industry of 
Florida. 
I am also a firm believer that a few 
years hence the sugar cane industry will 
mean as much to the State of Florida as 
the citrus industry does now. There¬ 
fore, I think we should take steps to trace 
this sugar cane borer up so that it may 
be eradicated as the citrus canker is be¬ 
ing eradicated. 
We have started an industry at Moore 
Haven in which there will be hundreds 
of acres planted the next few years, and 
if we can grow cane enough, we will 
have a sugar refinery. 
We have had fine success with the seed 
cane we found on Lake Okeechobee; I 
have found no trace of it; that is, I have 
found no trace of the borer in the cane 
which I planted nor in the cane which 
we grew from that seed. 
The cane grown upon the muck lands 
