Show GUNNISON GuNNi son sox april 1880 editors deseret news As the the time is approaching for the planting il of the sugar cane and a great in interest terest has lias been manifest in regard to syrup and sugar making in utah I 1 take the liberty to oten offer a few items for discussion and experiments in this new industry A good crop of cane producing good heal healthful molasses and sugar is is not to be obtained without good seed of the right kind early amaer ber and early orange etc warm sandy bench soil leaning to the south is preferable in this climate not sal aratus bottoms and not near swampy places producing stagnating evaporations good cultivation with which farmers who know how corn are acquainted high altitude warm enough for cane pure air much sun dry summers cool 01 ol nights seem to be essentials for the rhe crystallization of the sorghum juice in pennsylvania the sorghum buic ulce aice measures from 70 7 to 8 so JB in minnesota from 80 8 to 90 9 B in utah 2 from 10 to 11 B ButtEe but nut the specific gravity given by beaumees Bea umes times meter is not n necessarily a measure of sugar if therefore parties can afford to get more perfect instruments as the we think it would be to great advantage to make close observations in dlf dif Terent lerent localities as to the saccharine matter developed during the last two months of the growth of the cane such data would be a guide for cane growers in regard to so soil cultivation irrigation etc sugar bugar manufacturing from sorghum laid alaid dormant until professor P F jj stewart revived it in 1876 by his new process many imitators have since sprung up and no doubt other methods will be found by which to crys crystallize cryst alize talim the saccharine juices but hitherto the pennsylvania professors process seems to be the most reliable in turning out su gar 8 ar from sorghum in paying quantities the sugar chemistry mainly leaves us still in the dark and many have been the failures and disappointments point ments and the most curious contradictions in the line have been advanced in utah the writer of this article is convinced that on account of our peculiar local conditions we will have to paddle our own canoe to a great extent As to the best machinery and appliances ances needed for syrup and sugar making we would advise beginners to go slow and not enter in with expensive outlay but feel their way wary through practically Arrange arrangements mentA will probably ly shortly be made for the making of most of our needed machinery at home and beginners with small temporary factories there is is some time yet for arrangements professor stewart has offered to publish an article process in one of our leading papers and his circular will be bp distributed on applying to C A MADSEN items from the far north PERMINUS U N B R B R april editor deseret news my last letter to you was written on the summit of the bocky rocky mountains and in about two feet of snow on the first of this month we arrived at the junction so called from the reason of one road branching north to virginia city and one continuing in a northwesterly north westerly dirc direction action to helena glendale Glend ale alc and butte cities on leaving the junction we also left our friend of six weeks beeks viz dee deep sno snow wIand land jand on the evening of the ath camped on one of the sources of the great missouri the stream being known as junction creek the hills and mountains are covered with a very dense coating of grass of last yearns years growth indeed the beef used by us has been so far unfit for use on the rth we entered ned bed boek bock canon about six miles from the end of the road and 14 4 1 from our starting point we found the canon very narrow about wide enough for a railroad track this canon is is very appropriately named being a avery very bright red such as are to be found in Southern SUtah around leeds reeds we were three days in the cani cari onon the eve of the loth we first camped on bock rock creek a very beautiful transparent stream and a source of the nils alis missouri river also the stream though small abounds in small fish of a very good quality on the lith wo we were very near the mouth of the canon and this ibis evening we can see at a distance of four miles our mecca that is red bock rock city the point to which the utah and northern is graded ded cwm red bed boek bock ock och valley is a valley vailey about the size of Son pete but not as wide it is eminently preeminently pre a stock country it also abounds in game of several varieties in the centre of the valley is a lone red butte about feet in height and about five miles around it has a very imposing appearance pe arance putting one in in mind of the rock bock of gibraltar as seen in pictures the surrounding of this country are archery very veny high steep mountains but strange to say they are devoid of timber and are perfectly bare when seen ata at a distance two companies of surveyors are now on their way surveying the road from red bed rock bock through ryans canyon toward helena the objective point by the last of this year they began cross sectioning today to day and bishop merrill of richmond rich Bich mond cache valley the head grading contractor is expected here on the th e when grading will be actively prosecuted there is some talk of a branch road from red bed rock bock to national park on the yellowstone river biver but it has assumed no definite shape as yet there is an immense amount of frei frel freight being taken from here to d different ret points in montana Aress rs RW B walker alker and wm S G godbe 0 abe of your city passed sed here her a f few new ew d days dass ys ago go f for or but nut butte t to 0 look aft after er their he ar tei extensive tej m mining ia interest interests JAMES F SALT lule LAKE CITY april 19 1880 editors deseret news mews the salt lake county bee association met at the council house on the irth just samuel mckay presiding re after prayer was offered by bro egan the committee previously y appointed presented a petition laitio n for signatures to be presented to the county court to appoint two more bee inspectors for this city wh which leh ieh was unanimously sustained some foul brood comb from bro adams ha had d hives of bees in davis javis county was wa s pre J dented and examined by the meeting and was unanimously decided by the meeting to bo be foul brood comb of a very bad type bro george bailey of mill creek said ho he had been visiting in our northend nort henr benr country and found considerable foul brood and that it would require our united efforts to destroy it desired to do his duty as inspector bros mckay smith judson drake stevenson and others ex cx pressed themselves that if we fail to rid the country of this terrible bee disease bee culture will be a failure with us and thought with united efforts that the disease could be rooted entirely out of the territory all should be very cautious about using old lilves hives meeting ada adjourned fumed prayer by bro buff luff E STEVENSON secy N B it was requested by the meeting that the minutes be published ab with a request that all tee bee beo keepers of this county watch for foul brood and report to the bee in inspectors spec tors |