Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-11-26
SUGAR FROM EEETS.

! Whoever has read Mr.. Pedder's excellen,
report on the present state Of manufacturing
sugar from beet roots must have perceived
that this business partakes Of those niccties
incident where the combined action of chem.
zeal and mechanical powers are required to
produce the desired effect, and therefore, SUI.
gar making, to be prnftably carried on, has
to be learned in the school Of practice, and
that those who have made themselves &C
qua'nted with the principles Of chemistry,
all other things being equal, will prove the
best scholars IN this useful school.
A well read and attentive student will soon
become acquainted with the practical opera.
tons, and perceive that nature forms states
Of things that cannot be described BY words;
hence 1t IS, that books cannot teach US how
to smell particular smell. taste q taste. or
hear souni, and yet all these are indica-
tons that inform the Dyer, Blcacher. Brew
er, &c. of what is g ,ing on in his business.
How IS the author to make his reader Judge
of the state of boiling cane Juice, when this
has to be done by the size, brightness. and
bursting OF the bubbles foaming on the sur
face Of the boiling liquid! Yet on these the
operators judgment greatly relies, and on this
judgment depends the final result. What is
said Of the boiling process, applies to all the
others IN making sugar, whether the first ma
terIai be cane or beet. The juice tina, con-
taIns the sugar, whether obtained from cane
or beets, is disposed to pass into the acetous
fermentltIon, and one Of the first limitations
the manufacturer receives, is through the
smell or taste: and prompt measures have to
De taken. and lime is the agent applied to stop
the injurious consequences that accompany
the JUICE growing sour.
Reading OF books, and attending on lee
lures, are essential, but they are not sufficient
to form good ply stefan; it is in the school
OF practice that the Doctor has to finish his
education. That which applies to the prac-
tee OF Medicine, applies to the making of
sugar, and to all other trades. Those who
want TO perform the business, must study its
principles. and learn its practice; this is the
law Oh nature. Now that it is evident. that
making OF sugar from beets is to become
most extensive business in the United States.
the climate and soil being favorable tn the
cultivation Of the root. the proper course for
those VINO purpose going into that business.
and those who are in the want of business.
should De, I" 60 to France, and there procure
the privilege oil working in one of the MANY
establishments thar now are in successful on.
Grafton in that country.
The best time for going, must be the com
mencement OF harvest, or pulling I'D. and
storing the roots, which in that latitude will
De about the middle Of September; but as the
rasPlnS and boiling, accompanied with the
feeding OF cattle, continues all winter, those
who desire to learn this trade. can do 50 bv
gong to France, any time for ten weeks, from
october 10th; and the earlier they 81, So
"1ch the better for attaining their object.
everything considered. it is probable tia;
the preceding view Of this subject has oc.
CURED to many, and that some Of our conn
tryren are already on their way to France
or are mere. qualifying themselves to become
sogar makers IN their own country. and III
!nele are only . few Of them. the probability
will be so much the greater for them.