Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-02-11
aYHOLLOWAY & DAVIS.]


I - CLARu1cAT.oN.
After being defeated and evaporated, the juice
is yet in a degree impure, and the object Of the
next process 10 70 separate il from its remaining i'm
pusiiies, aud hence is called Qualification. This
ssts in itering It through animal charcoal granu
lated burnt bones broken grains, and is per
formed N the following manner. Tubes, o. vata
ii in the form Of those used for teaching ashes are
made Of wood or metal, and furnished with c.,ck
inserted near the bottom. The size Of the watts il
imma iesiai; bot those Of the following dimensions
will b found most conveniept-2 feet 8 inches
deep foot inches in diameter At the top and
inches At the botsom. They may be four sided OF
round; but those made Of slaves and hoped with
iron hoops We should think the cheapest, and on
some accounts the best.
i A straner standing on legs, and covered " it'll
coarse cloth. must first be placed in the bottom Of
the vat and filled with the charcoai-about 100
pounds will BE- necessary fr vat III the above d.
mensiOns. The charcoal must then be covered
with another strainer and cloth, and the vat filled
with evaPossted juice, is then called, sirup.
Aftes standing long enough to leach through the
charcoal, the cock must be turned and the srup be
slowly drawn off, and the vat re- filled fast il is
emptIed. The charcoal must be changed twice a
day; but il may be vas:sed and reburnt, and thus
prepared, it will answer for another filtration. This
may be repeated until il - consumed.
CONCENTRATION.
The next process il to soidify the strip, and
hence 10 called concentrations. To accomplish this
il must be again cvapovated until it 10 brought into
Ia proper state Of capitalization. As It 10 impor-
tant that evaporation should cease il ar
6ves at this point ChaptaI gives the following rules
Tor asceriaining the fact. 81 Plunge a skinner in
to the boiling strip. and upon Withdrawing it pass
the thumb Of the right hand over its surface, mould
the s,ruP which adheres to the thumb, between
that and the forc-6nger, till the temperature be the
same tia. Of the skin-thcn separate the thumb
and finger suddenly-if the boiling he not compet-
cd. no thread will be formed between the two; If
there he 6lament the boiling i well advanced,
end the process % completed ~ soon utter ~ the
flamcnt breaks short, and the upper part, having
the sen.i-transparency Of horn, curls itself INTO
spiral. g. The second mode of judging Of the COM
ietCn Of the process is by observing the time when
the srup TO moisten the sides If the boiler.
and then blowing forcibIy into Skinner which
has Just been immersed IN it--if bubbles ESCAPE
through the holes Of the skinner which ascend in
10 the air in the snme manner as soap bubbles do,
the liquor il considered To be sufficietly hoed.''
When the concentration arrives at this point. the
strip must be taken from the boiler and poured into
large pans, for the purpose Of cooling. The pans
must be placed in the air and the strip occasional
~ stirred during the process of cooling, which will
DE completed IN about two hours. On examination
the bottom and sides Of the pan will be found
cred with thick bed Of chry >tals having but little
consiscnce; the surface ofthe sisup. crust will
also be formed. 10 promote chrystazaiion, OF, as
it is more properly called, granting, thin bed Of
brown sugar is some times put upon the bottom Of
the cooling pan in order to make nucleus about
which the chrys'aIized matter may geather.
After the strip is cooled and chrysialized, or
grained, all that remains u to separate the sugar
lsom the molasses. and il is fit for domestic con-
sumption or market. To effect this separation
mculds, they sailed, must be prepared in the
form 0f defeating watts, with the lower end drawn
to point, near point as to leave a hole Of
three fourths Of an inch IN diameter. These may
be made Of wood, metal or earthen wa:e, and their
capacity may be regulated according to the conven
fence nf the manufacturer. Those u<ed in the su-
gar factories in France usually large enough
to contain 1--WE six gallons. They are also used
in the refining process. Before using them, II Of
wood, they must be soaked several hours IN water
and dried short time before they filled with sir
up. Then prepared. and with cork in the hole at
the point, they must be filled, or nearly filed, with
chryssalized strip, and secured in an upright posi-
ton, over pm tub Of sufficient size to receive /
the quantity Of molasses il contains. After stand
ing from IL to Sc hours, according to circumsfan-
ces, tic cork Withdrawn and the molasses permit
TED to drain oG Il will at first drain of rapidly :;
but soon cease TO Aow in any considerable quanti-
ty.-To hasten its separation from The sugar, which
takes place slowly, the mass must be pierced with
spear, by tkrussing il into the hole at The
point, which will give il vent and cause IL to dsain
off, This operation must be repeated often as
il necessary, and until all the molasses is extrac-
ted.
Alter having remained long enough to have the
molasses run of, the sugar IS detached from the /
sides Of the mould with knife. the ssoulds set
On the oos j" a reversed position and left for swo
" s:,ree housewives, by lifting from the floor and
giving il shake, tho loaf will separate fro" the
mould by force Of ITS weight The head Of :te
oat will retain degree Of moisture and position
Il m"lasses, and, Consequently. should be cut OF
md thrown into the juice intended for the next
:lari6caaion. The moiasses, also, when sufficient
quantity 10 on hand, should he again coucentrated