Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-09-08
from the NeW GeneSsce Farmer.
CHILD, ON BEET SUGAR.
CONCLIDED.


CHILD, ON BEET SUGAR.
CONCLUDED
Several points of Importance were SET
tied to our satisfaction by the labors Of
1880.
/. That all the saccharine contained in
the beet can be extracted by the method of
dcsscation.
q That the raw sugar can be obtained
without any bad taste, and fit for immcdj-
ate consumption.
3. That American bcets, though gene
rally inferior to the European in saccha-
rnc richness, can by suitable culture be
made inferior TO none.
4. That 50pe cent more of crvstaliza-
bic sugar can be Obtained by the method
OF dcsscatlon, than has generally been
obtained by grating and pressing, or ma
ccratlng the green beet.
3. That the beet, once dried, NAV be
kept an indefinite time without liability to
injury.
The general result Of the first season
was, however, unsatisfactory. The GUAM
tty OF sugar obtained, except on partcu-
lar days, when the operators were upon
select material, was too small; the molas-
ses superintendent, and very bad
The coming in of the crop Of 1880, o.
PeHcd new era in our enterprise. An
improvement in the drying apparatus, by
which the access Of smoke, and better ac-
qualntance with the management of it, by
which fermentation on the one hand and
carbonization on the other, were prevent
ed, gave us nearly uncxccptionabo mate
rial, the liquor was light coIorcd and trans
parent, the proportion of lime required
less, the DELEGATIONS moro prompt and
complete, and the concentration almost
without scums. The sugar, granting in
lew hours, drained well, and is not uleri-
or IN flavor or appearance to the finest
West India muscovados. The quality of
the molasses has been Il matter Of utter
surprise 10 us. In France the molasses is
considered of no value eNccp! for feeding
animals, or for dIstilling; and it sells at
or cents gallon. The molasscs from
me sugar IN question, is Of bright am
Der color, and so pure and pleasant, as TO
be preferred by many to aany but sugar
bakers
The quantity Of soccharino obtained
from the bocts Of this year, has not been
50 great as from those of the last wear. 1t
has IN no instance exceeded 81 per cent,
ct which was sugar and - molasses. We
attribute the difference TO the extraordinary
wetncss Of this season.
1t viii be readily conceived that small
establishment dependent upon farmers for
material, paying for it twice the cost OF its
production, and executing by hand several
"e2Vy ana tedious operations, which ought
TO be performed by steam, water or horse
power, cannot furnish accurate data for
determining the expense Of making beet
sugar. The actual cost, when the materi-
al was good, has been L cents per pound,
the pulp and manure not taken into the ac-
count. We are of opinion that with pro-
per ana sufficient means, beet sugar may
be manufactured in the United States, at 4
cents per pound. When the manufacture
shall have become domesticated among us.
It will probably be produced at u cost less
than that.
We have recently made some expert
mcnts with the aid Of Mr. Martial D,rog
OF Boston, upon beet dried by steam. The
result has been white sugar obtained at
once fully equal 10 the cIaycd sugars of
Havana.
Other plants usually grown in our sell
arc capable of furnishing sugar, and some
of them may be found worth cuItvating
for that and accessory products. We have
tried Indian cornstalks and the pumpkin.
and have obtained from them good sugar
and molasSes. Perhaps those crops may
alternate advantageousy with the beet Ii
the manufacture Of sugar from the stalks
OF Indian corn can be reconclled, rs we
believe 1t may, with the maturity or near
maturity Of the ears, this source of sac
charine may supersede the beet-root. The
seeds OF the pumpkin yield fine sweet oil,
but we have 10 means Of judging, what
quantity OF this product can be obtained
from given extent of land. If it should
turn out satisfactorily in this respect, the
pumpkin may one day overshadow the SUI
gar-cane.
II has recently been stated in an agri-
cultural journals that Schuzenbach's sys-