Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-16

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written a letter to the Newt castle Agricultu.
raj Society, Of that State, recommending the
manufacture Of sugar from Indian corn. BY
an experiment which he supposes failed great.
ly in true effect, from imperfect rlaci,inefy
employed, he made 100 lbs. sugar from an acfe
of corn, of a better quality, he AYERS; than, id
made from the beet.
The mode Of planting and manufacttre pro-
posed, varies little from the system IN prac-
tice here in the culture of cane. The stalks
are stripped Of their ears, as soon as the grain
begins to form, the saccharine matter usually
employed for the maturation Of the ear, being
thus thrown back to the stock itself, from which
it is converted into sugar.
We make a short extract from the letter.
From what is known on the subject, |
fully believe that an acre Of good ground
treated as above described, will yield at
least 1000 pounds of Sugar-probably
more. The value of the fodder taken
from the stalks themselves after passing
through the mill, will be more than an
equivalent for the whole expense of cult.
ton and keeping the ground up.-The fod.
der produced in this way is much superior
to that usually made, from its containing
a great quantity of s%accharine matter.
The project for introducing the manu.
facture of Beet sugar into the United
States is one which has received much
public as well as private attention. Go
and People have united in their
efforts and worked zealousIy to bring it
about, but apparently without the least
success. How is this? must we admit that
we are inferior to the French! There is
another .s%upposition which if correct wiz
account for our failure, perhaps their beets
ure better than ours.-French writer's tell
as of obtaining 4, 8, and e. s per cent.
of Sugar from the roots, but these results
are 4, 5, and even 6 times better than any
which | have been able to obtain. In
short the whole business of making Sugar
from corr contrasts 20 favorabiy with the
manufacture from Beets that | cannot but
think it will obtain the preference where.
yer the climate will bring the former plant
to perfection. Some of the differences
may be enumerated as follows: LIST, the
corn is clean and agreeable to work with,
while the Beet is not. I'd, the machinery
for extracting the juice from Bcets is MT
only more costly, but is more liable to get
out of repair. Sd, the Beet juice contains
a much greater proportion of foreign and
injurious matter, decomposition commeD?,
ces almost Immediately after it is pressed
out, and if allowed to 60 on to any extent
will entirely defeat the. making of Sugar.
4th, the proportion Of saccharine matter
contained in equal Quantities of corn and
beet juice is as 3 to t in favor of the for,
mer, therefore the same difference will be
found in the amount of fuel necessary in
evaporation. 5th, beet sugar when OBJ.
tanned is inferior ins quality and loses a
per cent. in refining. 9th, Corn il
a native of u country, perfectly suited
to the climate, a true American, and is in
fact the finest plant in the world; the au--
thor ofsArator' Col. Paylor of Virginia u.s.
ed to call 1t our meal, meat, anu manure.
now add sugar to the list Of it's valuh-
BILE productions.
We only need a full development of the
of our own country to render us
perfectly independent OF every other.
Respectfully yours, WIN. WEBB.
A GOOD REcoMMENDATIoN.-Mr. John
is>the Wing Candidate for Cover
nop in Pennsylvania. He is a man of the
and appears to enjoy d high popu.
|hrity, which We believe he deserves; not
on account of his wing notions, but in con-
of blu Ahseriean opihions-his
sound practical viewso the internal inter
oofs IF the state The sirhle decI, ration