Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-11-30
A C R &c u 1t URAL.

Corn STALK SUGAR." The corn is
planted in rows % feet apart, and the
stalks are left to stand in the row 3 inches
one from another; it is then cultivated in
the usual manner. Sometime in August,
| or as soon as the stalks show disposition
to form grain, the ears must be taken off;
this operation must be carefully attended
| to. as upon 1t entirely depends SUCCESS
After this there is nothing more to do un
til the crop is ready 10 be taken up, which
will generally happen in September; the
stalks are then cut up at the root, stripped
| of their leaves, and taken to the mill, where
the juice is pressed out between iron roll
ers, in the same way usually employed
with the sugar cane. Lime water about
the consistency of thin cream is then mixed
with the juice, one spoonful to the gallon;
1t is left to settle one hour, and then poured
into boilers, which are covered until the
liquid approaches nearly to the boiling
point, when the scum must be taken off,
1t IS then boiled down as rapidly as posi-
BILE, taking off the scum as it rises. AS
the juice approaches the state of syrup, it
is necessary to slacken the fire to avoid
burning. The boiling is generally COM
pleted when six quarts are reduced to one;
1t is then poured into coolers or moulds
and set aside to chrystalize. When this
process is gone through, the sugar is to be
separated from the motasses; and the whole
operation is finished. The process here
detailed gives the quality Of sugar you sec
ia the samples. lf,required,Sit can be af
forwards refined as other sugar. The use
Of animal charcoal and the employment Of
steam in the process Of evapora&sn, as is.
common in the manufacture Of beet sugar
would, am confident, produce whue SUI
gar at one ope ration.
From what is known on the subject,
| fully believe that an acre Of good ground
treate&as above described, will yield at
least 1000 pounds Of ugar-probably more.
The value of the fodder taken from the
stalks. and Of the stalks themselves after
passing through the mill, will be more than.
an equivalent for the whole expense Of cul-
tivation and keeping the ground up. The
! fodder produced in this way is much supe
rior to that usual y made, from its contain
ing greater quantity Of saccharine mat
ter And tho whole business of making
sugar from corn contrasts so favorab
| with the manufacture from beets, that
cannot but think it will obtain the prele-
renee wherever the climate will bring the
! former plant to perfection. Some of the
differences may be enumerated as follows:
1st. The corn is clean and agreeable to
work with, while the beet is not. 2nd.--
The machinery for extracting the juice
| from beets is not only more costly, but is
more liable to get out of repair. Sd. The
beet juice contains much greater proper
ton of foreign and injurious matter, de-
composition commences almost immediate
ly after it is pressed out, and if allowed
to go 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
4 in favor Of the former; therefore the
same difference will be found in the amount
OF fuel necessary in evaporation, 5th.
Beet sugar when obtained, is inferior in
quality and loses larger per cent in re-
hning. 9th. Corn is native Of our coun-
try, perfectly suited to the climate, a true
American, and is in fact, the finest plant
in the world; the author Of 'Arator' Col
Taylor of Virginia. used to call it our
meal, meat, and manure We can now
add sugar to the list Of its valuable produc-
tons. '-Nlinois AgricuAurist.
Preservation Of Cabbagcs The follow
ing method Of preserving cabbages for
winter use, are the result Of experiences
The cabbages should be gathered before
injury is done them by the severe fall frosts;
the heavy outside leaves should remain on
the stalk. Fix string or cord round the
stump near the roots, suspend from the
sleepers with the heads downward in a cool
cellar, and they are fit for use at all times.
Cabbages kept in this manner retain all
their peculiar flavor and sweetness; the
whole virtue of the stump and leaves is
concentrated in the part which is used, are
handy OF access, occupy but little room
which would be occupied for other purpo-
ses, and seldom, if ever, rot; the outside
leaves wilt and contract, and in time be-
come quite dry, which form a sort of coat
ing that serves to exclude the air from the
inside Of the head.
Another method praciised by some, and
highly recommended, is to cut the head
from the stump, pack close in a sack, ia
king care to fill up the vacancies with dry
chaff, thereby excluding the air, and keep
in dry ceilar.--AB. CuZ.
SALT AND ASHES MIXED FOR SToCK.-
A correspondent of the Farmers Journal.
presents the following testimony as his ex-
perience of the value Of mixing salt and
aohoS fo,