The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-06-02
CHARLOTTE. N. C. JUNE z. 1912.
RTR.fL ECO.IO.EY.
From the Annual Report of the Com. Of Patents.
REMARKS on THE AGRICULTURAL
STATISTlCS.-CoXcLupED.

ne articles Tor CORN OIL, ana corn Tor
SUGAR, together with OIL from LARD and
The castor bean, &C., deserves more than
passing notice. They are destined, 1t is
believed, 10 call forth increased enterprise
among the agricullurisis of our country.
/ Conn OIL is produced from corn meal,
by fermentation, with the aid Of barley malt.
Ii has been produced and used for some
time past 10 certain distlleries, by skim.
ming off the oil as i,srises on the meal in
fermentation in the mash ,uh. II has how.
ever, lately become the subject of parlicu.
lar attention, as an article of manufacture,
aud with success. The meal, after il has
been used for the production Of this oil, it
is SAID, will make better and harder pork,
when fed out TO swine, than before. The
oil is Of good quality, Of yelowish col
or, and burns well. Further Qualification,
it is probable, may render it as colorless as
the best sperm oil. Whether or not thus
may be the case, the ease with which it is
made, offers strong inducements TO engage
in the production of this article.
But more important object in the pro.
duclion Of indian corn is doubtless the man
uacture of SUGAR from the stalk. 10 this
point Of view, it possesses some very decl.
ded advantages over the cane. The Juice
Of the cornstai by Beaume's saccharome.
ter reaches to 10 deg. Of saccharine mat,
ter, which, 10 quality, is more than three
times that Of beet, five that Of maple and
fully equals, if il does not even exceed, that
that of the ordinary sugar cane, in the
United States. by pucking off the cars
of corn from the stalk as they begin to form,
the saccharne matter, which usually goes
TO the production Of the ear, is retained in
the stake SO that the quantity it yields is
thus greatly Increased. One thousand
pounds of sugar, it is believed, can easily
be produced from an acre of corn. Should
this fact seem incredible, reference need
only be made TO the weight of fifty bushels
Of corr IN the ear, which the juice so re.
tanned in the stalk would have ripened, had
not the ear when Just forming, been pluck
ed away. Sixty pounds may be considered
fair estimate in weight, Of bushel Of ri
peued corn and, at this rate, $1,000 mounds
o. IiPruVu Cum "tu uU ine weight OF the
produce of one acre. Nearly the whole Of
the saccharine part of this remains in the
stalk, beside what would have existed there
without such removal OF tho ear. Ii is
PLAIN, therefore, that the sanguine conclu
sions of experiments the past year have not
been drawn from insufficient data. Be
sides, il has been ascertained by trial. that
corn on being sown broadcast land so re
quiriug but little labor, comparatively, in
lis cutiva,Ion,) will produce five pounds
per square foot, equal 10 los tons to the
acre for fodder in green state and it is
highly probable that when subjected TO the
treatment necessary TO prepare the stalk, as
above described, in the best manner for the
manufacture Of sugar, not less amount of
crop may be produced. Should this prove
10 be the case, one thousand weigh, of su
gar per acre might be far too low an estl-
mate. Experiments on small scale have
proved that siT quarts Of the juice, obtain
ed from the cornstak sown broadcast, vel
ded one quar-, of crystalIized syrup, which
is equal TO g per cent; while for one quart
of syrup il takes thirty two quarts of the
sap of maple.
Again, the cornstalk requires only one
fifth the pressure Of the sugar cane, aud the
mil or press for the purpose is very simple
aud cheap in its construction, so that quite
an article of expense will thereby be saved,
as the cost Of the machinery in the manu-.
tacture of the sugar from the cane is great.
Only small portion of the cane, also, III
) this country, whore il Is an exotic, ordinary
/ yields saccharine matter, while the whole
of the cornstalk, the very top only excepted
0 can be used.
S Further, while cane requires at least
{ eighteen months, and sedu!ous cultivation
and much hard labor, to bring it TO maturi
ty, the sowing and ripening Of the cornstalb
, may be performed for the purpose of pro
ducing sugar, with ease within 20 or &C
days thus allowing not less than two crops
in season, IN many parts of our country
: The stalk remaining after being pressed
, also furnishes a valuable food for cattle, G.
| nough, It is SAID with the leaves, TO pay fol
a the whole expense OF IFS culture. Should i
+ be proved, by further experiments, that The
: stalk, after dried aud laid up, can, by steam
j, I'M, be subjected TO the press without any
essential loss of the saccharine principle, a.
= is the case with the bee. in France, so tina
: the manufacture OF the sugar can be pre-
served till late in the autumn, this vii
still more enhance the value of this produc
=, for the purpose. 1t may, also, be true that
), as 10 the case of the beet no animal carboI
!, NAV be needed, but little limewater vii
: answer for the purpose of Qualification; al
j ter which, the juice may be boiled in I
;, common kettle, though the improved meth
r, cd Of using vacuum pans will prove NOR
i profitable when the sugar is made on
large scale.
Corn, too, is indigenous and can be rails
n ed in all the States of the Union, while tn
@ cane is almost confined to one, and even il
II that the average amount of sugar produced
s 10 ordinary crops, is bu: 900 to 100
II pounds to the acre; not much beyond on
u f.I. 10 ,.,I tIkarf ra,