Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-11-19
Agricultural and Scientific.
from The Spectator.
SUGAR FROM CORN.

As the subject Of making sugar from
lnoian corn is attracting much ui,cnlio1
IN this country, VIC subjuin brief analy
SIS OF Che report lately made To the Acad,
my OF Sciences o! Paris, which give:
valuable information upon question. q
such practical interest. We arc sur
prisod TO See it stated, rs The result q
actual experiment, that the quantity Vi
sugar is rot increased by urrcslny the
t'rGc,:fication OF the liant. This does
not correspond either with tho theory OF
tho experiments made in this colalrN,
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
STRING OF SEPTEMBER lo.-.A portion,
oi this sitting was occupied with tile
reading Of q report OH the production oi
sugar from maize. As long ago as 1884,
paper was sent to the Academy Nv NJ.
Pu;Ias, III which he announced that lie
Lad extracted sugar from the stalks Of
The maize, entirely similar TO that Of the
sugar-cane; tAa..the sugar was dc?clopeL
at tho period when the plsnt came i:.,o
flower, aid tia; its proportion was one
Yer cent. when the grain began 10 make
its appearance, aad two pee cent. when
il became quite ripe. A report Was
,nadc by NJ. Robiquct ON this commune
cation, in which lie admitted tic sin;la.i.
,yoi tho sugar OF maize 10 that OF the
sugar cane, but in the absence .! s,os;,!vc
information, he abstaincd ire.. ,vti..rin.
any opinion on tho other points Of the
work Of III. Pal!as. lie mentioned, how
ever, the opinion Of Professor Burger,
"ho thought that the quantity Of sugar
attained is maximum Immediately after
i:c towering Of the plant, and diminish
I'D considerably after the complete ;orma-
,ion or,ho grain. This opinion was in
strict conformity with vegetable rl.ysio.-
ogy. In 1889, NJ. Pallas addressed an.
other paper TO the Academy, in which lie
gave IN account Ct series Of compare.
tive experiments OH the stalks OF maze,
honc OF which had been separated from
their cars when the latter were in the
first stage Of formation, whilst others
had undergone their fall maturity Of veg.
citation. Ills conclusion was in favor o
,l.o former, which he said, yielded q
mucl, larger proportion Of sugar This
n paper " OS JcAGTIcU 10 NlcSSCSs llOUSSll!
guilt and Blot, who in their report
which has been recently sent into the
academy, state that the experiments u
NJ. Pallas were not conclusive, owing e
the defective means adopted by him 10,
npprcciating the quantity Of sugar con
,ained i'll HE stalks upon which lie lal
operated. NJ. Blot, at the same time, in
licitcd the proper means to be employed
lla lsas now, in conjunction with NJ. Sou
bcraiD, reported to tho Academy the re
suit OF tho experiments made in his way
The stalks upon which they operated
w::s taken from the Jagain dcs Plan.es
Some Of them had Decn separated from
their heads; others had NOT. They re
port that the sugar oi maize is precisel,
that oi the sugar cane, mixed, however
w:lh . small quantity Of sugar Of iccuta
Tic ju;cesof tho maize which, had beer
cusiratedt obtained per liire ID gra.n,nes
eor ls per cent. Of sugar; that Of the non
castra,ej gave Is4 granl.iaes. Or Is pei
cent. 'Fhcsccxpsf.nsnss prove tina, cas-