Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-03-29
Approved, March 8, I843.
SUGAR FROMCORN.-

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Approved, March 3, 1913.
SUGAR FROM CORN.-Very con-
siderable interest has been excited u.
mong the planters Of Indian corn at a
discovery recently made of extracting
sugar from the common corn. The
Commissioner Of Patents, Mr. II [. FL s
worth, in his last report to Congress.
gives n very full and interesting account
OF this discovery, and the mode of ex.
tracing the sugar. According to Mr.
Ellsworth, the corn stalk yields more
sugar, IN proportion to weigh, OF
material, than sugar canc-and that the
quality Of The sugar and molasses is bet.
ter. Experiments sufficiently extensive
have not as yet, perhaps, been made 10
establish the cost Of making the corn su.
gar, and whether il can be produced al
an expense which will justify our farm.
ers directing their attention To the mat
ter But now that The fact is beginning
to engage attention, we shall not long
be IN doubt on this subject. If it should
prove, upon sufficient trial, and as the
report Of Dir Ellsworth leads TO the be-
lief II will, that the sugar from corn can
be made as cheaply as the sugar from
cane, ii will soon become an important
business o. our farmers, and lead 10 an
important revolution in the trade of the
world.
The following is an abstract Of the
report Of Mr. Ellsworth on this subject.
All accounts concur ia representing
the juice of This plant, when il has been
grown with reference 10 the increase Of
It's saccharine matter, is some 20 per
cent richer than that Of cane, growing
IN Louisiana. II has many other adyan
tages over that plant in the production
ofsugar. Cane is only propagated by
layers, and IL iake1 the entire crop OF
one acre 10 plant three One acre of
good corn will plant a hundred. The
machinery for crushing cane and ex-
pressing is juice cost at least three
times as much as that required to per.
form the same operation on corn stalks.
Tho process Of evaporation OH maze
juice is very similar to that used in ma
king sugar from cane.
After having selected cool seed corn.
Il should be planted with drilling ma
chine in rows two feet and half apart.
aud 1T practicable from north 10 south
\ kernel Of corn should be dropped eve
ry two or three inches in each row 49,
The alter.cuIture is done with horse
shoe. The next operation is taking of
the embryo ears. Many stalks will not
produce any, but whenever hey appear
they must be removed. This should be
done just before the formation Of the
kernel, and after The silk is visible on
the ear Before the frost comes, and
alter the s,alksore maturcdthcy should
be topped and bladed, and .hcn cut up
and taken to the mill and ground imme-
diately. The mill is constructed some
thing after TIE fashion Of those used for
crushing apples in the manufacture Of
cider Or what rs better, one made Of
three cast iron rollers J. ing horizontal
and so arranged thot the stalk passes
twice between them
The juice after coming from the mill
should stand odly a few minutes to de.
post some offs coarse impurities when
It must be strained through flannel
cloth 10 order to separate such matters
as viii not pass through il Lime wa
ter IS then added in the proportion OF