Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-05-13
SUGAR MAKING


been m ice f.om tle era st"iA, gFe-'er IN
or.L,fy, and equsl in quailIy, l. Ihat ir'in
he suJar cane, tie atm loL OF !arn.ers IS
;,rtsd 70 The cui.ure and m snuisciurs
trom Inc corn s.lik, ihis slap COMMODITY
nj conms-ce. The lion. II. l.. Ellsworth,
in h. relLaeLs Oh the agricultural Stats
lies. SAYS tie corn 81 Tx possesses me
very re .ioed advantages Cfsr The sugar
cnne. LIS Juice La lag saecharIne matter,
in qualify lh.ee times slr' Rser-than TIE su.
or bs,t, Il, e tira.s liza! OF maple, aid fol!
eooal, II !, Dies rot exceed hat Vi the or.
6;na,y sugar cane. BY pl-cAing On the
osre If ccEn from the slalk as they begin
q, farm. the slccl1rine ma ter, VIII Gil u
ally r,es 70 The prJcuc;i If he sar, is re-
,ainea in the Silk, 81 that the quantity Ii
Yields is thus g eltiy increased. One
ia1as.nd gCu.ds OF sugar, il is Uel eyed,
can easily be p.loucel from an acre OF
corn. snould this fact seem 'ncred. bic,
refe!eace need only De mIde The weigh
of ti(iy bushels Of Germ IN The ear, winch
the iuice 81 retained N he stalk w~ud
have npenec, kad not The ear, when JUS
forming, teen licked away. Sky pounds
NAV lie canslaefco tn. estlLIate, IN
weight, Of bu.heI Of r.psned corn and,
a, lnls rate, 3,900 p1unos o. rpeled cDTn
will Lc the wsig.; Vi the prJcuce Of che
ecre. Nearly the Whole q. Tie saccharine
parl Of This remains in the ga <, besides
what would have existed there without
sucn a rlmJV4l Of Inc csr. II is aIn
III ,ref.re, thai sanguiae CON ss.ons oI ex-
pcr.menis tho !.as year have no; been
drawn from ic.ut.cienl dail. Beside, j.
has Leea asce:aiaed, ~ ihal, hat c1rn.
on being sown broadcast and 80 !cquir.
ing b-i ills ls5ur, comparatively, in rs
culliya,ion.) viii produce ti,c pounds pei
square fNt, equal = lUS tons 10 the tee
fl I'D ler IN green state; and II Is high
IS probable thn, when subj c!ei TO he
treatment ncctss ry 10 Pre- pare lie stalk,
as above described, IN lac best manner f.r
The manufacture U. sJgGr, no les, amount
Of or p may Lc pr.dIccd. Snoad iii,
p. oyc 10 be the case, oae III u AID weight
Of su Jar per acre Mi GIN De- far too ow an
est mite. Expe lmsuts on sma scale
have proves thai air qoa.ts Of jui:e, OH.
tained from III. corn stalk sonn Lroaa C st,
yie.de1 enc quua q car siaIzed 'yrup,
which is equal 10 IL pc: cent; while for
enc quart ofsyruP il take ih.ry.t"o quarts
OF sap OF InaP.e.
Again, the corn s.,lH requires only one
fifth the pressure oil the s4g.r cane, and
the mill or press fOl the purpose is very
simple and cheap in It's cons,rueton, s.
that quito an article Of expense will there
bv be slvcd, a3 the cost Of machinery in
'hc Manufacture OF sugar from the cane Is
great. Only small portion OfIhe cane,
also, in this cUun,ry, where It is IN exotic,
ordinarily yields sa chorne matter, while
the whole of The cora sald, tho very top
on'y excepted. cen be used.
Further, whhc cano requires NJ leas
eighteen months, and sedi.ous cultivation
and much hard abr, T. bring it 10 matl
r:iy, the o,aing aud ripcning OF the corn
stink my be performed, for tho purpose o.
producing sugar. with ease, within 70 tc
90 days; thus allowing not lie ihln twc
cropsin o season in many parts q oul
country. The stalk remaining. after C.
ing pressed, uiso furnishes vhl"aLle feec
for cattle, enough, II is s1d. with the leaves
10 pay for the While expense Of the cul
lure. Should il be proved ~ further ex
parimenis, thu the stalk after teing dfie
and laid up, con, ny steamirg, BE- subject
ed to tie press wiilcut an, essential los
of,he saccharins prIncip e, a| is he 'as'
with the beet in France, SO that tie rnaau
iacture Of the sugar can he preserved IL
late IN tho Autumn, this WI sill more en-
nance The velle uf,his protu for the pnr
pose. 1t may, also, be true that as ia Iht
ca, Of the beet, no nnimlI carbon my b.
needed, bit a little iimewater wi un,we
fortte purp, sc Of arbitration ;nflcr wEicl
she juice may te bllled in a cImnion kei
tic, though the i'm revel method OF usln!
vacuum Fans vii prove more PFohtab
when The sugar i4saado IN large scale
Corn, tno, is inGi.eno ua. and can be raj
scd in all tie s atcs ,fthe Union, while tn
cane is almost cunkned to one, and eve
in that the average I'm, uni Of sugar pr
dlced, in ordinary craps is BIT 900 to l0Jl
pounds 10 inc ace; not m ich beyond on
third Of The plojuo, in Cut cad other uo
pical Situations, where il Is lid genous Il
the soil. tbs Investment IN the sugo
manufactures from he c:no IN tits coaf
try has, it is tcIieved, paid u poorer retur
than almost any ag:icul:url product
The laadablc enterprise Of iLt olucin
into inc United Slacs tie culture Ct tn
cane and The manufdcthe OF gar iroi
The same, has, is proha le, been harl'
rcmunented, though intisidual pane
on some locations, hive acca,ional : IN
richcd themselves. The amount of pose
rennired. with tbs cosi Of TIC mmrhiner