Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-03-24


recommends IRON bound and iron.plated, and
metal cogs and journals. He had no pre-
vious knowledge of sugar-making, Of any
kind, and of course had to encounter all the
difficulties of a learner. For boiling, he
used common Is gallon iron kettles. The
great difficulty he found was in arriving at
the granting point, in boiling. His plan was
10 boil the juice of the cornstalk, as soon a'
the scum was removed, down TO a strong
sirup, and then put il into a cooler, or large
tub, having two or three inch holes, one in a
level will, the bottom, the others an inch and
a half from the bottom, aud let i, remain to
the next day, and then boil il down to the
granting point. He says also, Z" my main
object in trying the experiment was TO as.
certain whether corns,alk contained saccha-
rinc sufficient to make it an object 10 cult.
vate il hereafter, as one Of the great staples
of our State. On this point, | am satisfied
that, in IA few years, il will become an article
ofexport, and of great value to the West"
=" My molasses is esteemed, by all who taste
it, to be superior to New Orleans" "From
experiments l made when | had GOT my mill
to work well. ! could grind 300 gallons of
Juice in about IL hours work, with two hor-
SEES, allowing one hour for each horse at a
time /; two boys could attend the mill with
case"
From the best estimate I can make Of the
cost per acre, in removing the ears, blading,
topping and cutting, hauling, grinding and
boiling. &c, it was between IL and Is dol
lars. OF course, II would have cost much
less, i'll had been as well organized as | could
be, were | to carry on the business upon the
same scale hereafter /; boys can do most of
the work." He also expresses his full i'm
%tcnlion to go into the business with a viewto
permancncy and profit.
OILERS also, in Indiana, tried the expert
ment with various success, and by a commits
n%icaiion from Mr.. Plummer, of Richmond,
in that State, it appears that, in all cases, the
success equalled expectations as to the guam
tity per average acre /; but the quality was
not so fine as expected, and it was supposed
some added more cream Of lime than was me-
ccssary. The sugar, however, proved equal
to about second quality New Orleans. lie
also remarks that they found wooden rollers
would not answer as well, as they we're liable
10 cut in ridges, and thus much Of the sac
charine matter waslost. He further suggests
that, by planting the corr some days aparI
from each other, one mill might serve a mum.
Der of persons, and thus the expense be less
ened. The farmers there, he adds, as ar
evidence of their confidence, do not cxpec,
10 open their sugar trees again.
The conclusion is expressed by several
that from GOO to 1000 pounds of sugrr ma,
easily be- procured from an acre.
Another person speaks of obtaining hal
"a gallon of sirup from a husI,el and a half o
crushed stalks. Mr.. Goodrich, of Terrt
Hautc, in Indiana, is also stated to have pro.
duced from eight gallons of juice two gallon.
of molasses, pronounced by compcteut iudg,
cs equal to the best sugar.Ilouse molasses.
Mr.. james 7. Clifford, who tried some ex.
perimenis with the cornstalk, on examination
found that the butt Of the stalk remaining il
the field retained ITS juice and saccharin,
matter until the hard freezing in Novcmbc
caused Fermentation to commence, from
winch time the saccllarine matter was to-
acid. 1t is also said, that sugar has beer
made Of the water in which the ears Of corr
have been boiled; from whence il has beef
inferred that the cobb contains much sac,
%c''arine matter. Mr.. Knapp, of Waynes
vile, Illinois, in a communication made L
the Union Aericultnrulist, for October, pub,
llsl,rd at Chicago, says: 81 hasten to sa,
briefly, that | have made about six gallon.
of maize rnolasses from what was ludgct
mot mrasured) a barrel Of expressed Juice o
the stalks. | find there is no difficulty What,
ever in clarifying the Juice with hydrate o
lime, Swimming until il, bolls, and then strain,
ing through flannel. An immense q~uantii,
Of extractive matter in the form of u fawn
colored precipi,ate is thus speedily go, rid of
and the evaporation is then conducted in III,
same mannar as in making maple sugar.
There are two other mills in this neighbor
hood. At one of them, sixty gallons of mo
lasses have been made from an acre. In re,
gard 10 crys,allization, | entertain no scru
pies, when the evaporation is conducted prop
rrly and carried to the proper points" I'll,
experiment has been also tried, il is said, il
South Carolina, even to granulation, withou
difficulty, with perfec, success ; and conf
dence in its importance as a product is ex
pressed.
In the number of the Albany Cultivate
for January, 1913, a correspondent write
from Ohio, and, referring to an expermcn
Of his own, says: The result of this expert
ment has led me to the following conclusions
Z" LIST. That Mr.. Webb's statement o
the amount ofsugar which can be made from
an acre is not Overrated.
"2d. Tina. stripping the ears from tn
stalks is essential to the production of sugar
though not essential in the production Of
much smaller quantity of excellent molasses
I'D. That large stalks yield much NOR,
juice than small ones in proportion to thei
size, and that, consequently. the corn shoult
be grown IN drills, and no, by sowing broad
cast.
J "4,h. Tha, the principle labor in ma
king sugar from corns,alks consists in strip,
ping off the leaves. and hat this is most ex,
peditiously accomplished before the stalk
are cut,