The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-11-20


duced for many years, second in importance
to few things fatmer can grow. 1t is very
desirable that it should be more extensively
grown another year, and careful experiments
made with it, so as to determine its compare
value as a field crop. / hope we may hear
from others who have raised it, that we may
the better judge Of its value on different
soils and under different circumstances.
Surely, Mr. Hyde is quite enthusiastic and
sanguine in his ideas of the great value OF
this newly introduced sugar cane and | trust
he has not overshot the mark, but | am led TO
believe future trials Of the plant will fully
sustain his patriotic views for / have Just
received printed circular from Richard
Peters, Esq, Atlanta, Georgia, headed
" Chinese Sugar Cane and Georgia Syrup"
from which | will make some extracts. AR.
p. says:
:" feel it my duty to make known to the
Southern public the result of my syrup max
ing from the Chine Sugar Milet, in hopes
that others who have sown this valuable var-
ETY. of millet, may be induced to work it up
into syrup this season.
81 obtained my start of seed during the
sprirg Of 1855, from D. Redmond, Esq, Of
the "Souther Cultivator." | considered it a
" humbug" from its close resemblance in
seed and growth to the " Guinea corn" until
my children, towards fall, made the discovery
Of its being to their taste equal to the true
sugar cane.
This year planted one patch April 18th,
another May 18Th, near Calhoun, Gordon
county, on land that would produce during a
90 seasonable year, forty bushels of corn per
acre, and this year not over twenty bushels.
" Seed sown carelessly in drills, three feet
apart, covered with one horse plow, nttnl-
ing to chop out to a stand of one stalk to
six inches apart in the row, but failed to get a
good stand, as the seed came up badly from
deep and irregular covering worked out,
same as for corn, plowing twice and hoeing
once.
"By suggestion of Gov. Hammond, of
South Carolina, | determined to give the
syrup making fair trial, consequently order
ed from the Nessrs. Winsbip, Of Atlanta, a
very complete horsepower mill, with vertical
iron rollers, that has worked admirably,
crushing out juice for eight gallons of syrup
per hour, worked by two mules, with one
hand TO put in the cane and boy to drive.
"On the 18th of this month (September) ,
finding the seed fully ripe, had the fodder
pulled and the seed heads cut. Yield of fod-
der (leaves) per acre: l,l00 to 800 lbs
Yield of seed per acre: 25 bushels of So lbs.
per bushel. First trial of mill, 70 lanes gave
% quarts of juice. 6O6 average canes, pass
ed once through the rollers, gave 38 gallons
and | quart of juice: passed a second time
through, gave gallons; 10 gallons and one
quart, gave gallons thick SYRUP nearly
one gallon of molasses to FIVE gallons of juice. J
al carefully measured an eighth Of an
acre, having the best canes and the best stand,
and another eighth having the poorest canes
and the poorest stand. The result give be-
low, the canes having passed once through
the rollers.
BEST EIGHTH OF AN ACRE.
Yield of juice from 3 35 canes, 253 gallons
" syrup from 2o5 gall juice, 58i ="
Bates per acre Of syrup, 46S
(Tn this trial, a gallons of juice yielded q
gallon Of syrup.)
POOREST EIGHTH OF AN ACRE.
Yield of juice from 2 $50 canes l7g gallons
= syrup from l79 gallons of juice, 43f d"
Rates per acre of syrup 2l6 =:
(In this trial, it required four gailogs and on,
pint Of juice for gallon of srrup)
Thirty selected canes weighed 49l lbs.
and yielded 252 lbs of juice.
''l he juice should be placed in the boilers
Immediately on being pressed out, then boi
slowly until the green scum ceases to rise
then stir IN tea-spoonful of air-slacked limt
TO five gallons of juice; continue skimmine
and b' ling Until the syrup thickens and hang
in flakes on the rim Of the dipIer.
6 have made the clearest syrup by simpl,
boiling and s6imming, without lime or othe
CHARTERS.
1.-The lime is requisite to neutralize por
ton of ths acid in the juice; the true proper
ton mast be determined by well-conductec
experiments.
The cost Of making the syrup in uppe
Georgia, in my opinion, will not exceed 10 t.
| 3 cents per gallon. This shall be able t.
test another season, by planting and worki:;
up fifty acres of the cane.
| am satisfied that this plant viii enabs,!
every farmer and planter Of the Southern
States 10 make at h"...e all the syrup required
iof family USE and believe our chemist
will soon teach Us how to convert the syrul
into sugar, for export, as one of the staples O
our favored cline.
"Obtai!ing such unlocked for success will
the Chinese sugar cane, concluded to tr,
our common corn. From a "new ground,
planted by 3, one stalk to \ hill, a week be
yond roas'ing-ear stage, selected thirt,
stalks,
Weight of thirty stalks, 354 lbs.
juice, 15t 4"
Yield of syrup, ] pint.
The syrup of a peculiar disagreeabl
ta&.e, entirely unfit for table use"
have no wish to aid in getting up an un
J due cane excitement, of any kind, but Will
have pen in hand will figure little, be
cause | think the statements Of Wessrs. IIyd
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