New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16
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Ky, prints The following veiy fair article upon the
new sugar Ilsbt that has attracted 40 much NOTICE
LATELY. our opinion is, that not worth Guilty. atpr
for suger that plant full of sweet mus, he vain
able for stock, particularly when used for snhse,
Iicer seveIsl to'at ical names, specis Of plant
tss recently be'n INTRODUCED to public notice, through
the Itit,d states Patent Office which has fof yesr
on two attracted considerable attention While rid
culed Ia some qusiiers, has been praisec in otLers
FOL many virtues The last rotice have seen Of it,
ars in an extract from report mace By Jos. G.
Ortb, esq, of lnoians, to the Wsbash Agricultural
Society.
MIR O!th re enders the botanical nome Sor9Leo Sncye
ar IN PLAIN ED2ilsh calls it " Sugar Milet. he OBJ
tain, a qasIti'y of the seed from the Patent OHce
lar, ytar which be planted about the middle of M ~
on rev uplaLd, between rows Of Indian and
broom corn This seed came up freely, 10 good orcer,
the plan's growiDg more vigorously than the broom
c,rr ard having darker green color than the Indian
com. Mr. O. FOR q long time regarded the plsrt -
being simply a variety OF broom corn. When the
blossoms dr.d Off however, and the seeds began to
hadtn be concluded that this option was erroneous.
AT tls time te fed some Of the growth 10 his ao"es
ard cattle. wi ich ate il with apparently good rel
kh' O,ser portions be undertook, IN a very small
vsv tu snuiacture OF his operations IN this respect
he ei,er the follow ny account:
Its stalk b.itg very obg and heavy, and txceed-
incl, rch ID juice to tue taste in its natura state
almost ss sweet OlLss.s, no doubt remained upon
ny IL ind hat Il Was al i was sand - De- cut SIX
tisks, placed thtm successIyey upon nat boaru,
"a
pabled IL to be done EXPIRE seed and saved the JUICE
The result vas obtained two table tumblen full OF
luice tlui han was ruI saved) This was then boiled
Gown and proc oi the same iumbefs half fuH
Of good l.t tasitc molasses, about thick a.
tlo nlolns obtained in the stores. Bot "a
ny ob,c' WAS eimpy - ,scertau the quantity rather
than th, quality OF rEccharihe matter contained, this
uioe was ltthe strained clarified snd therefore,
Ct course, ts taste was not equs To what 1t would be
under mole careful tteatn.tn.. Erom all chat could
obs ,onctrmng uls plant, l au iul y n,inced
ttaIs Id
obtained. My Experiment produced about 25 per cent
Il n ClSssos.
MIR. Blown (Agept Of the Patent Ofice) SAYS
that tie great object sought in Franein the cultiva
ton If ttir plant Is the Juice contained IN e stalk,
which furnishes ihree importsnt products, namely;
sugsr v IA il identical with that vf cane sngsf aco
hol, aId ieImt nttd drlik analogous to cidsr lie
no aC ds 'tLc Juice " hen obtained with care, by de-
sp,iyii the stalk Of its outer costing, wovdy iber
ana baik is nearly coorlcss, and contains merely su
'gaf water producing from ~ To 10 per cent o.
the ioimer. This, II would seem, 10 evidence strong
enough to warrant mere extended trial of lis merits,
and j. it i'll ia sy way supply the place ot cane su-
guar l. must of Necessity become . very important
and valuable ACOUSTIC on TO the agricultural products OF
the Miodle ard Nortben States. l am fully satished
that will npen IN north latitude ~, whien Is SoouL
the northern limit Of ii nos. .
"The proeess of making sugar from it weuld not
n,ces,si, diier from oilers, and tor family only
could be made simple. The chief difficulty sPPear to
be he exprs esing of the Juice from the -taB Upon
email scale, aid a ecae large enough to maLuiactue
all the sugsr wanted in q family during year. the
pressing coud be with pair Of follers, Say from
one 10 two feet long, and iom SIX 10 ten inches in di
am,ter TO of which crank must be attached fof
hard use. Such q pair of rollers, placed in frame
efficiently strong, and arranged TO be set closo "
WIDE by OF wedges, would DO all that Is neces.
say; aid any ole who has the least OF mechanical
skii could put them up: The cost would not neess-
saIiy exceed two days labor, while one week Doll
no &C. would prooute fom fave to ten TINES the
an omit of sugar that is usually made from the maple
tree in tt same length Of time and the came amount
of water boiled. This production, then, In an eco
omical pcilt Of vlew well merits the attention OF the
f. tmuy oommunits, AID should they give that al
tclton which, in ny humble opinion, II demands, IN
few als 1t will be so ex.ennvely cultivated IN Hi
nt' that b.r rural population viii have but t'le oe
ion purchase their sugar aud mcIasses al stof.s
Wabasb Coulty Is particularly interested IN the cII-
walton # thls plant ano hope 10 see her rich aud IN
telbe, Ut farmers give it q fair, Impartial ui8l.
We hone more NAV be realized from experiments
j. he So,ehu,a Sucre and Mr.. 9th speaks Of it as
Laypg BEEN imported from France by the Patent
Office YEAR before last, and imported into France
from the porth of China five years since. Farm
,rs who we're boys in the Ohio Valley quarter OF
century sgo will understand pretty we'll what TO eK-
pec from IT, tell them that it is tSin'brothef
tie plant then grown for ornament and chicken feed
under The names Of coffee corn, chocolate oo.n,
"tukey CON-" etc. There Is barely peicePtibis
ciffer.pce between the two varieties, one havin.
less &C impact seed head than the other, and Lighter
co'ored seed. 80
In Old times, whs the price Of coffee was high and
the price of farm proc u'ts low IN the ONO alley,
the seed Of the Sorghpm Suere was roasted and
grould and a decOction made oi It the same as OF
Coffee 1t was very poor substitute fer that delicious
uoinng bev,rsgc, however, a. we very wen ismem.
ber though preferable TO cbsrred corn burnt sweet
potatoes, or roasted rye.
The new variety Of the Sorghum Sacre Introduced
from France AID disseminated through the Patent
Office tboug gh may not become ali economical sub
sttu,e for louisiana West India Sugar 1ery pal
ataLlc when cooked anJ reasoned in the same manner
in vbicb iice IL prepared for the table, and may in
time to a very considerable extent superseds the use
of that sricle in the N ddle ard Western states a
v1y intelligent and observing friend 10 Franklin
County, Ny, sulaily plants small quansIty OF the
old chocolate corp,' using the produc; in this way.
ard be til is II much rosbcd by bis family. lie him.
self regards it as in everS way the equal Of nee.
We raw both the old and rev variety Of the Sorg-
hum SucTc growing ride by side last Summer, ard we
do OF think that either after the subbcsds are formed
resembes broom TIE Sorghum Saecharatumj
ANYTHING Ike so strongly as Mr. Orth seems to think.
Attempts bave very often been msde Z, extract sugar
from the last named p!a3, but with paying re-
sults. AID We 60 not believe that any thing much
better Is 10 be anticipated from It's relative, the ~
SUcTc.
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