Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-11-25
THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARDS WEDNESDAY, N6vR 2sssi1

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SUGAR MILLT BORdaUX sACoHAKA-
TUM) TO PRODUCE SUGAR.
Mr. EDrroR :<RithSke pes16ission a. Ex-uSser.
nor Hammond, of South Carolina, send to you, Tor
publication the following extracts from two letters
recently received from him. From these, IN addi'
ton to oil other known and recent testimony, deem
that there oan remain no longer any doubt OF the
imposs!bihty Of obtaining sugar, to any useful END,
from the juice Of either the Chinese or the African
Sugar. lllst Gos.s Aamsaoad, had grown these on
large scale-on more than 100 acres-embr"cing
10 more Of the African varieties Every proper
care vas taken for the culture-and fine crop was
raised. No proper expense was spared tor the ma
chinery, &c. for grinding the cane.and boiling the
Juice The results are stated in his letters
But though lin contradiction TO former general ex.
pectaton and to much prior and particular evidence
it seems that sugar cannot be produced from these
plants that conclusion, in my opinion, detracts but
little from their value for this region There rs no
doubt that excellent syrup may be made, even oy
very rude means and methods-and, by proper
means, probably in profitable quantity, for general
home consumption. This is enough for us. Also,
the feeding value Of the green plants is OF much I'M
portance Even when formerly gave credence to
the many assertions that sugar could De MADE d'o
not then suppose that the practical operation coud
be profitable here, or as cheap to buy the sugar
made from sugar cane in hot climates. ! hope that
numerous Apartments and fair trial will be made OF
the Sugar Milet and of all it's varieties, so that tho
true general value, and the most productive xmas
may be known .E.
REDcl1rrE, S. c., Oct. 10Th, 1857.
Ny Dear Sir:
y = I got my new wheel made, and
started my mill again on I'd October. But Mr.. Wray,
who was absent and unwel, did not commence his
experiments until the 9Th October. He did not try
Hall cto nm
evaporation He selected his canes, and had what
juice he wanted, and made don't know how many
boilngs during that aud the next four days. The
juice was good-standing several days at 10 deg.
Benume. But neither by his patented nor any 9TH
process could he make sugar from his lmphee-
He has brought up some syrup which he thinks Will
grain yet don't think it ~ll, that sugar can be
made from either the Imphee or the Chinese cane
dare say both of them have small portion OF cane
sugar in them, but fear not enough to be worth
looking after. II the saccharne matter indicated
by 10 deg. Raume were cane sugar, this plant would
be far superior to the sugar cane But give it up
for sugar purposes. The Imphee. you saw, is
larger growth than the Chinese cane. but from all
that have seen and heard, l would not y like to
that any variety of it is superior to the chinese
it'll regard IN the seed, ] ain now fully satisfied
that all the varieties of the Mllet readily hybrizs
and think also that the Kars correct in tell
ing Mr.. Wray that the ripe seed were long plant
ed the would lose all its Saccharine qualities,
and take rank with Dourah corn. l found so large
portion of worthless cane-with the largest stalks
| and finest heads generallY-that l cannot have any
part in selling the seed. have gathered the seed
of the few assorted that seemed purest, and
placed them at Mr.. Wrays disposal. The remain
der l am feeding to my stock. I would not be will
ling to guarantee that single seed will be pure
but il Mr.. Wray will make, as he says he vii care
ful selection, head by head they will probably be as
pure as most of the Chinese. 1t so happens that
these assorted seed pei haps his best varieties
They are the Neeazcna, Bsoiana, kOombana, Boom
vwana, and Enyama- These and the E engha, and
Slagoova. different in appearance from Dour
ali corn, thst Mr. Wray, in asserting his seed last
spring at my request successful in select.
ing them than the others-but they all near
enough to the Dourah, or degenerate Imphee, for
some hybrdzing to take place, and therefore guar
antee none.
l shall plant all the varieties next year, 10y no
means emitting Chinese bu. not SO largely this
year. l shall only aim to make what syrup want
for my own use, and to test more carefully the TO-
rage valueof the plant. shall plant upland that is
good for twenty bushels Of corn in five feet drills,
and expect 100 to $50 gallons of syrup per acre
Unless alcohol can be made economically out Of this
plant or it proves better for forage than think,
it will produce nothing for sale-and syrup can be
made from it for only when there is no other
pressing plantation work, or at some distance,from
the great highways Of commerc. =
j. H. HAMMOND.
OCTOBER 70, 1857.
I find the cane has greatly dete-
rioated in the last ten days, in all respects, from
over-rpeness. Beames saccharometer stands at 0
deg. both in the juice and water Yet the cane
juice makes good syrup, at the rate of for of
juice. In the juice of cut and shocked month
ago, Beaumes saccharometer dsappc AIRED entirely.
Yet this made fair syrup. My conclusion is, that
however valuable Beaumes saccharometer may be
a test for sugar cane juice, it is utterly worthless
"a test Tor any variety Of this Mllet Sugar Cane.
The lmphee juice at 10 deg Beaume, and at half an
inch below Beaume, is almost equally good as far
as syrup concerned aud also as to sugar as neith
er degree produces that
j. II. HAMMOND.