Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16
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81 Chinese Sugar CT
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ticle, frem which ii WIN b $50 thst ~ hghly
probably thst sugar saasbe produced Sc guam
titles from the Chi nsse sugar cas. Il i ststedn
the South Carolina papers, that Col Wade Hampton
planted the present season one hundred in the
cane, and that he has gathered therefrom large
quantity Of seed, and is producing excellent syrup
He has obtained tho services of Florida sugar-ma-
ke and is about making full and thorough trial of
the cane for sugar. The Chicago paper says:
eve have seen it stated that not less than hun
dred thousand acres have been devoted to Chinese
sugar cane in this country the present season. The
experiment of manufacturing sugar and molasses
from it. therefore will be tried scale sufficiently
large to determine the whole question Of its value
for such purposes. There are fields of it in every
State and Territory of the Union, and from various
quarters both at the North and South, he that
the crop is approaching maturity and that prepare
tons are being made to manufacture sugar. It has
been extensively planted inour State, and some
specimens which have fallen under our notice exhb
it an extraordinary growth, "A gentleman from
Champaign County left several thrifty stalks with us
yesterday from ten to twelve feet in height, which
were full of juice, that to the taste rich in
saecharne matter that of the proper sugar.cane
and of most delicious flavor. We have not the least
doubt that it would yield superior article sugar.
We also in possession of several stalks fully ten
feet in height from the garden of Mr. 81. O. Stone,
the lake shore. .,,.r. :75gpf
But while the grand experiment of sugar growing
in the temperate ATTITUDES approaches its elimination
muttudes still in doubt whether pure well crys-
taized sugar can be made from the juice of the
Chinese cane For ourselves, the evidence in the af.
firmatve is entirely conclusive this point. Such
is the verdict of the best French chemists whose
testimony has been recently communicated to the
Patent Office, and will be given to the public in the
forthcoming report of the Commissioner. Some of
the results of those experiments have already APP
peared in the Press, and others are lying before
now, from which we propose to gather few addi-
tional facts.
One class Of chemists, among whom is DR.. Jack
son of Boston, have assumed, as the the result of
their hasty experiments, that only glucose grape
sugar. could be made from the juice of the sorghum,
but more careful and thorough investigations show
that the greater portion of it's saccharne matter is
crystalizable. NJ. Herey, Of France, contends that
no uncrystazrble sugar pre- exists in the cane and
that the formation of glucose sugar is only owing to
the action of the salts contained in the liquid dnring
the manufacturing process. "Be it as it may" con-
tnues the report ut is certain that the greater por-
ton of the saccharne matter of the juice is crystal
TABLE and may he obtain in the state of crystals, if
after rapid boiling and fltering, the clear fluid be
quickly evaporated the latter operation being con-
dition of absolute necessity in sugar making, as by
slow boiling, at Temperature of PIP degrees, even
exposure for considerable time to temperature
below the boiling point, glucose may be formed from
the purest crystaized sugar dissolved in water. On
the contrary if the concentrated solution Of sugar
be heated beyond 230 DEGREES F. it undergoes atera
tion and is changed at least in part into uncrysta
liable sugar saccharine mucilage."
Mr.. Wray of London, who is now in attendance
upon the National Fair at Louisville, and who has
perhaps, more experimental knowledge upon the
subject than any other man in the world, is quoted
kbor;< hxv<h oH
ton Of crystazation, and we presume that the ex-
periments which he is now making from day to day
will be equally conclusive upon the public mind. He
has devoted years to the subject pursuing his inves
LEGATIONS in Africa and France well this
try during the present season, and has obtained q
patent for his process Of sugar making in England
Assuming then, that superior sugar can be made
from the juice of the sorghum, it is hardly possible
to exaggerate its Importance as an addition to the
crops ofthe temperate attitudes Its value was dis
covered tjust the period when the culture of the
sugarcane at the South had Secome partial failure
and when also the general consumption of sugar be-
gan to outturn production. The world demanded
that by some MEANS if possible, the supply should
be increased, and in response to that demand, as if
by providential arrangement, the country sup
piled with the seed, of the Sorghum and the I'm
phee from which to have our first harvest
Of free labor sugar. 1t is great event in the poll
teal economy of this country, if not of the world
| We pay out annually many millions of dollars for
foreign sugar. the crop of Louisiana at best meeting
but fraction of the demand. Last year it esti-
mated that the nation consumed not less than 700,
O00 900 pounds, and this amount, vast it is must
continually increase if supply can be obtained.
! In the Chinese sugarcane we are now confident we
have the source of an almost unbounded supply. 1t
| will flourish everywhere in the Union and can be
raised at the West as easily and cheaply corn.-
Where, then, shall fix the limit Of its culture save
In the demand for sugar and moasses? The prairies
of Illinois, besides growing all the breadstuffs they
do now, might almost supply the markets of the
world with those articles We shall be content, how
ever, for the next two three years, with enough
of each to meet the home demand. The business
can be indefinitely extended thereafter" ...
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