Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1857-12-10
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From the Burial American.

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From the Burial American.
Chinese Sugar Cafe.
It now appears to be we'll established fact, that
the Chinese sugar cane can be grown to advantage
IN all the Northern section OF the Union, and to
still greater profit IN tbs Middle and Southern
States.
Last spring we received package of cane seed
from Mr.. K. Peters, Of Atlanta Geo. II was planted
about the 10th of May, and like all other paintings
OF cane seed at the North, it grew but little till the
heat Of midsummer gave it start, and then it
went with rush some 10 OF IL feet. We left it
standing about two weeks after it was killed by frost
and cut it up on the 9th inst. We found it exceed
ing l1ch IN saccharlne matter and in our next pa
per we will give the details Of expressing the juice
boiling down, &C., it il not crushed at the time of
writing this-Nov 18th.
Contrary to our expectation. we found an
s'onal stalk, with the seed mature, from which we
may infer that the seed will lipen at the North in
some seasons-perhaps often enough to keep us all
supplied with seed from year to year. We have
however, taken Measures to procure seec ffom
more southern latitude, and we shall probably, Be
able to supply all demands lis for it. AS soon as
We receive it, will publish the price.
Another point that our expert lice proves IS that
the sugar should be left in the field TIKI fully
mature till killed by frost, and that tle frost
does Mt inure it in the least for M liking syup In
deed, it appears to us, that it MY stand till snow
falls provided that the weather be not so COLI as
to freeze the canes, and that the juice nay be en-
pressed at any time in November, and boi}:d down
with good success as at any lrlier period.
Ii this should prove to be 50, the labor attending
the making of syrup may he done after o'her farm
work IL htished, and thereby prove more profitable.
We have evidence that gallon Of syrup may be-
made from six seven gallons Of Juice when tho
canes not cut till the last of October in NJ
ve.nber. We also THAT from three to SIN barrels
OF syrup can be made from an acre Of the cane.
when crushed in mill that wastes none of the
jAice. 1t + liows that the cultivation of this
will be profitable AS the leaves M Ike excellent tod-
der, if stripped off before they killed by frost
The cane itself is not eaable by stock except when
cut and cured in d halt mature STATE, and when
sown for the purpose OF making fodder. The pun
ace made by running the canes through mill,
IL not OF any value, except to make MANURE IL Is
said that 1t li;akes good fuel when dry but We
think that it will not pay to dry it, when orii
nary fuel CAN be obtained at reasonable rates.
That this cane will produce sugar, we have no
doubt, though it is said by some persons that he
syrup will not granulatc yet we sec good testimony
to the contrary. DIR. Lee, formerly editor OF the
Ee,teSee farmer, but resident in Georgia. bag
succeeded in making sugar from the same KIM Of
cane as We OF the North planted last spring.
A Western farmer writes in regard to making su-
gar thus:
will describe my process as briefly as possible
promising that all my apparatus Of very prn-
ltlVc CnlfatLIf put seven gailous VI bap lHIo an
iron boiler out OF doors and added two spoontulS p
uir-slackcti lime first mixed in u bowl with d small
portion OF tlc sap This was thoroughly lncorpora
ted by stirring, when the fire was Immediately with
drawn 1t was allowed to cool about twenty min
Ntes when the eCum wits carefully removed an the
syrup STRAINED through cotton cloth into tub, and
cooel 50 that the finger could he borne in it with
difficulty when the whites OF three eggs we'll beat
en- were added, and it was returned to the boiler and
again brought to the billing point ami the ircasan
withdrawn, and II tub placed the boiler and it
was left to stand undistur3ad over night The next
morning, he scum, which the night before had COW
cred the whole surface, and of light, tcathcry
character. apparently halt an inch thick, had be-
come concentrated condensed 50 that it covered
about two-thrCs of the surface of the liquor; w,s
shout tlireeeighths of an inch thick, and so firm
that upon removing it with the skinner, bit few
particles became detached. When that
we'd, carefully drained the liquor off and found i'll
the bottom OF the boiler more impurities than had
SKINNED from the top. The boiler washed and
the liquor returned and an active fire applied till 1t
reduced to two gallons when t.anst, fred 1T to
brass kettle the top Of the stove in the house,
whtre 1t was boiled down to six quarts, when four
quarts removed, and the balance boiled down
I'LL the steam escaped in putfs; or as we usci to
describe it in the maple slig camp, till the bubble
rose and broke Is they do IN thin boiling m'lsh--
when it turned into earthcrn dish and
cooled
On examination, l was satisfied that it was too
thin 10 granulatc. | returned it to the kettle, and
boiled at least twenty minutes longer actively
could without forcing it into iroth At this
point it would adhere to the skinner in bro al
flakes from which it would drop, not in spherical
form, hut in patches leaving rugged edge upon
the dependent fake, from which they dc.
1ached A small portion of this put in saucer
Gnd stirred actively for twenty minutes. Half
pint taken out and treated for candy, and the
balance taken away in an earthcrn dish. The can
dy was bright light yellow, and pronounced very
nne by both children and adults. Before set away
ths portion in the saucer, stirred in small pinch
OF dry sugar. The next morning, found this had
Commenced FORMULATING, but unfortunately never
saw it ag lin. The cook had washed the SAUCER and
placed 1t nicely away. The larger mass l found
quite thick rs tar il tie same temperature, but
no appearance OF granulati1n.
now stirred III spoonful of dry sugar. Al
nigh, no progress seemed to have been made; bu,
the mex, morning, found the process OF granula-
ton fairly commenced, and by Two O'Clock the
next notnrg, il pe,vaded the whole mass, altho'
IL continued = grow sitter ill the next morning,
when removed II to a thin s,ralner and hung i,
up to drain off the moass-s which process is
now going on slowly but satisfactorily The mass
before it is placed in the dripping bag, had assum-
ed light bright yellow. The mola>srs dripping
from it is OF very dark color though clear and APP
parenty AS thick as tho whole sample before graft
ula,ion commenced; hu, in this is large proper
ton Of granua,ed sugar, is palpabIe to the eye
under a glass msgntying bu. twenty eight 'i:"es.
These grains also sensihly teit between the
teeth. They are much finer, however, than the
sug Z in the bag. The grains Of This sugar when
separated individually, upon white paper. and OBJ
served from the same z lass, appear as white sharp
coarse sand, perfectly or nearly transparent, but
smaller than the grains OF common sugar and per-
haps little rounder. TO make the comparison
satisfactory, they should be observed under a
much stronger glass.