The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-12
The Chinese Sugar Game.

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to this newly introduced and prolific
article, that we know Of nothing which
would be more interesting than the
following article from the Baltimore
Sun:
MANY of the readers Of The Sun,
residents in and out Of the city, have,
we suppose, INDUCED a small expert.
ment in the culture of the Chinese
Sugar cane, or milGt, as il is indilicr-
emily termed. 1t is at this time Of the
year in full development, and spcci-
mems we have seen exhibit a rare lux.
uriancc, which in the prospect Of the
production of reasonable proportion
Of sugar and molasses, gives us the
promise Of a new and inconccivable
source Of the essential Sweetness Of
domestic life A sugar operator up
on little cminencc overlooking q
broad growth Of it, lifting its jocund
tops sixteen or twenty feet into the air
and tossing them about in triumphant
anticipation Of the market, would
stand appalled,, OF such u man the
prophetic Shakespeare has already
said
Thou hast no speculation in those eyes
Which thou dost glare with =
Forsooth, if this novel experiment.
should prove a success in the direction
to which it points, we shall soon be
able to establish the practical notion
of every man his own sugar planter
1t threatens u total revolution in sac
charlnc affairs. And there will not
remain doubt but every farmer will
raise all the sugar and molaSses re-
CURED for his own domestic use. As
an article of fodder it is universally
approved, and is given to stock with
singular advantage, strengthening and
fattening them. 1t is by no means
delicate in structure nor laStidcous as
TO climate. We hear good report Of
it from the broad pralries of the West,
and the more modest fields OF Massa-
chusetts. Still it is yet but an eXpcr-
imcat. Thccnsuing autumn will pos
slbIy, and we hope. establish its sue.
cess.
Just now the most Interesting nqui,
ry of those who have grown but a lit
lie is 10 know what to do with it, that
is, how to get the molasscs and sugar
out Of the cane. The sugar question,
from the best information at hand, we
are inclined to think had better be left
for the present to the suitable appa-
ratus Of the business for ~ decisive
test. That the syrup graduates is
asserted by several eXperImcntaliats ;
and it is also stated that rhombobcdric
crystals have been detected by low
microscopic power From some quar-
iers we have the confident cxpccta-
tion declared that under proper treat
ment an excellent sugar will certainly
be obtained.
We have before us experiments and
results BY small growers during last
season, from which we select a few
passages by way Of suggestion TO those
who have tho article a-icld. Mr.. j.
l.. Marsh, of Washington, Illinois.
writes as follows:
81 planted early in May one square
rod Of ground; the cane grew about
ten feet high. ! cut it in October, be-
fore any frosts; about two-thirds Of
the seed was ripe when cut. ground +
it Immediately after cutting in an old
cylinder mill, and ground only part
of the cane had in consequence Of
breaking the mill. Did not measure
the juice got; boiled it in a common
kettle the syrup foamed in boiling,
like maple syrup. clarified it with
IA little lime. Knowing nothing about
cane sugar, ! managed it just as
would maple sugar, and tried to make
it granulatc by stirring it, as used to
do with maple, but could not make it
granulate by that process, and set it
away. In about six or eight days !
looked at it, and found it a very hand.