Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-25

SOh, winch We nave IeSJeQ Illly ana SdJIS-
factorily, is of itself enough to establish
the value of the plant. A better articl'
no one need ever want All things con
sidered, we have come to the conclusion,
that the Chinese Sugar Cane should be
cultivated by our planters and that IL will
be found profitable to do So 1t should be
the aim of all to discover the best and
most economical method of manufacturing
the syrnp. We should be glad to have
from any Of our planting friends tie details
of their experiments. In the meantime
we lay before them the following article on
the subj Jet from an Alabama Planter, as we
find it in the 'Amprioan Cation Planter and
Sol of the South" 1t will be noted that
the writer found super carbonate Of soda a
better purifier of the syrup than lime.
This fact deserves attention and should be
carefully treasured:
For the Cotton Planter AMI Soil
The process of IA; king Good syrup from
the Chi csc Sugar mIIict.
DR.. CLcUD- Dear Sir: Bell, wing that hav,.
Discovered tn imrest, easiest and most fFic ~
process Of making the longest yied Of good Syrnp
from the Chinese Wilt IcnerTiuly offer il TO tn,
public, for their bprt fit and u.s.
plsntet one with the Miet seed the last
week in haTcf, on new ground, piny woods land
net manured, and during tn first we K in SPpt-m-
b r, I g.the cred 20 bushels OF seed 600 h.. of
good todd"r, ana ma e from the cane 100 lIor :
of rup, ample of hch fnrEard to YOU hy
sta and railroad. In making the Syrup | used
only one boil of $50 gallons Capacity and a me-
dium sized cast iron Mill
After the seed were fully ripa had them gath
cred by cutting th'm off with six TO twelve inch.
OF the stems; hut here r.cOm,t, end that [ ~ b.
cut with two feet of lh" stems Oh d. The next
work Is to strip the folder from the stalks; saw
DILL the folder one day abe d 0t YOUR grinding
This done, cut DOWN the stalks with sharp steel no
about six inch-s above the ground. The stalk 30
gather'd and hhul-d to the mil i'll be enc4srd ~
the iotder from joint to joint. | b eVe no process
can dis ngage The stalks of his part Of the folder
which will lot ''rost more an il comes to-" B.
sides It matters but little whether il is done or not
! as Oh Il presently show.
The juice exposed from the stalks in this con
dluon Is OF an op"qa0 grFen co'Or,--occa. ou,d bv
thu presence Of ons 1r,'l gu nifty Of veget,Ele
ertr0ct : q IN mechanical mixture in the :, &C =
nm lll''. THIS green matt. from the green
! rinds aDd tn leaves which pnCirclp the stalks
! No" the or at Difficult NH king I.r Vi. Ia
OF good Syrup is to get ri OF tn green vegetable e.
j troct and the acihs of juic for IN, r i Il .
pare transparent juice will IN transparent S ru0
/ IL l. fOrtunat tor US in this proc IS thar Ubus,
pRorc and sulphurjc acids abound 10 the rinds md
leaves and ar in close with tn. gree,, Ueqe.
table extract Of the ice, INCH have 20 ct RI
/ of before making goo Syrup
| In order to accon p'sh tbs FIRST tri.i lime t..
! l2O gals OF q juice, and only made 20 gallons n,
! Syrup with gre, n.sh ting. Lime will n,utra!iz
the acids but the spt cifc srtvitv of it coIpound
with the acs is too Fat for tn m to ri q and re-
main on the sGriac of thr juice to he skinned of
This fill q; almost IyhCdy Ill fellow thi- pro,
c'ss this year ami fail to max large yield of 900
! Syrup
| 1 next occur TO me tn Try . super corbonots
! Of soda purifier and neltr Eizer 1t proven to
| b IL We cnuld .' sire Ii n filled the toll, r
! with ia C" (l5O gallo, j aid apply ing moderaI
| FIR, sOOn grrtlr uoins CONNIE. c d nj IN
! first gen raj kin ming had been DONE took > lbs
| of sup carbonate of soda TO the krttI and mix
! lng one teaspOOniul in halt pint of ,l5 atrr
! pour il in the rolling juice. The alkali (snd ,
rapi cOn.hin ng With the phcsI hor and sul-
nhurc "cis ao"uading in ID" green yegetl6Ie er-
tract the compounds foamed ign Over tie -urftct.
of Ih Juice, hut subsidin- into p dark 0ree7,-
ISL scam, foatrd on the suTt &C. In few nIuut,s
u is scum, b, com OF thick consistency and car
b. moved By p riOratpd laGl"s or skinner, lgith-
O1It losing any Of tn juice This is the St crrt OF
getting large yield of syrup the neutraliz 2 aud
purifying, without loss OF JUICE
Thus process OF pouring into the kettle Of iuic
| tr1RDGOHtuI
or one pint with teaspooutuI Of SOdn IL Solution
must be repeat every or 8 MINUTES ami thu
scum thrown of, for 70 hours if neces-sIy; &c
| least until the lbs. have been used up During
/ this sknming prOce IS gentle fire uust be he tup
and the juice must not b allowed TO come To 2. De
rrai boiling over the eutire surf CO. but only al two
81 :, fir'h' Too to three pounds Of sodt are
| sufficient for $50 gallons of the jGic accor ingly
a II Is fully ripe Bear mind, this adding
ut so and water and skimmiug must b. continued
limit i.Itf
thrown out OF the kettle in he form of scum which
/ I'll b" indicated by the juice no" becoming of
| light transparent amb color.
| As soon ~ tli- is p Revived to be tie case boil
down 10 the Sgr"p point, and strike of inro cool
| ers. BY this pr"c 60 gallons of gooi rip
| juice ill max" 40 gallons Of good Syrup-that i
/ gallon Of Syrup 10 Of juice. The reason of til
gain l. o. vious. By III al proc IS OF using linn
as iis compounds with the ciis are too heavy TO
Il rat as scum-Oue Of them being tn sulpburatr Of
| lime, cOmmonlV known - "piaster Of trs high
erullition il required, when the Jo17u has 20 b.
| skinned of-which contains a large proportion OF
| the juice. Whereas sodt combines with the veg
etahie Impuriti' and cOloring matter owing to its
afiiuity for the acids they contain and the COM
bounds being j liter than the j'sce they ris. and
dost on the surface Of the juice in the form OF
a thick scam, which can he moved without N V
los # thu juice, al Of sOLieh is thus let to make
Syrup.
The above process can be adopted by every one,
who plants or 100 acres and il has th. adv ,ntagr
of requiring extra machinery al that is C s.
sry, beng mill. boiler ana perforated aJle-
! for moderate crop.
Tn" pure juice is transparent like water the
pare rap - ike castor OIL in appearance; but 10
boiling dUWn crop in iron kettles, where time j.
mOrey aud despatch desirable, a sli- ht burning OF
the saccharne PARTICLES Civ amber color TO th.
best of Syrup, and occasionally this burnt sugar OF
'he Syrup will give il the color OF mOlassrs Bet
ter hand would make a better yielI-buJ poorer
land a smaller one.
confidently {, commend the culture Of the Su
CUR Mill 10 the planters OF the Soutr. Luok at
its IL j.: 100 gallons Of Syruo, 20 bushels Of SET
and 1000 iOs. Of fodder from l acre of good new
piny.woods land, which uuG. the same cultur
cnul not yi,l over 20 bushels OF corn. The ma
king of the Syrua. too, comes of, at convenient
time-just after faid,r pulling.
A hOIl'r OF $50 gallons capacity, with rim at
tached will enabl- to max" TWO strikes in
day that H. two 40 gallon barrels full $50 gals
every twelve hours Tie medium eiE ii cast mill
is necessary for this kettle.
As far ns / have heard from this year there have
b. failures Of success 10 getting q large yield tut
this have been xpe, TED, but there need not
oe any hereafter where the SUPER carbonate of So
ia shall be Us d a. puriirr aud n-uirsl,z 2.
shall shortly test the s,ed for Flour, &C, and
will port II you d,sir- me TO 10 so.
Resp ,Ifaliy yours, W. ToxEY
Henry Couaty, Aa., pt. 81, 1851