Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-02-26
Circular.
Chimes Sugar Cane and Georgia Syrup


sowen this valuable variety Of the Miiiet,
nay be induced to work it up into Syrup
this season.
| send you few joints OF the Cane and u
sample of the Syrup, of which | have made
several barrels.
obtained MY start VI seed during the
S,ring Of 1865. from ID. REDMos, Esq, o.
the "Soulhern Cuitiv4tor. | considered it
q "humbug.' from lis close resemblance in
seed and growth 10 the 'GCinea Corn,
| until nv children. wards fall, made the
discovery of its bring TO their taste equa! To
the true Sugar Cane.
This year planted one patch, April 18th,
another May 18th. near Calinnun, Gordon
county, on land that " ould produce. during
"seasonable" year, iorty bushels Of Corn
per ac,c, ami this year not over twenty bush
els.
Seed sown careIessly in drills, three feet
apart, co-ered with one e-hurss piow /; in
tending to ''chop OUT to stand of one stoik
six inches apart in the row but fai'cd to
get good stand, as tie seed came up badly
from the deep and irregular covering.
WorkC out, same as for Ctrn, p.owing
twice and hoeGg cree.
By suggestion Of Gov. Hammond, OF
South Carolina, drtermined 10 give the
Syrup-making fir ;riaf; conseque ntiy
Urteced from ihe Ne .rs. Winship, of Atlanta,
vtry complete Horsepower Mil!, with
vertical iron rollers. that has worked adnlira- :
bly,, crushing out juice Tor eight gallons OF
Syrup per hour. worked by tsso mules, with
one hand to pat in the Cane. aid boy TO
dive.
On ,he,l3th Of thiz month, finding the
seed fully ripe had the FODDER pulled, and
the seed heads cut.
Yield OF fodder per acre, IL 100 TO 300 IDS.
Yield OF seed per acTe, 25 bushels OF S5
lbs TO the bnshel.
FIRST trial Of Mill, 20 average canes gave
20 quarts of juice.
Cos average canes, passed once through
the rollers, gave SO gallons i quart OF juice;
passed ndj'ime through, gave gallons
Of jace; the 40 gallons, quart, gave 5 gal
Ions thick Syrup.
carefully m assured an eighth of an acre,
having the best canes, and tie best stand,
another eighth having the poorest cane and
the poorest stand. The result give below,
the canes having passed once through the
roller
BEST EIGHTH OF AN ACRE
Yield Of juice iromss mssS,Sl5 cares. 253 gal
Ions.
&" 3" syrup from 253 gals. juice, 5Sa
Rates per acre Of syrup, 46S ="
PooERsr EI6HTH oE AN ACRE.
Yield Of juice from $3.50 Canes, l79
gallons.
" syrup from 279 gals. juice 434 ''
Rates per acre ofsy rup, $40 "
Weight of 80 selected Canes, ADJ lbs.
3" b" Juice pressed out, 25a -
" Crushed Cane, 90
Loss in crushing,
Weigt of crushed cane dried in sun, g
The following tests were made at tie
mill, BY DR.. Robert Batiey, of rome, Ga,
graduate of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy:
Specific gravity of juice, o65
syrup, 1889
s' New Orleans syrup, 1921
Thermometer applied to syrup, 10
Juice, 700
Shaccharometer /" juice, 25Io
The juice should be placed in the bull
ers Immediately on being pressed cut. then
boiled slowly, until the green scum ceaes 10
rise; the stir in tea spoonful of air-slacked
lime to five gal ons of juice; continue skim
ming and boiling until the syrup thckens
ands hangs down in fakes on The rim of the
dipper.
have made the clearest syrup by SIM
ply boiling and skiming, without lime or
other CHARTERS.
The lime is requisite to neutralize por-
ton of the acid in the juice; the true pro-
portion must be determined Icy well conducl
ed experiments.
The cost OF making the ..Syrup in upper
Georgia, in ms opinion, will not exceed ten
to fifteen cents per gallon. This shall be
able to test another season, by painting and
working up fifty acres of the cane.
am satisfied that this plant will enab e
every farmer end planter in the Southern
States to make at home all the Syrup re-
qured for use; and believe that our Chem.
lists will soon teach US how to convert the
Syrup into Sugar, for export, as one of the
staples of our favored cline.
Obtaining such unlocked for SUCCESS, with
the Chimes Sagar Cane, concluded 10 try
our common Corn. From :. new grounG,''
planted by 8, one STALK to hill, n week
beyond the roastingear stage, selected
thirty stalks.
Weight of 80 stalks, $50 fbs.
=" " juice, Isl g.
= 4" {" crushed stalks, l9I
Loss in crushing, {"
Yield of Syrup, l3 pint.
The syrup of and peculiar .disagreeable
taste, entirely unfit Ior table use.
RICHARDS, PETERS,
Atlanta, Georgia.
SEPTEMBER, 1856.