Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-10-23
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GHINESEsUGAR CANE TERROR
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.dMR HDIToR:a Knowing the great anx xiez.
t8 among, thpseIgrOwing the Chinese sugar
cane forget information relating to- the
best means ofaworking sis4I viii submit
the facts l have obtained, hoping they may
be useful to Others On. visit to works
for sugar making in the central part of
Kentucky, I found them,Yorking cane yet
in the milk and marking only ~ Beaume,s
sacchrometer. The result is a very acid
juice requiring d large quantity Of lime
to neutrAlizeitand coagulate the very green
mass af scum c9ntaned in the juice of such
unripe cane. This is not the only lease
but al, ,lsolfaf as oI0ean IicarR, are doing
the same injustice to themselves. The
consequence WIN be- dark spd, ,phpleasent
tasted, syrppf The frost will not do half
the injury that is done, by this premature
opsration-a Ibdoubt very much whether
the frosts Of October viii do the least in
jury to the cane; on, the contrary, 1 be-
lieye il may prove a hen eft, ipasmuch as
il is almost impracticable to- remove the
hask'ffom the stalk good rff9st will kill
it,tanaathG Juice linait winFRaH eyaporate
and no longer be Objectionable.
Mr.. John L. Marsh, pfWashington, Ill,
was entirely Successful last yearin making
well granulated sugar late in October
He has thirteen acres this Year, and is just
now making his first move, to get his
machinery, and it viii be near four weeks
yet beforeihelwill commence boiling.
Three weeks since, 7 boiled four quarts
Of juice that stood 77.deg. B. The syrup
waslquite dark and Vicious, nevertheless,
one bhalf Of itphasg crystalized; forming
perfect rhombic lSrystalads I Hehavei to-day
ci1bfhifty acres' fromiEthe same field, lShe
seed now fully out of the milk, the canes
changing to- q beautiful yelloW-the juice
much less Of the greenish hue, and stood
full 10 deg. B. My cane was planted out
from the hOt-house the-12th of June, and
is 81 thin land, but Stands quite thick in
the Hill; consequently canes are small and
aboae ten feet high. II found It did not
require over oone-thifd the lime Water 81
the former, and when boiled down tits
fine favored, and Of deep straw coIoHr7=
The,twolsanples iareawidely different, rand
wilitshow Iconelusively the Importance Of
allowing tie case t.. mature 7 find 'ithat
equalization does. not take place, unit
several hours after concentrations 1t may
do differentunder IotherI rIcircdnstanees44.
Ny ex periments are limited, ana not upof
strictly scientific pfiatip ..a1 -, e., . I I
There is but little do9bk ip my IminC
that this cane nwill grow from the stalk il
itis taken care of property and planted
in the spring It should be buried il, Or!
sol, ((nI0t sandy1 and need not beia as ,deel
as potatoes as tits notqso sensitive beins
sacdharineao Ifiitcandbe grown thus, III
| will be much eearlierl and more ivigorOd
groyth'TrTegery farmer shodid try it. PTh
seed may be cut several days previous +
the'eern u Great care must be taken I
protect it from mixingEith the Proom7corn
saw one field Of AsEerqll acres. nearll
ruined Phqeqne grew lastigea pyeri1O
feet frOmn the other, and still tits overhdl
broom this 9Ana rmOsta eztraotdinar
\ growth made of it, 20 feet high, eyidentI
,iimproved by the crossing, Our JbrooI
making people would do well to- lock- t
q this matter. ,1Hga aa'ufG
Very truly, &c.,u lncG
.s.euJ. tA.fHE EDGES.
II - LII
~ REDUCED PRICEs.-The produce ima
kets are feeling the money pressure, an
lower prices for -four, wheat, corn, an
u tIoo+to,, co ot;sPy tbo bolJAre Our dahts ha,