New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-02

Your attention is called tothe ii I=s n 'sls r, |
CHINESE MlLLET OR SUGAR CANE SEED,
both Fodder for all kinds Of Cattle well for the
Of making Sugar and syups Reference is also made to
the following letter. extracted from late Georgia
feel my duty make known the Southern public the
result of Syrup making from the Chinese Sugar Me in
hopes that others who have valuable variety Of the
Ae, may induced to work up Syrup this
joints of the Cane and sample Of the s,
Of wi ich have made several barrels. H.a Fl
81 my stand Of seed during the spring OF 1855 from D.
Redmond, Esq Of the Southern Cuyator. considered it
hubug from its close resemblance In seed and growth the
Guinea Corn until my children towards fall made the dis
OF its being 10 their tas equal to the true Sugar Cane
This planted patch April 18th, another May 18th,
Calhoun Gordon county land that would produce du
ring seaonabe bushels of and this
year not over twenty bushels. s-ls.
Seed caelessy drills three feet apart covered with
onehorse pow intending chop stand of stalk six
inches apart the row. failed get good stand the
seed up badly from the deep and irregular covering
Worked orcorn blowing twice ana hoeng
BY suggestion of Gov HAMMOND of South Carolina deter
mined 10 give the syrupmakng fair trial. consequently
dered from the Messrs, Wushp of Atlanta, complete
MILL with vertical iron rollers that has worked
admiral crushing out juice for eight gallons of syrup per
hour worl ed by mules with hand Is put in The
and a boy drive.
On the 18th Of this month finding the seed fully ripe had
the fodder pulled and the seed heads cut !
Yield Of fodder per 100 to 1900 lbs, -
Yield acre bushels Of SO lbs the bushel
First a Of mill average 20 quarts of juice
average canes passed through the rollers 3s
gallons and quart of juice passed second time through
two gallons of juice the 40 gallons fquar gave gal
Ions thick syrup. t
carefully measured eighth of acre having The best
and The best sand another eighth having The poorest
and the poorest stand The result give below the canes
having passed through the roller
BEST EIGHTH OF AN ACRE.
Yield Of Juice from 1916 .253 gallons.
syrup from 25s gallons juce,..... Ssa
Rates per acre Of syrup. ...,..............4 6S
POOREST EIGHTH OF AN ACRE.
Yield of juice from 1850 canes. Ss gallons
Il= - syrup from l1s gallons juice. 4Si4
Rates per acre of syrup. ...,.....,..,.... 1856
Weight Of SO selected 49, MS
7t juice pressed out ..... .,..,.,.,.... 254
''4t Crushed cane ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, %
Loss in crushing. ..............
Weight Of crushed cane dried in 91s
The following made the mill by Dr. Robert Bat
ey Of Rome Ca graduate Of The Philadelphia College Of
| Pharmacy ..
Specific gravity Of Juice .....,.........,,. Less
1 New Orleans syrup...,, 1874
l Thermometer applied to syrup. .a,....s... u deg.
| -. ;. juiee.........,,..,... 10
sacehaiometer .-........,..,..., 2oia
The juice should placed boilers Immediately being
pressed out then boiled slowly until the to
se then stir in teaeonu arslseked lime 10 1--we gallons
Of juices continue skmmng and boiling until the syrup thick
ems ind hangs down in flakes rim Of the dpper.
Ihaye made the cleaest syrup by simply boiling skim
ming, without lime other CHARTERS 7-'5
The lue is requisite ncuaEe portion of the
nce the true proportion must be determined by well conducted
experiments. @ +- ~ H
The Of making the in Upper Georgia. my opn-
will exceed len fifteen gallon shall
be sb test another season. by planting and working up fifty
Of thecane.
satisfied that this plant will enable every and
planter Southern States make home nil syrup re.
quired family and believe that our chemists will
teach the syrup into for export
of the staples Of our favored CLINE.
Obtaining unlocked for with the Chinese Sugar
Cane concluded 10 Try common corn From " new
ground planted BY three stalk to HILL aweek be
yond the roasting ear stage selected 80 stalks;
Weight of 30 stalks SaA4 bs.
i az g.. juice. 1874
Il 'ftt of crushed stalks. ...,,.....-... lsl5
Loss in crushing ,..,.............-.........,
Yield Of syrup IL pints
The syrup of peculiar dsagreeahe taste entirely unit 70
, Fl RICHARD PETERS, Atlanta Ga
Specimens sugar syrup from the above be
e and the seed procured a, @."
Z, +. NICHOLS, ...0=
! in2 2plt 81 Camp street. New Orleans.