Squatter sovereign., 1857-10-31
From the Missouri Republican
Chinese Sugar Cane.


mall crop Of Chinese sugar cane, and
,oiting down the juice to the consistence
't molasses, ! propose TO give short ac-I
;ount Of ,he process. and. also. Of the sue
GEES attending the experiment.. No
50 ] did the grinding with a wooden mill.
something like the old "a ashioned cider mill.
with Two upright rollers thirteen inches in
diameter and eighteen inches long; one
foot OF the lower end turned smoothly and
the upper siS inches f1uted so as TO work
into each other, and to insure regular
rotary motion; TO sweep j attached a
single horse, which was amply able to do
the work. The wooden journals of the
rollers all worked on sheet tin, which de.
ssroyed most of the friction consequent up.
on s~sod working against wood. This inn
perfect machine would grind 100 gallons
of juice per day. l. made in all, some
twenty-five gallons Of good molasses.
The boiling was done in copper. brass
and iron kettles, each kettle seeming to
answer the purpose equally well.
My cane was planted thickly in the drill
and cultivated in the same manner as
broom, corn, and averaged inheight twelve
TO fourteen feet. In grinding il was all
run through the mill at least three times.
On the first of October. made an e..
pertinent with Two hundred stalks Of the
cane with the view Of asceTtaining the
probable yield per acre. carefully measu.
ring the juice and molasses produced from
them.
+. The first, thirty stalks, ground -four
times. gave 2 Sd gallons.
The second. thirty stalks, ground FIVE
times, gave three gallons
The third, thirty stalks, ground five
time 8, gave three gallons.
The fourth, thirty stalks, ground 81,
.imes, gave two gallons, three quarts and
one PIN.
The fifth, twenty stalks, ground sever
times, gave two and one-fourth gallons.
4. The SIXTH. sixty stalks, ground eight
times. gave five gallons and one pint.
e1 Amount of juice from two hundred
stalks Of cane. nineteen gallons, avera'
! ging nearly one gallon Of the juice to ev
cry ten stalks, and leaving very percept
ibie quantity of juice in each lot ground.
The first 10, had been cut one dal
! and Q half; the second lot, five days
the third lot, six. days; the fourth lot tel
days; the sixth lot. about fourteen days
and we ind that !, yielded juice some
what in proportion to The time It had beel
cut: the ends having become dry, IN SOM
cases, q, least one foot down the stalk. Il
ali cases, before grinding, the tops wer,
cut of. and the stalks stripped OF thei
blades.
TAe nineteen gallons Of juice. whe'
boiled down. made two gallons one quar-
and one half pint Of good molasses, whic1
is equal 10 one gallon molasses TO eigh
and one-half gallons Of juice. The stalk
OF cane used in The experiment. averages
fzurn ten to- eleven feet long. and wer
from one TO owe and one-half inches in di
snsser. The large stalks yielded th
large stream Of juice. Therefore. in cal
awaiting the crop. the stalks should hav
saffcient room in the drill 10 allow {
heir growing TO full size.
Now, we may solve the problem
- How many gallons Of molasses will on
scre Of cane yield 2" Well. 1885
sauare feet-one acre-consequentiy on
side. 20e,7 feet. this will give 20 rows q
shree feet apart--and allowing one stalk
each foo, in the drill gives, in round nun
ders, 209x70, wiach is equal to l4,63