Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-09
Sugar Cane sYrup.


We have received from Mr.. Henry Pearce, Of
ufactured from the Chinese sugar cane, which, for
clearness and purity, surpasses any We have yet
seen or tasted. Mr.. Pearce planted eight rows of
the cane from sixty to seventy five feet in length,
and thinks he get fifteen twenty gallons ofsyrup
from the crop.
The newspapers we receive from all directions
contain accounts of the cane and of the syrup pro-
duced. Mr.. Kirkpatrick, Of Rockfish, Cumberland,
appears to have gone to considerable extent into
the manufacture of the syrup. We copy the follow
ing from the last Fayetteville Obse'ver:
"CH1NEsE SUGAR CANE.-We are indebted to John
Kirkpatrick, Esq, of this county, for bottle of
syrup made from Chinese sugar cane. The syrup
is very good quite as pleasant to our taste as mo-
lasses 1t may BE- and tasted at this office-as
long as it lasts. Some of friends so much
pleased with it, however, that it is rapidly tasting
away.
MIR. Kirkpatrick is we believe the pioneer in this
branch of business in Cumberland county, and we
sincerely hope that he may be successful as his
energy deserves.
Several of our friends, intelligent and active
members of our Agricultural Society than we are
visited Mr.. Kirkpatrck's plantation Rockfish
few days ago, and one of them has furnished with
an account of the process Of manufacturing, &C.
We first visited the Mill, says correspondent,
and found the hands hard at work, expressing the
juice from the canes by running them between hor-
izontal cast-iron roers-th-ee in number-well pol
ished, and accurately adjusted as to leave the
fuse cane nearly dry. We noted the capacity of the
Mill, and found that it expressed the juice at the
rate of two gallons to the minute, and had doubt
that the quantity might be doubled by increasing
the power. The juice is conveyed, by means of a
wooden trough directly to the three boilers capable
of containing respectively 80, 80, and 40 gallons.
1t is conveyed into the largest first. and the
quantity is reduced by boiling is transferred into
the second and then into the third where the oper-
alton is completed. During the whole process of
boiling the juice is clarified by continually taking
off the scum and, before emped into the barrels is
strained through cloth of proper texture.
We next visited the field, where We the cane
growing in great perfection. Mr. K. has about ten
acres planted in this crop, and beautiful crop it is
The stalk is of a pale green coor-the leaves of
deeper hue, and the whole plant is crowned with a
graceful, noddng plume of seed, covered with pur
pe-colored husk. 1t seemed to grow much more
luxuriantly than Indian on the same soil. The
operation in the field consists of first stripping the
leaves, as we do in making foddre from the corn,
then cutting the stalk near the ground and topping
it, when it is ready for the Mill. The quantity Of
fodder that may be produced per acre is arge-how
valuable it is as food for Stock is yet to be deter
mined. The grain should suppose to be valuable,
and the yield stated to range from % to rs bushels
per acre. We saw some meal made from the seed
In regard to the yield of srup from an acre. Mr.. K
was not able to speak positively; but. from cacula
tons made by us, we concluded that estimate Of
800 gallons would not be extravagant. My fondness
for moasses departed with childhood, and of course
must not be regarded as speaking er cathedra yet
venture the opinion that if all the sirup is of as
good quality as that shown to us (and have no
doubt isl it is destined long to tickle the pal
ate of many juvenile"
The following is from the Newbern Union:
"MoLAssEs FROM CHINESE SUGAR CANE-We were
shown this morning, by l. Disosway, Esq, of this
place, bottle of syrup made from the much talked
of Chinese Sugar Cane. The cane was produced on
the plantation of Mr. Joseph Witty, Of Jones coun-
ty, from whom Mr. D. obtained the specimen of sy-
rup shown us: 1t resembles sugar house molasses
in appearance, and is as paiatable to the taste as
any syrup We have seen. Mr.. W. is perfectly
satisfied with the experiment he has made in the Gull
tvation of the cane and intends hereafter to pro-
duce his own molaSseS
We learn that Mr.. F. P. Latham of this county,
has also tested the NATTER but with what result We
have not understood
| We think the Chinese Sugar Cane is destined, at
| no distant day, to bcc"me important article OF
| agricultural production in the United States"