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fhe Chinese Sugar Cane.

fhe Chinese Sugar Cane.
culture Of the Chinese Sugar Cane seem
eexciting very general interest through
1T the country. The experiments n the man.
ufacture of syrup have been very satisfactory,
| and the sanguine aresdisposcd to think that the
plant is destined to effect an agricultural revo.
luton. Ithas not yet been determined whether
a good quality of sugar can be manufactured
from the juice; but there is no doubt but that
it furnishes a superior syrup, and that its leaves
and stalks afford the very best food for cattle
The yield also is very great, aud IN acre mnv
be made to produce very easily from $50 to
500 worth Of syrup or provender. No one
we believe, contends that it will over enter into
| competition with the West India Cane, in fur
nishing IN article for export, but for home con-
sumption, it will be invaluable.
We have upon our table bottle of syrup
manufactured by Mr.. jefferson Douglass of our
vicinity which is equal to the best New Orleans
molasses and we have lately tasted some equal
ly good, made by Mr.. A. c. IIa wthorne, of Due
West. The proportion Of syrup obtained by
Mr.. Hawthorne, wns about one gallon to every
six gallons of the juice.
Capt d. 81. Rogers the entcrprising propri-
etor of Calhoun's Mills in our District, is at
present actively engaged in the manufacture of
syrup. lie has between two and three acres
of the cane, which he thinks will yield him
400 or 500 gallons of the syrup. He expects
in few days to have in operation. two sugar
mills and five large boilers, which will give
his place very much the aspect of louisiana
sugar plantation. lie has succeeded in obtain-
ing n very superior article Of syrup in the pro-
portion Of one gallon to five of the juice, and
feels much gratiicl at lis success. As food
for stock. he thinks the cane will be invaluable
The following interesting statement Of the
yield Of the cane, has been presented to the
Darlington District Agricultural Society, by j.
NaXcy Simmons, Esq:
"These experiments, with numerous others
that Mr.. Ward and have tried convince me
that at the lowest calculation. taking the cane
rs it grows on an average. large md small, it
| will yield one gallon of juice to every twenty
canes. or five gallons to every hundred canes
and that eight gallons Of juice boiled in prop
erly constructed vessels will yield one gallon
of syrup. have actually measured the ground,
and counted and calculated the cane. so AM
| able to lay down the following statistics rs re-
liable. Here l have put the figures lower than
red to he on the sure side. have laid down
four feet as ttfe distance apart for planting,
though my conclusion now is that three feet
or three and half at most, is sufficiently wide,
! which Of course would make the ycild greater
One acre Of land that will yield fifteen bush
| in drills four feet dPart. make 1880 stalks !;
twenty canes to the gallon will make s75 gal.
Ions of juice; eight gallons Of juice to one
gallon Of syrup will make 1929 gallons of syrup.
| This. Mt only fifty cents gallon, will make
about fifty five dollars per acre. Besides you
fJ,op I,o&o tbn1 lo1o Ton fnrf
! horses and cows; or the seed for feeding your
| fowls, all Of which eat it most 2recdily.
Aside from making molassns or sugar, it is
highly worth the attention of our planters for
feeding stock. One acre of land that will make
fifteen bushels Of corn will yield in Chinese
Sugar Cane 1880 pounds of provender, Az
eragng the cane, after it is cured, at only one
pound each: then. at only fifty cents per hun.
dred. it is eighty seven dollars and fifty cents
per acre. If plated nearer that four feet the
yield will be greater. Besides, the cane may
be cut down once or twice for feeding, in the
:sss'P :sss'y Part Of the year. and the" mature for
Not being prepared for it. have not tried
to make sugar, though have no doubt it would
answer the purpose.
My experiments all. consider very unfair
| and imperfect, because have not only laborcd
, vessels for boiling, but have myself no expe-
rience and, but little knowledge about the pro-
| cess of making molasses or sugar"
Tie Washington Union furnishes the follow.
description Of the mode Of manufacturing sugar.
practised by Dir. Hedges of Philadelphia:
THE mill Of Mr.. Hedges consists of three up.
right iron rollers. with heavy. wrought shafts,
| set in strong cast frames above and below.
! The mill is worked by two horses and tile cane
| is fed through q simple contrivance, which
keeps it in position. so as to cover tile whole
surface OF the rollers. The mill acts twice,
but requires no re.feeding.
| The juice, as expressed. presses down through,
a lower plate and through, several siev es ysIich
strains ont the f6fous substance and is then.
by largo funnel. conveyed into and through
q metal ripe, under ground. past the horse TO
ers. oil Of which are on plane some six or
eight feet below the MILL in order to save
pumping or bailing the juice. The juice is quite
.thick, and of q greenish, frothy consistency
before defecation. Heat is the general means
employed TO cleanse il.
The boilers. three in number, are in a range,
and graduated in size according to the capacity
of the mill. The first holds seventy gallons,
the second forty, and the third twenty-five.
The fire is applied a little in advance of the
smallest boiler. and then passed successfully
under the others, and then under CHARTERS, which
are shallsw, heavy sheetiron pans about
twelve inthes deep, three to Ave feet square,
crate under these, giving ample time for the
peeuiense to coagulate and rise and when
at about one hundred and forty to one hundred
and eighty degrees Fah., the dampers are chan
gsd and the heat turned eff; .he Juice Il drawn
off from the bottom Ia the grand reservoir.
leaving the scum TO be remov ed for hog and eat.
tie feed; the clarifier cleaned and fed while
1fRhe other (as there must be two) is under way :
and thus alternately you pr CODED. The iuicee
is lined in this boiler to neutralixe the acid.
sI~1 Il ase.
is emptied, wien this is passed into Il, then on
to the last, whore the fire is stil moro active
and when sufficiently concentrated It Is dia.
charged into coolers made Of clear pine, and
Afterwards into suitable easlSs
1 About the hardest case ever heard Of was q
I murderss. named Stous, Axseuted many YEAR
I since Ia Exeter, N. H. Jus& before tie rop{
Wa placed aroind his neek. he ssqusstsa ths
E.shssi 70 give him mug Of ~; fhAssauesl
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