Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-05-21
AGRICUIT URAIl.
perlnaeafs and observations
UPON TIE
GlIANh SHGlIl CINE.
~ JOSEPH $. LOWERING.
fcoacia.ted.)
FIFaiI kXPERIlI E.NNI

feoaciaded)
FIF@I EXPERIMENT.
gaus, aop aeptoa slsat Sic last ezpefi-
meat was iatoadea 5 have beoa on consider
blg larger scale them those rsaus. Each
days work was, Lowsger, kept separate and
distinct from the otaers, thus enabling m e
determine it ot any point
Having thus proceeded to, and finished the
clarifcati,n ef The 4th parcel, (Nev. sth,l and
rbe weather continuing very warm, | observed
very sudden anl uafarorable change IN the
working Of The iaice Instead of clarifying
rarfee,ly aud witl great facility, as at first,
tha ds'eeatioo vas .lifieulf, the color many
shaics darker, he j.ise gradually fell Oft ip
soight from full 10 deg. b. 70 8 deg. B., and
required 10 feet Of granuiated black to bring
it 10 the same culor as that made SIX days pre-
vioasly with feet black. | however proceed
ed lzsePiag ibis separAtel 10 the crystalliza-
ton.
BjIed it to 242 deg. r., when It produced
rood, hard, sharp crystals; but fading the
quantity, by measur anent, had decreased very
eonsi.lersbly, took ap further note On that
bead, Dat COVE It white liqqor until It vas neat,
bout he usual qasntieys and proiaeed the
SINGER f,4nlplo No 81 being white sug.r, di-
lsotly from the eaae, without refniag or re-
nsltias
SIXTH ExpEa1MEsr.
Since the canes for the 4th aal most soc-
oessful experiment we're cut, On tie 9th inst,
the weather bas been very cliaDgeable. We
have had uara Indi.n summer meafhsr, with
beavV rains, also very cold weather, maLing ice
tgo inches in tIjckncss tbern9meter having
varied nom Is degs. te 60 degs. Io try the
eject Of these changes, cut l-l00 part os
an acre, which pro5uced II l5-l6 gallons Of
iuice oul4, instead Of 10 Or 20 gallons, as be-
fore. Il had, hewever, regainel lis former
weight Of fall 10 deg. b., bat was much more
acid, rank and dark-oolored Than previously
Is clarified without difficulty, but raised a
much thicker aud denser scum, aud, when con-
contrated, was very dark aud malasses-likei II,
however, produced good, hard, sharp crystals,
bot tile quantity being much reduced, there
was no indueement to pursue it further. This
experiment proves, however, that this cane
win withstand vely great yicisstudes of wea-
her. without the enrre destruction cl its sac
charioe properties.
sEyL yLNTH EXPERIMENT.
Took tie proceeds Of the experiments that
we're considered failures, viz, all the 8d aha
the poorest portion Of tie %, viz: 81 lbs.
very Indifferent sugar-fefaed it in the open
kettle, BY the old process, and produced Is lbs
loaf sugar, which is a very full yield for the
quality used.
The foregoing are all actual results produ-
esd By myself, with no object in view but the
ruth, and desire 10 contribute whatever use
fui information ] could toward the solution Of
this interesting aud important question. They
are, think, sufficiently iatteTing in them
selves to warrant renewed exertions on the
part Of our agriculturists of the northern and
middle States especielly, and perhaps those Of
the South also, in the pursuit of this promising
branch Of industry, to the full and profitable
development Of which it is certainly capable,
aud which Il is destined ultimately to attain
(as before mentioned they have been accom-
plished without the advantages of the powerful
sugar mill--tbe vacuum pan and the many
other improved implements aud apparatus now
ia general use in Louisiana and elsewhcrel and
they are also important and interesting in many
respects. not apparent 70 those unaequainted
With the subject; it may not therefore be su-
pcraaous 70 make some further explanatory re-
marks:
lst. The mill used and the power employed
in these experiments we're much less efficient
than those in general use on sugar plantations,
aud the waste pfoporiionally greater 1.-THE loss
from which causes | estimate al net less than
10 per cent.
q. i is we'll known 70 all who are ac-
4naiptei eiib sugar aud sacchariue solutions,
ibat BY frequent heatiugs and ooolings, COM
siderable portion Of The crystaliizable, is con-
Far'ed into uucrystallisablo sugar, and Is con-