Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-04-30
AG RICULTURAL.
appointments &rsa Observations
UF0N THE
CHINESE SUGAR CANE.
HY IosEPa 5. LoN eRlNG.

EY JOSEPH S. Lowering.
The introduction 6f this piant iato tby Uui-
ted states, ,aud tue nope Of producing sugar from
- al lie North, pr9dtably, have excited saoh
universal interes, that it has this year been
planted in almost every Stale IN the { aiou: aud
the season has advanced, the oainioa, early
expressed! by Intuy Intelligent and scientific ex-
Fertmentalists, That 1t contains Ba erystalisatie
Sugar, atve aPptFantIy been ei sic.n3I by las-
er trials. few ervs5als, it IS true, have been
obtained 10 one OF tgb Instances, blt all liepe
ot producing sug4t from it preiitabiy seems 10
haye been abandoned.
Ay oi!ject IN lnaking the following expert
s.teois has been 10 tarow what hight could up
on 'hs important question:, aud, ID tue eyeut OF
sac r.sQlt proving favorable, to give such a
Ior4i9il as would enable the uniaitiated To y ro
seed with confidence If success. They have
uceH pursued aithoat any attempt at extraor-
aiuaig pg3ducflon, either ia the cultivation Of
'ue cane or the devclypusnt Of its properties !;
~tn ta3 cpa5rary, the experiments were made
t.pou small quantities, llnder many disad yanta-
2scs inst would Hot occur in large operations,
aud egssacqaouily wit, results less favorable
tte series be!ag completed, perhaps th best
parting the kHeHledse obtained, 10 the ,ubc,
@ril be Is giving tie fatioaIug extracts from
iny uqses, made Tie work proceeded They
wa shu@ tie progress of tue Development cf
the sugar IL the stalk a;,,i st. decline, with ma
ny olaef interesting facts.
EXTRACTS.
Ga the l0th Of May, planted about halt an
acre, upland et ssts.d quality such as would
}teli. In ordinary Sc .s.ai9, 81 TO 90 basb els
Indian 10 the ssrge. The rows 4feet apars
AMI the nllais inle4iel to he inches apart
1Ae rows, la. which, IIAing uil tA4 crop,
pgpse4 .s-iis ifaiS : i,tcise7 ra.t. g5.a
she eapes were sbont 5 inches in hsgl bad
suciers removed. During ;he tuonth Of
Jane / pissed tie hee-IarEow through Ii twice,
"a sntn following stb ;iie hal4-bue, as Ia the
case al ladi,n coln. IL was lneu left to take
"a.e OF liseif. 1t grew rapidly and cs enly, aud
atisued Tic height OF II 70 Ia feet.
Aiy apparatus aud utensils for conducting sAe
experiments consisted OF he following, yiz:
y pm OF iron rulters, : in ches diameter and
2 tAcles ioag, set in frame J OF an inch
apasI, with spout Ia catch ami collect the Jul ee
ij > crank TUNED by hand--a few sugar
H3ajds and pais, some iv9fy blIck or auinll
otth8n; gwu fiters, iIade af common bed tick
lsg, il he shape ut an elongated pudding bag;
:. thermometer, Selunle's Pese-S;rep or sac
ehllouieter, ADD poI-flscope. All the other
utensils obtained from The kitchen, viz: 4 cop
per kettle OF i0 gallons eapacity, a IadIe, ;, NE
yia-pan>, oosls, buckets, t., 10 contain the
juice,
FIRST PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT.
The fact of the presence Of fcrystalIizab,e
gar Ia the caue beiGg established, proceeded
- cut and grind % leetof row, and passed
the 50 cupes which it Produoed thee times
through The rollers; about oBe-fourtl OF the seed
lac changed 10 dark glislcuiug brown color,
tat was still milky; tae remainder qulle
et4en ground TO s Of the loaer joints, which
together yielded 3 ! gallons of juice, Weighing
9deg. Bcaume; neutralized the Tree acld by ad-
ling milk OF iine; clarified WIKI eggs aud toll
ed j; dogu to 240Ieg. &.
THIS first experiment louked discouraging
and uupromiSing al every steL; its product was
very dark, Thick, yiscid mass, apparently a
caput mortuum; Il stood six days without the
sign Of u crystal, Wben it was placed over flue
and kept Nariu fcur days LONGER, when / found
pretty good crop OF soft crystals, Tie whole
very similar 10 the 'Alel4da, obtained from Gu
Ca, but OF darker color.
SECOND EXPERIMENT.
About two weeks having elapsed since the
first experiment, the weather IN the nfel i'm
having beeu quite warm, temperature al A. n.
41deg to 52deg., and At noon GO leg. 10 70
deg. t., aud about one hall the aeed beiug ripe,
i determined 10 try it again, but rot being
very sanguine OF success, no polariscopit obse-
@aton was talzen.
Cnt 4ud ground 80 feet Of row, which pro-
duccd IS canes, aud yielded gallous Of juice,
weighing l0aeg. Beaume, {one degree more
taan .he previous cutting) from the aud 7
lover iotuis, juice slightly acid. Isl. clariira-
ton & gallons, aeutralized with tablespoons
fui ofulik lime, stirred in 1bl. aue bcle black
and 3 eggs, and placed ii over slow fire; at
2i5ieg. i. took off very dense thick, green
scaai; wien at 162ieg. r. it marked 7adeg.
boaane.
second parcel of juice from this grinding
~ sailansl was treated i'll the same manner.
aud set aside. both having been first boiled
down to 22ieg Beaume.
Cut and ground so feet: 81 cares, produced
4 gallons juice, I0deg. Beaume, which @as
treated as above, except that tie eggs were
Quilted.
Cut and ground so feet, produced S 1 gallons
laiee, weighing l0deg. B.
Cut and ground 80 feet, Sc canes, 50 gaI-
IONS, 10 deg b.
ITO Be eontinued.l