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Jaokson's Process of Making Syrup and
Sugar from the Chinese Sugar-Cane.

the Juice OF the plant, rs it comes from the
mill, in order to remove the celulose and
hbrous matters and the starch all of which
are present in it when expressed. A bag
filter, or one made Of a blanket placed in
basket, will answer this purpose. Next
we have to add a suffciency Of milk Of lime
Chat is, lime Stacked and mixed with wa
teri to the juice, to render it slightly aka
line. as shown by it's changing tumeric pa
per to brown color, or reddened Iitmus pa
per to blue. A small excess of lime is
not Injurious. After this addition, the juice
should DO boiled, say for fifteen minutes
A thick green scum rapidly collects on
the surface, which Is to be removed by a
skinner, and then the liquid should again
be filtered. 1t will now be Of pale straw
color, and ready for evaporation, and may
be boiled down quite rapidly to about half
is original bulk, after which the fire must
be kept low, the evaporation To-, be carried
on with great cautioui aud the syrup con-
stantly stirred to prevent it from burning
at the bottom, of the kittle or evaporating
pan. Portions ofthe syrup are to be taken
out, from time to time, and allowed to cool,
to see if it is dense enough to crystalize. It
| should be about as dense AS sugar-house
molasses or tar. When it has reached this
condition, it may be Withdrawn from the
evaporating vessal, and be placed in tubs or
casks to granulate. Crystals Of sugar will
begin to form generally in three or four
days, and sometimes nearly the whole mass
will granulate, leaving but little molasses to
he drained. After it has solidifed, it may
bo scooped out into conical bags, made of
course open cloth, OF Of canvass, which are
to be hung over some vessel to receive the
molasses and the drainage being much
aided by warmth, it will be useful to keep
the temperature Of the room at 80 deg. or
80 deg. F. After some days, it may be re-
moved from the bags, and will be found 10
be good brown sugar. 1t may now be
refined BY dissolving it in hot water, add
ing to the solution some white Of eggs, (say
one egg for 100 pounds of sugar,) mixed
with cold water, after which, The tempera-
ture is to he raised to boiling, and the sy-
rup allowed to remain at that heat for half
An hour. Then skim and filter to remove
the coagulated albumen and the impurities
it has extracted from the sugar. -
By means of bone black, such az is pre-
pared for sugar re6uers, the sugar may be
decolored by adding an ounce to each gal.
Ion ofthe saccharine solution, and boiling
tie whole together. Then filter, and you
wili,obtsin nearly colorless syrup. Evap-
crate this, as before directed, briskIy, to
half its bulk, and then slowly until dense
enough to crystalize, leaving the syrup as
before in tubs, or in pans, to grautilate.
This sugar will be of a light-brown color.
and may now be clayed, or whitened, by
the usual method ; that it, by putting tin
to cones, and pouring situated solution Of
white sugar upon it, SO as to displace the
molasses, which willSirop fromethe apex of
the cone when inverted. It is now refined
or loaf sugar.
The methods here described are the com
mon and cheap ones. such as any farmer
| can employ. 1t may be advantageous, when
operations Of considerable extent are con.
templated, to arrange regular system Of
shallow eyaporating pans for the concentra-
tion of thessyrup, similar to those now used
in Vermont for maple sugar.
1t is evident that no extraordinary meth
ods can compete with those of regular
sugar refinery, where vacuum pans are em-
ployej, and evaporation in Consequently,
carried on at low temperature. If the
planter should raise sufficiently large crops
to warrant the expsnse of such an appara.
tus on bis place, lie would pot fail to manu-
facture largo quantities ofsugar, and to op:
crate with perfect success, but this can be
douesonly in the southetn; Middle or Veg;
tern States, where extensive farming is, COM;
mon. Those who wishto have their brown
sugar, clarified, can send It to. some of the
larger seaneries, whesslbe operations may
be complsted, and the sugar pusila sthe US:
ualfosm ofwhite loayes: 'as.ss :. :: =,
s.s very large proPe ftien so,ffouf agfiou3tu-
ial psoPl viii ,degbt lsss5 5bs ssstisfsd with;
the pfadsSlt to6 of. . good ssfap foms this
plant, They rnay obtain i bf faI!esiag