The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-10-15

IphTtS, eSp"i"t"S NS 80 ~
II joints from the upper ones. by
/. aside the uppor .joints, which d,
...fu out little sugar, but will mite
good molasses. VI
ri Pass the lower joints through tN'
: rollers twice let the juice flow int,
r tubs l and g When about twent,
e gallons OF juice are ready, put int
: one OF the kettles, whichwe will cal
n kettle No. /, or the clarifier, thrcd
= gills of blood, or the hites Of eigh
e eggs, well beaten. Ii you have nei.
. ther, two pints of mill, will answer,
but not so well. Add six table.
: spoonsfull of milk of lime previously
! prepared, and stirred before using.
. Add about a gallon Of juice, and stir
l the whole thoroughly together.
D Now dtp intu vne uf the tubs of
unmixcd juice a small striT of the
t blue litmus paper. 1t will inmedi.
5 ately turn red, more or less vivid in
proportion to the acidity If the
9 juice. Lay the strip of itmuspaper
aside, and add to kettle No. l about
nineteen gallons more of juice stir
the whole. Then dip the stri, of
lreddened litmns paper into the tet-
, tie. Ii it again becomes blue, he
: acid is entirely neutralzed. If not,
, continue to stir in milk Of lime 10
small quantities, aud to test with
the litmus paper, until its original
, blue color is restored.
Now light fire under kettle No.
1. AS the juice grows hot a thick
, scum will rise. Do not disturb it,
but bring the juite to boil. To he
. sure that it does boil, remove little
OF the scum with the skinner, and
? insert your thermometer When it
, marks 2l5 deg. Fahrenheit, aud the
/ seam begins to ROLL OVER, put out
the fire Immediately, or remove the
, kettle. Lvt it stand ten or fifteen
. minutes. Then carefully remove the
, scum with the skinner into third
, pail Then boil again.
When the saccharometer marks
Is deg. Beaume in the boiling juice.
cxtingui7h the fire, Or remove the
kettle. and let it cool to 100 deg.
|, Fanreheit. or cooler. Now stir in
six mere eggs well beaten, or two
gi!l' OF blooi, or one pint Of milk -
Omit the lime. Again br ug it to
a boil, again cXtinguish the fire, or
remove the kettle and, after stand.
ing ten minutes. remove the scum as
before. Then lailo the Gear jnjce
/ into the bone black filter, (,ee pre-.
limjnarjes. No. 81 having first with
drawn the stopper, allowing the
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the jul e is poured in above. being
careful to keep the filter mil OF
iqnid. When the water below be-
gins to ran sweet, marking . ie5
i aumr, throw away what uu' pre-
viprs, ran pu-. and grc,iV. the re
ju,yr IN tub No. 3,
W. are now ready to continue
+ evap ,tioa, and it will b. better to
, Go 80 .a smaller quantities, As in Il
, sh ,l.oNpr mass the concentration
. Wjil he more rapid. Therefore.
wien about ten gallons have passed
, through tie filter into tub ,, ladle
, into kettle No, >, which uuw drst
comes into use, nni which W. call
: :hs Ecvporator. Boil t. 225 de-.
Fahrenheit. Then INT in Il gilI oi
cl ar lrna water, ('er preilm.narlcs
y '.5) la dry white senm a'ae.,
skim It oil, and continue to adj d
little more limt water every teW
minutes until no scum rises. Con-
i tinu. 10 boil 10 23S deg. Fahrenheit
!. Ii 1t boil over. put in piece Of bat
ter the size Of walnut: then re
.. move the kettle, or put ont the fire
\ and pour into a tub which we vii
cal n. /.
By this time ten gallons more viii
have passed through the filter IL
lie it into kettle No. =, wh'h ",
have Just emp,icd, boil to 225 deg
/ Fab euHeit, clarity with lime watcl
f rs before, boil TO 53S de-, Fahren
heit, and add to it the contents OF tut
i No. 1, stirring the two together.
Previously, however, rs soon q
i kettle No. has been emptied upor
the bone black filter, put INTO kcttl,
> No. milk of lime and eggs, (o
. blood, or milk } as before, AMI leu
@ trai2e and clarity twenty gallon
more OF fresh juice from the mill
n which has been grinding withon
i interruption. This second charg,
. OF kettle No, | should be neutral
r. ized, tested with litmus paper, heat
/, ed to 2l5 deg. Fahrenheit, cooled
q SKINNED, boiled to Is deg. BAume
l. cooled again, second time clArtie,
No with eggs, skinned again, AN
m passed through the filter; all thi
}. baing done simultaneously with th
> tiltering and evaporation OF the fir
I. charge OF kettle No. l. 1t will the
a be put, in its turn, into kettle No.
- now again empty, ten gallons at
l. time, boiled 10 225 Fahrenheit, clal
|, flied third time with lime waite
>" skinned, evaporated to o3S de-
as Fahrenheit, and added to the cor
tents Of tub No. 4.
ne While the second charge OF Bett
,r No. l is passing through the fit,
ce and kettle No. 2, a third charge
nd twenty gallons OF fresh juice will |
neutralized and clarified In kett
ne No. l. +
While the third charge from ke
to tie No, is passing through the Il
he ter and kettle No. 2, II fourth charl
Iv If twenty gallons Of fresh mice W