Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-09-04

| wish to call the attention OF those
who are raising the Chinese Sugar Cane
his wear within The business range Of this
place, to the subject Of mills to grind the
cane, aud pans 10 boil The juice. AS near
AZ | can ascertain, there must be within
this rangs hundreds Of acres of this ane
now growing, and from the grow tn of my
own, and what have seen Of others, In
fer ,ha, the growth is very large, and if
properly managed will produce from 900
!, to 1900 pounds Of sugar, and from 20 to
$50 gallons Of syrup per acre, according
to the size and number Of the stalks per
acre, and the management in working it.
From the experiments OF Joseph 5.
Lowering, of Oak Hill, near Philadelphis.
I it appears That from an acre which pro
duced Is, l4S canes, he obtained d-5t
lbs. of sugar, aud 1913 gallons Of mola-sss.
The canes yielded ls47 gallons of juice
about y gallon to cane. He says, Il
have, however, seen published accounts of
far greater yield than this; one, for in
stance, in this (Philaielphia, Pa. county,
apparently we'll authenticated, rea, hing
$500 gallons of juice per acre, which, &C,
cording to my actual results, would pro-
duce 4499 lbs. of sugar. and 274 gallons
of molasses TO the acre.
Mr.. Lowering thinks that his canes were
deieriora,ed aud his machinery not per-
feet, and that under favorable circumstan.
ces an acre wouli yield 1900 los. Of sugar
and 80 gallons of molasses. In CON
parson he makes. between the Louisiana
cane and The Chinese raised in Pennsylva-
MIA, he shows that in Louisiana the cane
yields the most juice, but is no. Of equal
density with that of Pennsylvania. A
gallon OF juice in Louisiana makes Of a
pound Of sugar: in Pennsylvania of a
pound. In Louisiana an acre makes
1900 lbs. of sugar and l02 gallons Of mo-
lasses; in Pennsylvania 1900 lbs. Of sugar
and 80 gallons of molasses.
Il must be obvious to all, that the ma
cbiuery for working the cane, boiling, de-.
ia not ax perfect in the north rs i, " in The
south; and it must be obvious also, that
the n.ore perfect the machinery, the great
er will be the product, and Of course the
more profit to the acre. And to aid the
growers of the cane, | have taken some
pains to ascertain the cost of the machine
ry,and publish 10 give information 10 those
VINO are interested.
1t has been ascertsned tina. wooden
rollers cannot press the graduating elemen,
out of the cane; and that iron rollers must
be turned perfectly smooth, and ii: per-
fectly together, aud be firmly fixed in a
cas-, iron frame, 80 rs to have no more
give than will be necessary to pass the
joints of the cane. Mr. Davy, at the
Foundry and Machine shop, Lower Town,
will make good ones turned complete, and
set in iron frames, for 1925; or il suffi-
cient number j. wanted. q little less
Those iron frames are to be boted on a
wooden frame, OF little expense, the rollers
to be connected hy cogs so as to roll into
each other, by crank turned by hand.--I
1t less than 10 are wanted the mould will
be charged for in addition If 25 or IF.
ty Of them should be engaged, the nrice
will be lessened, and MIR. Hopkin- will
make sheet iron boilers, abost six feet long
and three feet wide, of heavy sheet, for
$40, of light sheet for $3.50. These boil
ers 10 be set on arches, which let the fire
strike the center, and can never boil over.
Now what is wanted, is, for all who want
either rollers or boilers or both 10 send in
in their names. immediately, or before tn.
lst of October, as the number wanted will
regulate the price. The best time t.
grind is after frost in October.
would advise all who have not got it,
to enclose nine cents in stamps, to H. A
Dreer, 327 Chestnut street, Philadelphs
for copy of Coverings detsied account
of experiments, &c, on the sugar CANE
This is probably the best work ex,an, on
this subject.
A. BRursoE
Prairie du Chen, Aug. Goth, 1858.
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