Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-10-28
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IL Of Sorghum. |, - now no longer prob
lsmAtie whether Chinese Sugar Cane. or
sorghum, can be successfully and probably
cultivated As lar north a, least as Northern
Illinois, and Wisconsin. And II il can be
PrOftAbly grown here, Il can be In Maine.
Thi. year We had irost the 4th DAY Of
June. which cut the corn TO the very roots.
n well as sorghum. We bad another iro.t
about the 5,h Of september. when nothing
escaped which clnuot stand severe frost.
The season, as all know, has been unusual
ly cold and backward Probably not often.
sr than Ope year in ten DO the people u H.
linois experience - cold a season. Yet,
notwithstanding sorghum rcqulr,s a warm
soil and avarm season, in which 20 90 well.
aud ro,wiihsnndine the fact that thi. year
the growth j. small and immature, almo.,
universally uuripe, md a great deal perfect.
ly green, 10 Ia. been wherever raised hsrca-
bouts n. mos, profitable crop. Lat year
was a warm but vet season here. and the
experiments which were tried 10 sorghum
raisins resulted in large and mature
growth Of cane, with large yield Of juice,
but il was 10, very sweet, and owing 10 the
imperfect method. o, crushing and boiling.
few good specimens Of sugar or uola.,es
were made. However. this year nearly ev-
cry farmer planted a small patch Of Slrsh-
un. some a. much A. an acre, With the re-
cult. a. FAR as growth and maturity is con.
e,rnsd, which I have jus, mentioned, but
the juice u nEuP. cane ihi, year Is sveoter,
but the quantity b, Ices than las, year.
From 50 to IS pound. Of juice {, obtained
from 100 pound. Of cane, which IS very
heavy-an ordinary two horse wagon blH
holding ton. From % . gallon. Of the
juice this year yield, gallon u first rate
syrup, a. good A. the hes, ,ugNr.hou.e mo-
l.s.es to say ,he leasl-wor,h here 80 cents
per gallon wholesale. Three-eish,s Of an
acre in one instance yielded loo gallons Of
syrup. In good seasons 500 gallon. i, not
. large estimate, probably altogether too
snail. Cor an acre Of cane.
Il costs les to cultivate an acre Of cane
than il does 20 cultivate an acre Of corn, and
requires soil no, 90 rich as that required
for ,. good crop Of e0rn. We have had mill
for shs Manufacture Of sugar and syrup
from Ihi. cane, IN successful operation in
ihi, town ior two weeks. 10 consists Of a
erusher and svaPoraior,-bosh operations
By steam. The crusher consists Of three
horizontal rollers about inches in diane
ter and about - inches in length. between
which the cane Is crushed, the juice beng
caught in q wooden box underneath. and
carried thence into a reservoir where IL j.
elsahsed (hy sieam,) thence into another
reservoir where It b. heated 10y steam, }
thence into the evaporation, which consists
Of shallow wooden box with obliQuc or
shelving side. about feet wide, - feet
long and : inehe. decP-in the bottom Of
which some eish; or tsn pipes carry The hot
steam backwards aud forth from one end 20
tie other. the heat Of which produces the
mos, rapid evavoratIon Of the juice. Into
the upper end OF this boiler the juice is CON-
Quoted. already heated, from the reservoir
a. last a. needed in the evaporaiOr. land
alter about ihir,y minutes from the con-
mencsmeni Of. boiling,) lr0m the other end
o, the evaporation IA the form Of syrup-a
constant strcam Of juice is then kept run
ming into one end OF the eyaporator, aud a
stream o. syrup from the other end. This
machinery Was invented and manufactured
IN Chicago, BY Gates. Chalmers & Frazier,
and lately patented. aud costs only abou,
S2oj To $3.50. according u size. Several
hundred. Of these machines have already
been Manufactured and .old th. season in
Illinois, Iowa. Wisconsin. Kansas and Ne
braska. The machine in this place is am
ply supplied with cane. and j. turning out
600 gallon, OF syrup per day-,hoss who
raise the cane getting one half-ihe owners
Of the mill the other half for manufetur,
Ing. IL i said that good syrup can be pro-
dueed here for 10 10 cent. pr gallon. This
nav be a low figure, but there is no doub,
bot farmer. m any Of the northern State,
can now raise their own syrup Tor at least
% cents per gallon, and have no need Il
care a 6g whether the duty on susar Cor the
bsn.6t Of louisiana sugar growers. be thre'
cents or ten cents per pound. De It known
then. to the sugar growers u the SOUTH
whether il be in Louisiana or Cuba. Of
wherever the labor i. performed by slaves
that they cannot compete successfully with
free labor and Yankee skill in the produc'
ton Of sugar. We can make sugar from
thi. proyidential anti-slhvery sorghum,
Away Up here in the north, for cents per
pound. and bct;sr article than you slave
drivers can make Cor 10 cents per pound
This is a fact. and no idle dream. l hav,
taken a good deal Of pains to ascertain. and
think | know il to be true.
Would to God we could find an Auti.sla'
very substitute Tor cotton, with which W
could supply our manufactures. and kill ib'
cotton interests Of the South. We ihsr
could WELD an an,i-slaJery influence NOR
potent than all the Garris0ns Of the world
because men. pockets are altogether nOr'
yulnsrAbls than their eonseisnoes. Let ev'
cry farmer in Maine plant small patch o