Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-05
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SorgIaunl Sugnr.


We have received from HEDeIs, FEEE Co, Of
Cincinnati, small publication giving TIE results Of
recent experiments, aud an elaborae treatise On
sugar making together With descriptive catalogue
of apparatus employed, which mast be CT special
service to the cultvalors of tie sweet resd Il also
embraces large correspondence with skillful sgri
culiurists in ferert States, particularly at ths
Northwest, from which the reader may be enable TO
form very intelligent conclusions. According TO
this authority, notwithstanding very adverse rea-
SOB, by which the development Of The cane vas re-
tarded from furio six weeks in comparison with
what night have been reasonably expected, thereby
causing redundance of vegetable foer at the sx-
pease Ct saccharine juices the results Of The last
year are Gathering il the highest degree Syrup
of beauty, havor and consistency, equal to the
fne aI-hcuse molassss (says the same aecOuut)
has been made to q considerable extent in nearly
every NOrtbern Safe, and in qualities sufficient to
yield good profit at the lowest price commanded
s b5 nolasses from Southern Cane These facts, If
pct amounting 10 n demonstration, are regarded as
at last going far TO prove that SUGGESTS atauablc
Ard what is satisfactory, sugar Of various
grades, ranging from common II he finest loaf has
been produced in such quantities aud usdgr such
a variety tf circumstances. as to prove conelu-
sively that the manufacture OF sugar in this latitude
is not Only possible, bat of easy Accomplishment"
This is long step in advance Of our previous in
formation upon this topics for the erysializability
Of sorghum syrup has been learneily discussed, up
to recent rericd, with large amour. Of conflict
ing evidence
Much embarrassment has arisen from attempts 10
obtain cane crystals from immature stalks, but now,
in the light of a better judgment the uniaverabe
conclusions often formed. seem to have been too
hasty. The chemical charges which the plant
dergOes during the later period Of it, gro Wth seem
absolutely essential to succsss. Taken at its
maturity, the sorghum like the Creole or India cane,
is believed to contain no sugar which cannot be
dueed to crystals. Mt. LOvERING, sugar Ie6ner,
of PHILADELPHIA is considered as having set the
question at rect Th3 actual yield per acre, ae-
cord.ng to his process, ,22lS5 pounds Of
brown sugar and "A SO galle MS of molassss and be
has doubt, with more suitable apparatus than he
employed, and good cultivation, from COO to 500
pounds of sugar of this quality and ON IS to 100
gallons Of mOlasses, may be obtained without diff
Guilty. Mr.. s. RlKER, of Clermcnt county Ohio
is another gentleman whose efforts have contributed
much to show the feasibility Of manufacturing
sugar from sorghum. The entire cost Of converting
his crop into sugar, including eleven cents gallon
for refining in Cincinnati, amounts to but thiriy-two
cents per gas!en, for very superior article, and
which was readily disposed of at sixty cents, be-
tween twenty and thirty barrels being sold at this
price. According TO the authority from which we
quote, this nOlss SEE when rtfnsd, was ''superior
to the choicest golden syrup nsde from Louisiana
Cubs molasses.' The authors of the treatise
before us express the belief that within less than
ten years, sugar win be produced in quantity suf
cient for home consumption, If lot export, in
Of the Middle, AID perhaps some of the N,rlhern
States. This seems like very sanguine sniicipa-
lion, but the ieslimony corrOboratiEe of the state
'mens here referred 10, is Of character well fitted
TO nmand pubic confdeLee.
Sugar cane may he cultivated On almost any Of
our light clay Soils where ordinarily grows, if
care is taken in preparing the ground.