The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-05-10
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Sorghum.

The experience with this plant, as
with must others which have been press.
ed on the attention Of farmers for the last
few years, has resulted variousIy-in
some cases achieving most unqualified
and gratifying success, in others only o
medium triumph, in others almost a 10.
tai failure. This was to be expected, in
view Of the wide spread, indiscrimuate,
aud irregular trial which was given It,.
1t was to be supposed that the sesults
would be as various as the methods adopt.
cd 10 its cultivation and manufacture -
The man who most intelligently and the
most carefully operated with it, it was
certain, would be he who would find its
results the most satisfactory; while he
who refused to do it due judgment and
attention was, Of course, destined to reap
aPoor harvest But an important qucs-
ton is, whether such care, such appllan.
ces, such operation, are necessary, as to
make it expensive and improbable.
we believe hat no such requirements
arc needed The year 1858 was the first
IN which any great amount of attention
was paid to the sorghum, and with an en-.
tire lack Of experience relative to the
manlpulatlons required, 4l6,774 gallons
OF sirup were made in this State alone
The.number OF acres cultivated was D..
6o6, which gives yield of over Il gal.
Ions OF syrup per acre, Notwithstanding
all the immense waste consequent upon
rude aud imperfect apparatus Buchanan
county raised lss acres, aud manufactur
ed 10000 gallons of syrup, or about 56
gallons per acre 1t is safe to say tina,
the waste in cane and the manner OF
treating what was worked, was fully one.
halt But still We have an average Of So
gallons OF syrup per acre, notwithstand
ing all the lnexperience and other disad
vantages iabored under 1t does not,
therefore, present any special difficulties
docs not require undue care, or dcmand
ImPrae'Icable or Improbable attention.
1t, culture every one knows to be sinpi,
and easy. The only difficulty that pr,
sents itself is in its manufacture. Al
most all the lo,5OO gallons of syrup mad,
here in 1888. aud the 1000 gallons il
IS estimated were made in the count,
last year, were boiled down in comr.ol
pots and kettles, and the product was ol
poor quality. as matter of course. I'll,
solution for which all are now looking Is
whether good quality of syrup and su
gar Is obtained by any comparatively il
expensive progress.
1t has been denied BY some tia. Cane
sugar can be produced from the Sorghum.
There are two kinds Of sugar. namely:
glucose, or crane sugar, Ga sugar modcr
ately sweet and difficult of capitalization
and cane sugar, with very sweet tas,,
easily cry>talizcd The first form occur,
abundantly in fruits-the latter in sugar
cane, the beet root, maple, &c. by rrir
able lnscst cations, which have beer |
made under authority of the Patent o. !
fee, it has been asccrtaiued tina, bot, /
the Chinese and African varieties of th
Sorghum will produce ouly grape su.a,
when greeu, but when ne, rly or quit,
ripe we'll crystal,zed cane sugar. The
relative quantities of caue,sugar i'll tn,
Sorghum,and Sugar Cane, aud Beet.ruot.
are as follows &: Svrgum 40; Sugar eau,
is y; Beet Root los 1t will therefore
be seen that the Sorghum contains | )
more sugar than Beet. Root: and We, from
the latter France now prduces I2o, ouO,.
900 lbs. ct sugar, or o. s,half OF what is
by her 10000 600 of people I
1t is therefore undcniable that the Sor-
shum wall produce both syrup and sugar
Of good quality and in paying quantity,
and the onl y want in connection with it,
unsatlstied, is the means for readily and
cheaply extracting them.
D. NJ. Cooks PATENT EvAroRAroR
will, we believe meet this want, ilog-
ACE GREELEY. not long since, writing
TO the Tr'bune from one of the Western
States, speaks OF its efficiency aud value.
We have ourselves seen good quaIit, If
sugar, made in Ohio, W. are reliably as
sured, by simple boiling in this cvapora-
tor, Another specimen, very light IN
color, was obtained by adding - plnt 81
the milk Of lime to one barrel Of the
Juice. one OF these cyaporatUrs VII, in
Use by Messrs. LEUpER, BEACH, / PAL
NER, Of Sumner Township, in tins coun-
=, the past year, aud syrup was nadc
by 1t that far surpassed, in color aud fia-
' Or, any that We have ever seen nlulc
from the Sorghum. No attempt Was made
TO manufacture sugar, vet Nr. Beach IN
forms us that part 0: what he made has
very considerably The above
gentlemen estimate their yield Of syrup
by this evaporation, at loo gaIlous per
acre, with very imperfect mill I. I.
JOHNSON, Of Caledonia, Dubuque county,
however, made with one OF them .ti:,
gallons per acre There are tour sizes O.
the cyaporaser, Nus. !, ,, ) andi No.
/, only ma,ie to order: the Others are
Alamutact red AID sold, without rockers.
at 80, 10 and ~ dollars; with rockers.
1t %, % and 20 dollars. No. > wu
evap,ratc barrels OF juice per nour;
NJ thret blrrclt> No. t. tUur barrels.
Inc machlne Is very simple i'll con>truc-
lion, and remarkably easy OF upeiatiou-
1t Is s,rics OF cutters i've inches wide.
he lower tAngcs brlu- shortened at al.
.ernate cud $50 that the luce is forced IA
run over the whole surface If the eyano.
razor For syrup it Is guu.cd 50 that ~
minutes Will DC required Tor the juice to
traverse It's whole length, by which time
1t becomes a beautiful golden syrup. 4