Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-12-13

down each painful and cleansed with about
two spoonsful ef saleratus TO fifty gallons
of juice Did not mix the different boil
ings Manufactured for his neighbers
about / Zoo gallons-discovered that some
stalks were black His own cane was ripe.
but some Of that brought by his neighbors
was unripe. and he found that it made
less syrup and of poorer quality. The
proportion of syrup to juice was about one
to seven
c. ". Buckbee, of New Milford, used
the Miller rotary eyaporator. The speci-
men exhibited grew upon sandy soil. The
product Of an acre is about 100 gallons.
Cane manufactured early produced more
syrup than that made later He made
during the season about forty barrels
The proportion of syrup to juice is one to
eight. Have used saleratus to cleanse
1t aids to bring the scum to the surface
Light sandy soils produce the best syrups.
Chas, Foster, of East Rockford, made
the first syrup in the county four years
since. The first manufactured was small
lot of ten barrels, and the manufacture has
quadrupled annually since, until it has
reached 10000 gallons, the estimated
product of the present season, MIR Foster
estimates that the product for 1862 will
exceed 100. 1000 gallons This gentleman
presented eight samples of syrup raised
upon as many different varieties of soil.
Has manufactured about forty barrels
this season. His experience is that high
rolling light sandy OF clay soil will produce
the lightest colored syrups, Cane grown
upon land which is manured or upon turf
land in the process of decomposition, is
inferior in quality. The taste of the
exciting cause is plainly percertible in the
syrup. He presented specimen of syrup
manufactured from cane grown upon an
old barn yard heap, which fully sustained
bis statement. The best syrup he had
ever made, was manufactured from corn
grown upon an old field poor and sterile.
The proportion of syrup to juice is about
one to eight. The ripper the corn the
greater the per centage of syrup and the
better. He did not claim any particular
skill in the manufacture of his specimens,
The great secret was to select the soil
adapted to the cane. He had found that
soil on the same fields differ so far as syrup
raising qualities were concerned. Speci-
mems were different where there was no
perceptible difference in soil. In some
specimens of cane there is superabun-
dance of lime, and fnd it difficult to pre-
vent the juice from burning. I fad it
particularly troublesome when I have used
Cook vaporator now use Miller's. 1t
is decidedly the best. am satisfied that
the juice is of a calcareous nature, and,
therefore, oppose the use Of lime. In
the field | have mentioned, could distin-
guish the juice taken from the limy soil
| find that a dark soil will produce a dark
syrup, and light soil, light syrup-the
former may be more profitable but the
latter is better. I strip the leaves to
hasten the maturity Of the stalk. and I
find that freezing does not injure the cane
if it does not lay long enough to sour
The main thing is to insure good soil, cult
vate properly, cut and cure it right
Don't use manure, unless you wish to
color your syrup. Theparent stalk should
be ripe when manufactured, and have
foupd that the suckers are as valuable as
the parent stalk l have found that it
requires a degree of heat equal to eighty
degrees to cause the crystalzation of the
syrup. 1t will not always grain even at that
temp erature, but the process is tolerably
certain. I consider that the imphee
is superior to the sorghum. It Should be
cut when ripe and in this way the peculiar
vegetable twang of the syrup is done away.
The Joints of the stalk act as digestive
organs for the cane, and it is here that
the coarser vegetable substances are de-
pos ted, in the form of fungus, Identical
In taste to the bitter, unpalatable twang
usually found 10 the syrup. | have come
10 the conclusion that the way to prevent
this peeuliarity, is to cut and cure the stalk
properly, and plant upon suitable soil
My plan, so far as the curing is concerned
is as follows: l cut off the top below the
second joint, and at the bottom above the
lower JOINT. l then throw it on the ground
in small parcels, and let it lie until the
husk on the stalk, and that fungus vege-
table sprout that grows from every joint
is dried out. then haul it to the machine
and cord it up for safe-keeping. or pile it
up in the field in such way that air and
light shall have free access to it, or stack
it UPON floor under cover. / have kept
the cans from FIVE to seven weeks after
being cured, and fnd that the sJrups
made from the cane cured. in this manner
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