The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-02-21
IOWA suGAR AND SYRUP.
from the Muscatine Journal.

The following report OF the cOnlmtttee
appointed by the State Board Of Agricu.
ture at IKE January meeting, on sorghum
aud its products, has been handed to us
BY Secretary WALLACE, with the wish that
it uay DO generally circulated throughout
the State. 1t embraces the experience
and method. Of parties who took the pre-
miuus, aud must b. Of great interest to
all who have given any attention to this
new and valuable plant:
SORGHUM AND IMPHEE SUGAR AND SYRUP.
At tue January t,,ectiuy oi the iowa
State Agricultural Society, premiums
we're awarded for the best five pounds Of
sugar, and for the first aud second best
pints of syrup, made from either sorghum
or imphee-tor the sugar S25, aud tor
the syrup $l5 and SO. The entries Of
sugar made from sorghum were 4, Of syr
up l6: Of su, ar from i'nphee ,, syrup |.
The following is an abstract Of the modes
Of manu- 'ac,uring the best specimens Of
syrup and sugar:
By j Gr"ut, Of Lancoster. Keo&"k
county ,y-U>ed tall imphee, with long
close heads aud black seeds planted 10Th
May, and made when we'll ripened. be-
tween the LIT and 5th Of October. After
stripping the stalks, It tops off about 3
J teet from the ground, and the butts
close to the ground. Succeeded only
with the butts in making sugar. The
tops made about as good syrup, but one
third less in quantity. Crushed in an
iron mill, aud about 40 gallons; boiled
speedily, in II pan 20 by 4s inches on the
bottom, until it becr,ne very thick; clear
ed with lime water, made strong, which
was we'll mixed with juice before it came
to boiling point; kept it we'll skinned.
When done it was reduced to about one
fourth the quantity. Four patches were
thus made aud mixed together well when
poured into a barrel--one batch day. .--
The qusrt'ty had reduc nearly one
half 1t was stirred daily, for ten or
twelve days. 1t was then changed into
barrel having IA head placed IA few inches
above the lower head, perforated with
thirty or forty small auger hol.'s aud COW
tween the heads, to draw off the drained
syrup, After draining well, moistened
with warm water, stirred it up well, then
allowed it to drain again. This was re-
peated. The sample exhibited went
through this process three times, every
time becomiug fairer. The amount Of
sugar from the 20 gallons of syrup when
all as dry as sample will be 80 lbs Tweu-
ty gallons of syrup from the sorghum,
made in the same way,is granulatiug fine
ly. The syrup presented is from this
sorghum, before it commenced to granu
late.
BY Ms. 1biyal J"mes, Of Kn"rrille,
Marton cou"ty.-Suyar aud syrup from
the Sorghum: Pressed the whole stalk
when fully ripe in wooden mill, aud
strained the Juice through coarse linen
cloth into barrel; cleaned our kettles to
brightness aud creased them we'll: : when
filled, kept up brisk fire. skimmiug the
scun off as fast rs it appeared When
boiled clear removed it to sheet iron
pau in brisk furnace, with sheet iron
damper fitted to slide bctween the pau
nd FIRE when desired. A strong fire
should be raised Immediately, to make
the Juice boil briskly or in foam all the
time, until it forms IA Wax similar to ma
p sugar when dropped into cold water,
When at this point, close the da,nper.-
to prevent burning Pour it into au op
Ell vessel. to cool, if covered close it may
sweat and become thin. When entirely
cold, place in large jars, cover Sith a thin
cloth and place them in n free, dry at.
m"sphere. If the syrup foams aud be-
comes light yellow, it will make sugar
10 test it, put some on aplate to cool,
when granulation will appear. Our syr-
up continued to granulate for year,
when tox Was prepared with wire
seive in the button to drain the molasscs
from the sugar When the dripping
ceased, the sugar was spread on clean
cloths, in the shade, aad covered with pa
per until dry. Our syrup is fifteen
months old, and s'ill graduates. To
ma Ike good syrup for tabI USE, We cleanse
it by dd'ng eight eggs; we'll beaten, and
two quarts of new milk to every barrel Of
tre-b sap. Clean and grease the kettles
every time they are emptitd
before using again. Look carefully to the
pans, also.
By e.: II C"ughin, Of Clear Creek,
Jdsper county -oorghum Well cult
waited aud stripped Of leaves, and topped
about one foot below seed head, when full
ly ripe, when it was cut and taken to
mill expressed with two horses. in
v" d N three roller mill; from 60 to 80
gallons per hour. Boiled rapidly, in two
sheet iron pans with wooden sides, con.
taiuing from 80 to 40 gallons each--each
pan making about four gallons Of saleable
syrup, and, when reduced for granulation,
made about two and half gallons to a
pan. which, when drain d, produced
about II TBS Of sugar, Draipiug was done
through cloi su>psDded over vessel
to receive the mvlassps4 To do IL readily
the temperature must be mild Nothing
to c'arity was used. Small quantities,
rapidly b"iIed, produced the best article,
with careful aud close skimming.
strained mine but once-twice would be
better.
By j. II Painter; of Cedar county.
Sorghum: Boiled to the consistency
Of wax,.in shallow sheet iron pans; plac-
ed IN barrel, in the cellar, where II gran
ulated till the following summer. when it
was taken out aud put in sacks, where it
drained for abort week. Water was
then put in, stirred up, and left to drain
another week. It was then submitted to
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