The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-05-06


Direetors-John Richard of Tecumseh. William
Trait Of Plymouth, +. +. Fowler Of Litchfeld.
The Committee on Premium then made
their report as follows:
For best samples, 10 pounds, John T.
Weeks Of Jackson, Mich. $40
For second best, G. Cory, Lima, Ind. 20
For third 4" 10
The committee also examined smaller par
GELS, which were not admitted on account OF
the amount not meeting the requirements Of
the offer. Among the rest sample made
from Imphee by o. N. Rrainard, Of Marion
county, Iowa, which pronounced most OK.
cellcnt sample.
First best, D. d. Tooker Napoleon, Mich $50
2nd best, S. N. STANDARD, Huron Co, Ohio 10
Samples offered by John S. Weeks, G. Co
vey. II. Farwell George Drake, o. n. Brain,
ard, aud others being ruled out as not con.
tanning the amount required, were mentioned
by the committee iL the highest terms. Mr..
Brainard presented also q sample refined by
Belcher, which that gentleman pronounced
superior to any New Orleans he ever saw.
APPARATUS FOR EvAPoRATTNG.
TIE various gentlemen with Evaporators
were then called upon to exhibit their models
and explain them, length Of time not to cx-
coed ten minutes each. as follows:
III. G Bulkley's Evaporator, Kalamazoo, Mich.
igan.
&C. cory's Improved Evaporator, Lima, La.
Grange county. Ind.
3-Eagle Works Manufacture Company, Chi.
cago.
10. N. Brainards Evaporator, Marion county,
Sd. D. Tooker's EvaporatOr, Napoleon, Michi-
gan.
6--John Mller's Evaporator, Rolling Prairie,
Indiana.
Cooks Portable Evaporator. John Richards
Rasen, Michigan.
The Committee, after examining all tho
above Evaporators, gave their decided prefer.
ence to G. Cory's Evapora,or, which is known
as Cooks Evaporator, with Cory's Improve
ment.
This improvement in the mode of evapor.
a,ng sugar cane juice, invented by Mr.. Cory,
we in November last spoke Of at length. We
then said We regarded it as the best Evapor,
ator which we had yet seen, ard the unaui.
nous. opinion Of the Committee fully on.
dorses our judgment.
After the awards tho Convention adjourned
sine die.
As connected with this subject Of raising
sugar cane, manufacturing it INTO syrup and
sugar, and the best machinery and means o!
doing so, we give the following letter pre-
sented to tho Convention by Mr.. c.. Cory
named above. Probably no man in the
Northwest moie thoroughly understands the
subject upon which he writes than Mr.. c.
lie has made it the theme of much study
for the past five years:
ADRIAN, Mich, April l6, 1862.
The undersigned, in presenting to the Sor
ghum Convention the accompanying speci.
mems Of sorghum syrup and sugar, would res
pcctfully remark that he has been enlisted in
the sorghum enterprise for some five seasons
past with incr easing success, and that he be.
levcs it TO be, at the present prices of sweets,
the mos, profitable Of all the various branches
Of agriculture. He concurs in the generally y
received opinion that light sandy soils produce
lighter colorel and better favored sweets
but would still, for the sake Of large gains
give bis preference to richer soils, abounding
more in good corn growing qualities. The
opinion often published that Chinese cane is
best for syrup aud Imphec for sugar is proba.
bly correct. Early planting is desirable. -
The seeds should be moistened. swollen, and
nearly sprouted. They should he moistened
swollen, and nearly sproutcd. They should
be thnly covered, and lightly pressed down
rs planted. The ground, il included to wet
should be ridged. The largest yields NAV be
from dIiIs, but the crop is more easily tended
when in rows, near four feet apart each way.
EelrIy and frequent cultivation is vast " de-
sirable. A mixture of ashes, lime and gyp-
sum applied to the hills in suitable qualities
during The early stages Of its growth will be
found beneficial in many respects, stimulating
itS growth, destroying and preventing the ex.
istcnce oE mpltitudes of its ins ,ctile parasites,
and improving its quality. In stripping its
leaves from the standing cane large amount
Of sheep.kel p may be had very cheaply, by
the aid OF movable fences. When the crop
is gathered before proper maturity, it should
remain few DAYS, protected from heat and
cold, to chemically change and ripen, before
being manu- aciured.
If n the samples Of sugar and syrup exhi.
bited by the undersigned their is anything OF
peculiar merit, it lie attributable not SO mutch
TO the Species soil or culture, but simply to
the improved implements and mode Of manu-
facture. The expressing Of the juice is done
in the ordinary method. The jaice is pressed
Immediately to tie receiving tub at the head
of the pan, and small amount Of freshly
slaked limo is added in diluted state, TO
neutraliz", in part, the asSijity Of the justice,
and to aid in its defecation.
The pan used is Of copper three feet eight
inches wide and ten feet long, and is construct.
ed, in part, on the principles of d. NJ. Cooks
celebrated evaporator, with regulating and
flushing Improvements invited aud pateuted
by the undersigned. This is placed on sta.
tionry brick arch, and is divided into two
apartments, when of ordinary length, but
when of unusual length, additional divisions
are added to the first division, most perfect
defeca,ion is secured, after which, in clarafcd
state, and entirely freed from scum, the syrup
is passed into the finishing portion Of pan and
subjected to a continued intense heat till
sufficiently cooked at the further end Of the
pan, at which point il is passed oil, at the
speed OF from eight to twelve gallons per hour,
through the day. The sugar herewith exhi
bited is made from syrup thus manufactured.
l. is entirely in its raw statc, and was mostly