The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-09-23
How to mako Syrup from tho Chinese
Sugar Cana.


Sugar Cane.
w. Touey, ESQ, Of Eufaula, Alabama
communicated the following interesting aud
Instructive article to tho Southern Cultiva.
tor. By.,hs.bye every farmer should take
that journal and study we'll its coutents.-
II will 10 found to contain Thousands OF
dollars worth Of valuable information for
"ns dollar . year. Address ID. Redmond,
Augusta Georgia
Bat read the following:
My directions are for farmers and plan.
ters who have not, cannot and would not
get the elaborate apparatus Of \ sugar
houae but there are essential fixtures. &c.
which must be had, to wit: a mill, boilers.
. bailing diPper Of wood Of five gallon ca.
pscity, with long handle. . common din.
per. and perforated ladies or ski,nmers.
The MiA-(ist one mill for SO scrss, and
two for hundred acres or more; the size,
inches In diameter. and ~ long for the
cylinders. They should be cast iron; the
boundaries will make them TO order.
ihs BOilers.--l'hey should be propor.
TONED In size and number to the size of the
sror; cay one for 40 acres, two or three for
10 acres. and five or six for 100 acres, more
% isss. a. many A. 6ve or six can bs put
N one battery. and operated BY one furnace,
ssnning under sll. The capacity OF the
boilers can be greatly increased BY fas,en.
Ing wooden rim 8 OF 10 inches high
around their tops. The bnck work of the
fsinace should not reach higher on the in.
eide than midway OF the boilers, othsrwi
fhe syrup will be burnt BY the fire.
The esps should not be cut until ripa
which may be known by the seed becoming
Of psrplish blsck, and the stake .,rs.k.d
With red on . ysllowish ground. Il 10 we'll
- know and rscollect that the canes. IL Ieft
standing on the land whore they grow, with
ell their leaves " fodder on them, will keep
ge"d until the crop 10 manufactured. II you
viii barely eus of oil the rire seed. Ifyou
Psll ehs fodder the canes will dry up. Il be.
lag the noa'h and longs Of the plants.
The gathering ef The eanes.-Pull the
fodder - yos do cord fodder. each day a.
you gEinG your cane. Cut the stalks close
70 the ground with shaFp hoes. and haul
shsm to the mill with the seed on, with
email crop, but cut seed of in the field il
large one. dry the paniclss in the sun one
day and house. The seed will equal or
exceed corn on the same land, and con.
tanning BY chemical analysis 6S per cen, Of
starch 10 about two thirds the value of corn
of rye for feeding stock, or "horresco rster
s"s' for making whiskey, and will com.
s.nd 81 per bushsl 10 The market.
The juice when pressed out BY the mill
ehesld run through cloths fastened over
she receiving tubs to clsas il Of all trash.
To clarity he Juics.-Put the juice in tho
'asgess boiler. nearly filing Il, and start
gentle IRE under it, and put the juice TO
sinmsring-not boiling and keep L 20 for
about thirty minutes, until clarified. This
- 70 b effected BY administering some al.
kali In solssion.
The best aliali for this purpose is the
sspssessbouate Of sooa. Put one hsaping
ssaepoooful 10 pint Of water, dissolve Il,
An1 pour 10 ioto the boiler OF simmerinR
jsiss. stis IL up. and . violent e6ervesceuse
takes place, rising four inches high, and
hns,iy ssttling in thick grsenIsh scum all
ever the surface OF the juice. Skim this
od, snd repeat the precsss every fsw MN.
stss. Tor sboat thirty minutes, more OF lees,
bss stop Il - soou -, bot not before, all
pneyvesceucs ceases.
The process will neutraliIs the suiphuric
aad phosPhosic acids which abound 10 the
Chinsss sugar cane juice; and the superb
essb. or soda is the psrest ssd best slksli
Tor uiis purpose, - sodium, the base OF the
pafoSyd, 10 lighter than watsr. The pres.
care ofths mill forces out with the Juice .
great deal Of grssn feeuIous matter, which
sks s'kali takes hold Of BY tho attraction of
70 acids, and brings to the surface a. scum.
These constant skimmipgs will soon give