The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-06-17


CANE
w. roeney, Esq, of Eafaula. communi-
Gates the following interesting and instruct
i've article to the Southern (aifiudior:
The Manufacture of Sorgho or Coafede-
rafe Syr,p.-My directions are for farmers
aud planters who have net, cannot, and
would not, get the elabaratelapparatas Of =
sugar house ;but there are essential fixtures,
&C.. which must be had, 10 wit mill,
boilers, bailins dipper Of wood Of hive
gallon capacity, with long handle, con-
mon d,pper, and perforated ladies Or skim
irrrs.
The .ahH-Get one mill for fifty acres.
and tWv for hundred acres or inare; The
sye, IS inches in diameter. aud "a long,
Inr thu cylinders. They should be cast
irrn the foundries make them 10 order.
Tie Boilers. They should be proper.
Toned ia size and nu mber 10 the size oi
tile crop; say onr for twenty acres, two or
three lar iity acres, and live or TX for one
hundred acres, mure or le.s. As many As
i've or SIX can be put IN one battery. aud
operated by one furnace, gannlng under
all.
The capacity of the boilers can be great
Ii increased by fastening wouLen rim
vlsh, or Ten inches high around their tops.
Tie prick wnrk nI the furnace should nUt
reach higher on the inside than midway ol
the BOILERS. otherwise the syrup will be
burnt by the hire.
The caae should not be cut until ripe,
which nay be knoWn w the seed becoming
ota putplish black. aud the stalk streaked
With rtd ~ 4 yello~ish ground. IL i.
veil IL know am recollrct that the canes,
Il III, standing on the land where they
grow, With all their leaves Or fodder ~
tirm, will keep good until the crop i man.
ul.ctured, il sou will barely cut Oft all tie
itpe seed. II you pull the fodder the canes
viii dry up, il being the mouth and lunss
IL The plants.
Tae Gathering Of fhe Canes.-Pull the
tu,ldcr A. ,ou do corn lndder. each day -
snu grind your cane. Cut the stalks close
10 the ground with sharp hu,s. and haul
thrn 10 The mill with the seed on. with =
siaall ernp. but cut .eed OIL in the field il 4
argr nne. dry the panicles III the sun une
day and house. The seed will equal Or
exceed corn pn the same Land, and contain.
IN by chemical analysts &C per cent Oi
starch, il about two-thlrts tha value Of
,.,fn Or rye for feeding stuck, or. h0rrts:
- rttegas. for making whisky, and will
command one dollar per bushel III The mar
krt.
rhr Juice - pressed out by the mill
should run through cloths fastened oser
ti,r receiving tubs to clear il Of al trash.
~ Ciaf1y the Juise--put the juice IN
the largest boiler. nearly filling ii. and
Start gentle hre under ii, and put the
iuice 70 silnmrrlng-not boiling md keep
il - abuui thirty minutes. until clarified.
ihis il 70 be effected by administering
sUue akalI in solution.
Inc b,st alkall for iii. purpu.r Is thr
suprf carbupate.u .ul sudl. put one htaping
tfa-poonhil IL pint II water, dissolve il,
and puur il lntu tie huilrr IL ,inmetipg
fntec, stir ilup. and 4 .hIent rlirrsesrencr
KS place. rlslug lnur ,a.hcs high, anJ II.
Rslly settling IL thick gryrni,h ,cum all
e,rr The surface VI the juice. skim this
oh, and repeat the prneess every lew M.
nsies. Tor about thirty minutes, mnre Or
less; but stop il a. suun A.. but not before,
all eiisr.ssstnee ceases.
The process will Reutralize the sulphur.
ie and phusphoric acids which abound in
me Chinese sugar cane juice; and the 81.
per carbonate Of soda IS the purest aud
best alkali lor this purpose, as sodium, the
base VI the peroxyd. is lighter than water
The pressure Of the mill forces out with
the juiee'a great deal Of green feeulOus