Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-04
SORGHUM MoLAssEs.

manu- ctufng the syrup 81.
The writer recommends cypress barrels or casks for
the syrup, tut as cypress is motto be found IN his re-
zion such casks are out of the question Yellow pine,
however answers che purpose as well as cypress for
making moasses barrels.
The mills will be made at the Irish Creek Foundry
very soon:
"7Z, manufacture of Sorgho Confederate SyruP
Nv direction; are for farmers and planters who have
not canno and would not get the elaborate apparatus
o~a sugar-house but there are essent OIL txtures &c
-boh must be rad, to wit: A mill, boilers. bailng
diopet of wood of FIVE gallon capc y, with along han-
die common dipper, and perforated ladies' Of skim
mers.
hundred acres more The sire, IL inches IN diameter
and "a long, for the cylinders. They should bepf cast
iron. the foundries Will make them TO order.
L THE BoiierS-They should be proportoued in sze
and number 20 the size Of the crop; say one for 20
acres too or three for so acres and hye or six Tor 100
acres more less. As many as FIVE or six can be Put
in one "baery" and be operated by one furnace, run
ming under all. The capacity of the boilers can be
greatly increased by fastening wooden rim, or 10
inches high around their tops. The brick work Of the
funsce should not reach higher on the inside than mid
ody of the boiler otherwise the syrup will be burnt by
the fire.
The cane should rot be cut until ripe which may be
K own by the seeds becoming Of purplish black and
the stalks sire aked with red yeloWish ground. II
Is well to know and reeollect that the canes If left
standing the land where they grow with all their
leaves or fodder on them will keep good rnt the crep
Is manufactured if you will bar ly cut of all the ripe
seed. If you pull the fodder the canes viii dry up IL
being the mouth and lungs Of the planis.
The Gathering of the CdReS-Pull the fodder as you
do corn fodder each day as GU grind your canes. Cut
the stall close 10 the ground with sharp hoesend haul
them TO the mill with tue seed or, with small crop
but cut seed of in the field il large one dry the pan
ices in the sun one day and house The seed will equal
or exceed corn on the same land and, containing by
chemical analysis Cd per cent OF starch Is about
thhds the value OF rye for feeding stock, or
'horrens referenS for making whiky, and WILL com
mand 81 per bushel in the market
The juice, as pressed out by he mil, should run
through cloth fastened the receiving tubs to c
it Of all trash.
10 Clarity the Juice Put the juice in the largest
boiler near filling IT, and start gentle fire under it. and
put the juice to Snmering not boiling aud keep so
Tor about thirty minutes, until clarified This IL to be
Effected by administering some alkali In solution.
The best AikGH for this purpose s the carbon
ate of Soda Put heapug teaspooniul in pint Of
water dissolve it, AID pour into the boiler OF simmer
ing Juice stir it up, aud violent eaervescence takes
plsce, rising four inches high, and finally settling in
thick greensh all over the surface of the juice
Skim this off, and repeat the process every few minutes
for about 80 minutes or less but stop IL as soon
as, but not before, all eFerpescenes ceases.
This process will neucraze the sulphurc aud pbo5pho
rio acids which abound in the Chinese Sugar Cane juice
akal for this purpose sodium the base of the per-
owed is lighter than water. The pressure Of the mill
forces out with the juice great deal of green eculou'
matter which the ght alkai takes hold Of by the at
traction of its acids and brings 10 the surface acum
These constant skimmngs will soon give you clear
mice capable of making clear, thick, dcidsSs syrup.
The use of Soda discovered in 1887, by experiment.
ing and experience fully confirmed its superiority
over all alkalies.
The Louisana and West Iudian sugar planters use
t,,tn II vvin Nha iAI
but doubt its purifying agency. The lime will readily
unite with and neuralze the phosphoric and suphuric
acids bu. are not the compounds the sui hate Of lime
or "plsser of Paris being one too heavy to elevate
the green woody matter to the surface? think SO,
aud or this reason, unless you wish to eat plaster
Paris" in mechanical solution in your syrup, do not
| use lime in your cane juice.
am fortified in these views against the of lime
to clarity and purify syrup by DR.. Robert Patey Of
the ablest practical agricultural emsts in Georgia
He says deliberately Lime useful purpose
80 far as syrup concerned save to nearaizs The free
acid which exists naturally in the Lime ddrkens
the colOr and to my TASTE deracts from lhe grateful
flavor OF the syrup" regret that DR.. BIey did no:
90 farther and give the ghims does not ciGr
have already suggested IT'S specific grdviy as base,
as being too hCGVy, as the reason.
If soda annot be had, have ready strong iye from
green hickory ashes Tnis alkaline sOu ion the n, ft
best to that of soda, aud apply t in the way.
After the Juice is both neutrsized its free acids and
purified Of its iecua, which may be and knoun by
the cessation Of eervescence and the ransp Iency Of
| the Juice then boil down to the syrup point.
Ia the absence of Instruments which cannot now be
bad ks sure you boil enough l. il safer to by boil
ing much than not enough As general guide, you
have to 60 by sight and but few IN the South ever
paid any attention TO it here oore, wi give certain
general rules which should be observed.
lst Boil down until the syrup is about 9th IF the
original quantity OF juice for is true that gallons of
juice will average one gallon Of syrup.
3D. Boil down ult tie syrup being reduced to about
9TH OF its original quantity viii hang in flakes on the
rim of the dpper you pour it out and suspend IN
the air
3rd. Boil down until all ,sGtsr is expelled This may
be seen aud kROOl when the syrup being reduced TO
about 9th its original quantity OF juice throws up jets
some inches high this latter is The lrder escaping as
steam; continue TO boil until these jets Inen
strike off your syrup uto tu5s nd when cold barrel IT.
The BGrrels.-Put UP your syrup in cypress barrels
white * barrels will hold syrup. Several large
planters put up their syrup in poplar troughs These
will hold the syrup, but the oxygen of the atmosphere
will certainly, as it has done, Gedfyi, as It thus has
so much surface 70 act on.
In conclusion the Chinese Sugar millet is indus
trial plant Of great utility TO the South these our
times of trial. blockade and Its fodder is equal to
that of coTD its seed equal to 2Srds Of corn and its
syrup nearly equal to that of sugar house moasses.
yielding many gallons Of syrup per acre. as the land
eau Iecks Of corn.
Let us cultivate this crop as largely possible. 1t
will e. able US 70 feed our people Al nome And 10 SEND
meat bacon and beef 10 our gallant armies, who are
standing sentinels upOl the confines of our terri
tory, and, who hunger, now bivouac upon the fields
of their glory, and of our Independence Egyptian
| bondage.
Eufaula, Aid 1868. W. Tony.
DANGEROUS CoUNrERTEI-.-The Augusta Comet tn.
tonast oil the 27th says: large amount of spurious
Confederate notes o. the denomination Of $20have been
found 60 be in circulation in this vicinity They consist
of counereits on the Ducau issue of September 1861
and also of genuine Issues OF that plate with counterfeit
signatures The limitations we'll executed as to
be cult describe and difficult to detect thai
all our banks the Mechanics Bank, have thrown
out all S2Os Of the Duncan issue The bills have the
likeness of Vice President Stephens on the lower left