Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-10-15
From the Petersburg Express

q
ing concise and clear statement OF the apparatus neces
.r, and of leading steps involved il Inc process of
manufacturing the syrup we also append commu.
nicaton which appeared 10 the Richmond Sentinel not
long since We presume that the NEST OF farmers who
nIanted the cane have already manufactured their
asses but the information which now publish will
prove of value for future crops and we would suggest
that country readers clip the articles out ard paste
them away for future reference We would suggest
that there is quite variety OF opinion about using
akaIies to neutralze the acGs Several have informed
us that they used akales whatever and their syrup
has proved to be all that they could desire. This is
matter however that every decide for himself
it involves but little expense to test the akaes The
CuLJuator, published at Augusta, Ga, says:
THE MANUFAc soEeHo, OR CONFEDERATE SYRUP.
My drsct for farmers and planters no have no
cannot, and would not get the elaborate apparatus Of
sugar house but there ial fixtures, &C. which
must be had to wit mill, boilers, baing dipper of
wood of five gallon capacit{ With long handle COM
The AiA-Get one mill for fifty acres and two fer a
hundred the sze 10 inches in diameter and
The fOundries will make them to order.
The Boiers.They should be proPortioned ia SIZE ard
number Of the crops say for 20 acres t'co
for so acres and Str for 100 acrss moro or
less.
As many FIVE ak can be put in ona battery" and
be operated urnace, run1ing under all The c-pa
city the boilers can be greatly Increased by fastening
wooden rim, eight or ten 1nches heh around thel Sops
The brick work furnace should not reach hghero
the inside than madcay of TIE boiler, otherwise the srap
vii be burnt by The
The Gaze shoud be cut until ripe. which may be
krown by the seeds becoming of ppl'sh black and the
stalks sreaked red yelowish ground. 1t Is well
to know ard Oec that the Canes, If lett standing
the and there they grow 9Th al t .ae leaves or fod er
ed yea will barely of all the ripe ssed If you pull
the oddel the canes will dry up it being The mouth and
The Gathering of1he Canes -Puhthe fodder you do
close lie grund with sharp hoes ami haul them to the
mil With the seed with small crop, 5ut Gus seed OF
ID the hs gS d Inc eop
the same nd; and conaitng by chemical analysts 66
rye for feeding stock HON ms reereas' for max
ing whisky, and will command 81 per bushel IL the mar
The juice as pressed cut by he MILL should through
o"th fastened the receiving tuos to clear 1t of all
IT, Clarity the Juice Put the lice il the gest boiler
filing and gentle tie under 1t, and pnt the
80 minues until Clarified Tbs is to be effected BY admin
lstering ak ali il solution.
The akae for this pu Ia the super carbonate
OF soda. Pat heaping teaspoonfu iD PIN of water,
dissolve it, aud pour into the boiler Of smn zig SGe
s- In e bfgh aud finally settling in tsick greens
all surface of the juice fkim this off, and
repeat the process every minutes thirty min
tes or less but STOP as soon as ut lot 0eore all
ettervescence ceases
The process will peutaize the suphurc and phosphoc
acids which abound IN be Chinese sugsr cane juice and
the super. carb Of sado is the pureat alks
this purpose sodium base of percxyed is lighter
than water The pressure OF the mill forces GU with Inc
light aiksi takes hold Of by the attraction Of its acids
brings the surface These constant sk'mm ns
will soon give you clear juice capable making clear,
thick acdless syrup soda discovered in l657
BY experimenting and experience has fully conhrned ~
superiority ali other akaes.
The Louisiana and Nest dis sugar planters lime 20
purify the juice 1t viii neutraze the acids but doubt
s purifying agency. Che line will readily unite with and
neuralze the phcsphcrc aud the suphurc acids
not the compounds the suIphate OF lime plaster of
Paris being one, heavy elevate the green, wood
matter to lhe surface? think and for this
less you wish plaster of Par!s in mechanical
luton in syrup DO net lime IN juice.
fortified in these views againzr the lime to
clarity and purify syrup DE- Robert Batey Of the
sbest practical agricultural chemists in Georgia He says
deliberately: Lime answers TO sefI purpose SO far
syrup nealze the free acid which
exsts naturally IN the cane trae ddrkes the Color and
ID taste, deacts TEom the OF the syrup
regret that Dr. Baey did MT go farther and give the
Why lime does lot Clarity have already sEgge
ed its specific sTcet as base, as being too heavy, the
reason.
If soda be had have ready strong ye, from green
hickory ashes. Tae alkaline sout is the
that OF soda, and apply il in the same way.
After the juice ID both n"utraaed of s free acids and
purified OF its " ch may be seen and kso,on by the
cessation efarvr and transparency tie
JUICE then boil Gosn 10 the sJ1u point
In the sb OF Instruments VII Oh can not no be bad
0s sur you 09,t smo"g" is 'ass to err BY polIg to
by eye ight .nd but lev in he Sontn ever pa at
which should be observed.
lst. Boil down until the s;rup is about fEth of the
original quantity Of Juice tor /; is true that five gallons OF
Juice will average Use gallon OF syrup
ID Boil dow ne the synup being reduced to about
rin OF the Upper IL AID huspend in the
sen and kno,OH when the syrRp neng reduced bout
nefftn ats original qqanttg Jace, thro
continue to boil until these eS cease; then OF your
syrup int" .uDs, and when cold, barrel it.
The Barrels up youc syrup in cypress barrels
white cak barrels will not held syrup large plan
ers put up their syrup in poplar oughs There will hold
The but the oxygen OF the ztmos phero will certainly
- has doGe GcdJg It, as it us mas much surface to
sCt
In conclusion, the Chinese sugar miat industrial
plant of great utility TO the South these times of a
blockade and Its fodder equal its
eed Is equal to thirds Of core, and ia syup Hearty
qual to that CT sugar hoQsg rcasses yielding many
gallons Of syrup per the land pecks OF
Let us cEtiVate this as largely possible. 1t Will
nsble Is to iced people st hone. and scEd meat
acon and beet to gallant armies who
sentines upon the confines of territory, who
hunger biVouac the fields of their glory and
W. ToNEY.
Eufalia, Ala, 1868.
From the Richmond SentineLl
send you, by friend a sHlap sample of molasges inade
om the sorghum, Chinese sugar cane, to show you |
some thin gs be Gone well others " AID give
mother illustration of increasing Independence all
Orts OF blockadea pleased say. through al this
-gon and from eysry section hear from, almost every
odi has patch, crop; and suppose, few families
i'll be deprived longer Of moasses, though 1t be
cid at S5 tlcn o. the sharpers and speculators.
have 6een much encouraged and have had, far,
lch e1celleht success, tempted throw toSether
ructlon OF he unni'iaed and inexperienced have,
r. succeeded IN making so gallons, without
oultering serious df ulty spelling pint had to
eW, rRhL out OF the rough, experience and entered
pom the operation with my fancy full of all OF di
lities and tI0Rbes. Bot found them TO yield
ommon, plain sense which any wOmaa who make
ette OF preserves, will bring into IisitiOn will, in
mple Words give the whole ecret, ana
LODE all the MYSTERY IT molasses making.
will say nothing to the culture Of the crop,
u.s. hat sny man who can raise crop OF ir7i9u corn
se crop OF sorghum prefer, good ,nd, three
Id half to four feet apart and stalks twelve fifteen in
hes apart In the Plant early, work early, and thin
N.Y. and then you boil ea-ly have nothing say
bout the mill Every n-ighboFhood has its mechanic
ut do have something to to the une OF crushing
ND mr. bad