The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1863-09-24

How 10 Make syrup from Chi
nese Sugar Game.

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How 10 Make syrup from Chi
nese Sugar Cane.
W. Touey- ESQ.,. Of Eufaula, Alabama, COM
municatcs the following interesting and instruo-
tive article TO the Soutbefi Cultivator. BY
the bye, every farmer should take that Journal
and study well it's eonienis It will be found
!, u coutaia ,Iiaousands Of dollars . year. Al.
dress D. Redmond. AnsuAsss 6lsorgis - =
But read the following: =
The MANUFACTURE, OF, SonaHo on.
CoFEDERAIE SYRUP,-My directions als
for tnrncrs and piaoters who have not,
cannot and would rot get the elaborate ap.
paratus of a sugarhouses; but there are es.
sential fixtures, &c ,. which must be had,
to wit: mill, boilers, baiing dipper Of
! wuiS # five gallon capacity, with'a long
handle, common dippof, aud perforated
! ladies or skilnmcrs.
Til MILI..-Get one mill for so acres,
and two for hundred acres or more; the
size, Is inches in diameter, and % long,
for the cylinders. They should be cast
iron: the foundries will make them to or
! der.
The BoiLERs.-They should be proper
toned In size AND nuulbcr to the size Of
the crop; say one Tor 20 acres, two or three
for 80 acres, and FIVE Or six for 100 acres,
more or less. AS many as five or six can
be put in one battery, and operated by one
furnace, running under all. The capacity
of the boilers can be greatly Increased by
fastening a wooden rim Ut 10 inches
high around their tops. The brick WORK
OF the furnace should not reach higher on
the inside than midway of the boilers,
otherwise the syrup will be burnt by the
fire.
"1'he cane should not be cut until ripe,
winch may be known by the seed becom.
ing of a purplish black, and the stalks
sreakcd with red on yellow;sh ground
j Is well to know and recollee; that the
canes, 1t LETT standing on the land where
they grow with all their leaves or fodder
on them, will keep gooI until the crop is
manufactured, il you pull the fodder th C
canes viii dry up, it being the mouth and
lungs OF the plants.
The GATHERING OF THE ca Es.-
Pull the fodder rs you do corn fodder, each
day as you grind your cane. Cut the stalks
close to the ground with sharp hoes, and
haul them To the mill with the send on
with small crop, but cnt seed off in ia,
field If large one, dry the panicies in tn,
sun ono day and house. The seed viii
, equal or exceed corn on the same land, and
containing by chemical analysis 66 per CEN
! OF starch, Is arout twothirds the value oi
corn or rye for feeding stock, or "horrcscC
ret crcns,' for making whiskey, and viii
command 81 pr bushcl in the market.
L The ju CO pressed out by. the mil
, should run through cloths fastened ovei
= the rcccivn" tubs 10 clear il of all trash.
To CLAHiFr THE JuIcE-Put ,h.
Juice in the. largest boiler, nearly filing il
! and 'stprt -co'i-- fire under it, and put th
, juice to simncring-not boiling-and
| keep 1t so for atout thirty minutes. unit
, clarified: This is to be effected by admin
isterirg 4oinc alsuii in solution.
The hcst aikal! Tor this purrysc is th,
super carnon-je Of soda Put one heap
e 'ng teaspooniul in pint of water, dissolve
e II, and pour it into the boiler of simmer
. Ing juice, stir it up, and a violent cffcrves
ccncc takes pia1e; rising fonr inches high
and finally setting in a thick yrcea;s!
: scum all over the surface of the juice =
Skim this off, and repeat the process ever,
, few minute, for about thirty minutes
, more or less; but stop it n soon as, bu
not before, all etfcrvcscence ceases.
The process will ueuttalize the sulphuri
: and phoSphoric acids which abound in tn,
: Chinese sugar cane juice and in the su
per carb, OF soda is the puiest and bes
alkuli Tor this purpose as sodium, the bos
, OF the pcro5yd, is lighter than water
|. The pressure Of the mill forces out viii
I the juice great deal of green feculou
matter, which the alkal takes hold Of b,
the attraction of its ACIDS, aud brings &
the surface scum. These constant Skim
y m'nSs viii soon give you n clear juice, ca
: pable OF making. n clear, thick, acids il
syrup This use of soda Il discovered il
1897 by experimenting and oxpe rienc
has iliit confirmed its spperiority over al
other altalies
The Louisiana and West Indian su.a
piantefs use line to purify the juice L
Will neutrriize the acids, but doubt il
purifying agency The lime will rcsdil,
unite with and neutraiiye the tiiilesphuri,
and suiphurc acids, but are not the com
pounds, the su!phate of lime, or plaster o
Paris, being one, too heavy to elevate the
green, woody mater to the surface?
think so, and for this reason, unless yor
wish to eat Plaster of Paris, in r,echaui
cal solution IN your syrup, do not use lin,
IN your cane juice.
| am fortified in these views, against the
use of lime to clarity and purify syrup, b,
lr. Robert Battcy, one Of the ables, prac
tical agricultural chemists in Georgia. liz
says deliberately" Lime answers mo use
ful parpose so lar as syrup is concerned
save to neutralizc the free acid which OK