The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-07-07
sorghum..Make Syrup, NO, Sugar.

gs4smolasses,. and syrup are sold, ha,
given an Impulse to the growth Of II
SoEGham Sugar. cane which it could har,
y have received in any other way. So
ghPm rsisers should early plan to secu,
IN fhsir neighborhoods one Of the be.
nVA for expressing juice, and evapor.
tos for concentrating and purifying il
From all we can learn it is not at all wort
while 70 attempt the production of su
suiSt.bis4hat which is produced has 10
. Aarketvalue so high as the syrup whicI
twill make, or which it would have made
IT concentrated to the erystallizing poin.
The sugar is gummy mass, some O
which may be washed SO as to leave crys
tab pretty much free from the sticky
cakey quality, ft, perhaps, to be used il
the family, but not marketable. Let the
effort Of every syrup boiler be to produce
light colored sugarless article, of proper
density, and free from any favor. 1t is
not advisable to have it too thick. At a
temperature of CO. the syrup should
fow'like good molasses, and it is easy to
judge Of the density by putting a little
dipped from the boiling pan into table
spoon, or even letting it cool upon stick
after dipping it into the pan.
,alu purchasing cano mills, be sure that
they are very strong, and of larger ca.
pacity than will probably be needed. See
that the journals of the rollers are large
and strong, and the boxes strong, and
both boxes and gearing easily oiled, with.
out danger of grcasing the face of the
rolls, or the juice. The juice should be
exposed to the air Gs little as possible be.
fore it reaches the boiling pau, and the
process cf condensation should be COM
pleted without Interruption. There is a
vast difference in the qualities of Juice
from various localities, as well as in that
from different varieties af cane, or that
grown under different circumstances. 50
much 80 that it is not likely that any set
Of rules can ever be laid down so that
syrup Of the same quality may be uni
formly produced; certainly this can not
bc done at present There is a notion
quite prevalent imons those who have
bad but little experience with making
syrup, that no foreign substance should
be added to purify it. Milk of lime neu
tralizes tho acid, and if only jus. enough
be used, the product is not likely to be
dasfeDed, by means Of blood, skim.
nifk, or white of egg, many impurities
are quickly removed These substances
sre stirred (the blood and white Of EGG
being dilutei with water into the hot
tyrnp, and rapidly coagulate, forming a
heavy scum, entangling impurities, and
anab'ng the operator thus to remove
sh EN- when he takes off the scum. The
use of albumen Of milk, eggs, or blood.
IS only desirable in the case of very i'm
pure juice.
The impurities usually present are: 1st,
green scum which rises just before the
uIce reaches the boiling point, or when
'ob'ns begins. and this is very easily re
moved by Swimming. 81, are earthly +
deposits upon the pans, which collect in
The form Of a hard incrus.ation, doinr
little or no harm until it interreres with
tho evaporation. Sd, sticky mass of
slight cohesion WHEN hot, bu. eummy
when cold, which rises like cream on the
surface, but which is difficult to skim off
entirely. 1t has disogrecsble taste. and t
imparts it to the syrup, and is apt to ad- {
here to the pan and scorch. Itoften re. {
mains suspended in the syrup and is long
70 settling Points to be es pecislly no.
i'eed IN evaporating sorghum juice are:
lst, cleanliness. 81, no delay in convey
ing the juice from the cane mill to the
eraporalne pan. 81, the greatest posi-,
bic celeIity OF evaporation 4.h, com
pleteness of skimminr.
we have never seen any records Of the
use OF vacuum pans, such as are used for
the concentration Of beet and cane Juice,
Tor concentrating the sorghum Juice, aud
at any rate the expense would deter most
sorghum ra'sers from employing them.
In Vaporatln- in open pans, il is prime
necessity to b. able to ovaporate very
quickly, hence, very shallow pans must
be employed, and this gives but slight
depth Tor the impurities to rise through.
and better opportunity for the doposi
: on OF the earth matter. Syrup quick.
y evaporated in shallow pans is always Of
better color and favor than that "bo:lrd
down IN kettles, which indeed, is al
most worthless. o. course, crest care
must DO taken not to burn the syrup to-
ward the last
Church and Stat.
ihe unanlmlty a'l emphasis with
when the various religious dpI,bcrative
oooies have recently expressed themselves
upon the state Of ,la rnrntrv is ,-or,l,.