, 1864-10-29

1EcuEelon toOK HlQo 1augo auo was palI4c-
ipated in by almost every man present. It
lasted from o'clock till FIVE, and from seven
until Zine Doubtless many important facts
/ were elicited but 60 mixed up with unfmpor-
tant matters, that viii not attempt to sep.
arate them. No action YRS had by A1yCo
miltee. Mr. Crlsmaa offered the following
resolution:
yen1ion recommend @ hat u, caue brought to them
ana sss1 p Rs oe
bound With two band. for the convenience Of hand
P Il! ID
sheltered from the weather. ::
Carried unanimously.
Mr. F1ink wae called upon to state what
he did with his skimmings- He stated ttat he
/ took his green eRimmtngs, run them through
Rome cider Pummice which he had On hand,
bar1eled them up, and in the spring he found
them 20 be first rate vinegar. :
Mr.Moss fed his skinmlugs to his hogs and
he did With his green sKimmIngs. The yellow
he Iune TITO his syrup. He allows the green
sklmmiDgs to GET cold before he feeds 1t to
After further discussion of this subject,
the Convention a6joarned until o'clock to.
morrow morning. Hlc .Hoc.
LAST DAY-MoRN1Na SESSION.
iFfem oar Own Correspondent
l. ROCKFORD. III Oct. rs, 1864.
ing been agreed that the Convention should
adjourn af 1915 o'clock, business was DIS
pnlche1 with much activity. bfr. Seward,
Vice President, in the chair.
= - MANUFACTURE.
The subject Of manufacture was then
Mr. Ieacham, OF Belolt, large uanufac:
thinks it improves the syrup, as it dissl pates
the gelatfnous and other foreign substances.
| He should recommend its use. He thinks
that s'eam makes as good syrup as fire."
Steam is cheapest, 1t will do aI1 the work
with less tuel than With fire. One man Is r.
thinks pe1son with little experience can
run a small, simple. engine. He works bis
syrup in batches; bnt prefers steady
stream from the evaporation. Runs bis roll.
ers aboutAo feet to the minute, but thinks
s. Tupper, OF Lake county, has nov
steam engine, and attached a crusher and :
ev.porator: BE had plenty power to crust,
but conld not get the power for
sse!sn sssapotationa he thinks the syrup is
4 steam power that is sufficient to do o. crush.
ing is not sufficient for evaporation. Evapo-
ration exhausts the steam faster. thsn for
other purposes. Could not state positively
what atnount Of wood 1t would take to crush
and evaporate one Thousand gallons, but be
thought it would take over ten cords OF
wood.
D. 8. Pardee uses Clark Uutters' railroad
eVsporator and mill. The MILL makes no dIf-
ference. He likes the evaporator. Has not used
any Ingredients save fire and skimmer. Wants
q good boil IN his first pan before be runs
the juice into the secopd. Has tried milk and
eggs for clarifying, but did not think they
did any good. He tried lime juice, but dis.
carded It because 1t made the juice dark. It
takes out the Vegetable taste. saleratus va.
"a 1yrIY1A \ $f,fn1Y S,4n$
L In bis sugar making: 1t aids grsnulation.
syrup think. lie puts two table spoonfulis
into TWO quarts of syrup. With no ingredi-
snts but drY saleratus, be made mash into
press three days before. t thoroughly granu-
lates and separates in three Weeks. Mr.
Pardee exhibited Eome specimens Of sugar
made this rear I'VE never saH better
article Of foreign sugar in the market. Sugar
syrup viii not granulate SO readily as that
], F. Sheldon, Of Knox county, explained
ard defended his patent for making sugar.
Mill, manufactured By Z. n. Skinner, Of
Madison, Wis. The adjustable principle In
these mills Ia q new aud distinctive feature
In sugar cane crushers, and We should Say,
be very generally recognized aud adopted
when understood. The gearing Is OF the
crown wheel gearing, which also is acknowl-
edged to IN advantage. This mill has been
made by Mr Skinner for the past four years.
snd has received first premiums In all the
Northwestern State Fairs.
REPORT ON sYRUps AND SUGARS.
Ar. PRESIDENT: The Committee appointed n
examine aud report on the specimens Of syfupe
ss!s @ 1nmbse Sa@gs o. Dssa
with the excellence Ehown to be attained In the
manuiactnre Of sweets ,fom nur Northern sugar
canes. 6peumens are on exhibition made without
the uee Of any deiecators sclar1hess except fire
ard tne skinner, peri ely free from all green or
ro'sha@ to ei1e Us s a. @ I sur a.
TIC, OF sueett for Ill culinary and table use. Ia
tron he thought I'D AID Of aaFns' wSaf s tSe people
OF H. Not;h would do tor eWeets-thls natural
ana hf athy allmsnt,-wer 1t not. for the sorghum
tyrup ae IN the Sorte Tess hsse % an intae6ee 1 On
the eogsr na1ket Of the country that we hardly
Would 9h III anos eoas asases
We cannot too highly prize the most timely intro
duction and rapid development Of this. important
product. and all industrial iute1aata Of the coun-
extensive cultivation.
L e1amlning the specimens on exhibition We
Ind l3zge number without any labels, and many
with labels that are very worthy but the space and
time allowed ps does not enable US 10 mention
them separately. We can only allnde to few OF
E. q. Howard OF Marengo, presents i've gpeci-
| mems Of syrupmade trum Chinese aud OLahsitan
eh
with g1aFely tpb-soi-ls very fine, heavy, perfectly
clear. aud tee from so1shum taste-sour commit-
| tee Judges To be the beat specimen On exhibition
i mace Without aug c1arlaers.
D. s. Patdee, Rockford, preseura several eaus
ofsu. Il and unsh made nom the otahelssn, aud
other tmphesa that are very fine. He also has sev-
eral specimens OF syrups, two OF winch made fron
variety Of cane, called oy him Grey 1mphees. are
$ffAhA In $rf
seeond @ sess o. e5hissssons md enly second IN n
clear9ess ia issse, fully equal to tue best.
F. pon.soe9s Ss s.a;; sya Ps e M % d
Jacob Latthaw. Cedarytile, two very good spect-
mems RON 0tahsitan and Me-a.za-aa.,
L. Meaeham. Belolt, Wis. very hne specimen
j L. L.Tuppee, Lake county. very far specimen Of
ey1up.
gar, eoms Of whicn are very well drained; almost
w9lte ard seht spesimess ofsyup e.,r...o,
| Scott, Of Gnifprd, present each large specimen
t of well clarified sugar; also specimens OF raw,
much from which theee sugars were drained also
ss Rss@saRf sy5sse IT.
r Bat yonr committee wop,d here say that they do
| no Etsn to be understood as In the least recon-.
mendt1g thispatent process. or tauctfonicg in any
| way their cisims to .puh1tc favor. The public
muet Judge 'or themselves as to the Vaiae OF the
G. SPENCER Mazeueo.
| E. ". SKINNER, Madison, Via.
D. F. EMoRI, Canton.
Rockford, Oct. IS, 1854.
The report OF the committee Was adopted.
Mr.. Hlckox offered the following resolu.
ton:
Resolptd, That Central Committee Of t8ree be
| appointed by the chairman 10 call lntnre couyen-
tions Of the rorganm growers, and that the next
Convention be called between the frst days oI De-.
csmber, 1866. and the last day Of January, 1866.
The following gentlemen were appointed