The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-05-20
The Culture and Manufacture Of Sugar
r from Sorghum.

y M II has hccn question what kind o
N fnetal sl.oulj be used in evarorators
GALVANIZED iron has been very exten
siyelY used through the west. and j
highly valued u many. The ohjec
tiun 10 il il. the galvanized coatin;
l. liable 10 scale,tl. tits also affect
"a ~ the acids in the juice. SO thu
sirnls made upon il have saltisl
taste. Russia iron i highly esteemed
and Tor cheap article j.. perhaps
a. good material as can be used. bn
itHe best yet tried'is good heavy shee
copper. True. this u expensive: bn'
this is more than balanced ~ its du-
rabilify and the ease with which II il
c'eansed.
tl+f II any object 10 the use Of sheet
4 metal ON account OF its hghuess.
would say that it is more durable and
economical than cast iron. The lat.
ter often cracks Just at the time Won
can least afford to stop your work.
1t also trusts ont very rapidly-more
50 than Russia and ealyan lied iron
il cumbersome. difficult to hand le.
and. moreover. is very expensive.
La addition to mill AMI an tvapo-
ratpr. which will accomplish theabov We
results, there are needed several shall
low Wooden coolers aud N-shaped
draining box with sIide-covered open
ings ID the bottom Tie mill MAY
be set upon bank and pipe lead
from it to the evaporation below.
The strip shonld not be raised
above 2.S- or 230- Fahrenheit III
made too thick. the atoms of sugar
are not tree 70 move abont and a.
sumo the crystalline form. Neither
should the strip IS allowed ID gctI
cold. The coolers should be setaway
in warm room. at temperature oil
about eU-. and thar tenperatnrel
should be maintained day and niantl
until Capitalization is perfected. In
our climate artificial heatls. al courseI
required. and our farmers cannot ex-
pect success unless they are willing
q 60 to this trouble. by strip crys- \
tallized in a hours. and in very 4
few DAYS equalization and drainage
was complete.
DRANAGE.-When the sirnp has
thoroughly crystallized, shovel the su /
gar into draining boxs, open the slides
aud allow the molasscs to drain out. 4
A quicker process is one this fall
adopted for the first / made strongI'
linen sack. put the crystallized mass
into il and placed it under aprsss as
| would cheese. An hours pressure l.
sufficient to bring out the sugar dry.ls'
look upon this Is tie better way ok
the two. and very large amount can
tins he drained in short time.
Great care should be taken ID the y
selection Of seed Onr sorghum hasid
L.en grown so indiscritninately win
broom corn and other members ~ tie II
mIlet family, that il has become 10 a \,
great extent hybrijized. Known
the history Of your seed before You *
plant IT, Q
he Sorghum taste will not tie
found in well grained sugar, As il all
drains out with the incIasses. The
sugar is Of fine flavor. surpas ing the ~
New Orleans and nearly equal t. y
maple.
In the strip the sorghum taste 1
nav be removed by treating the iuicel I
xith milk OF lime or whitewash before
,ciling. The proper qnntity may b. =
known BY testing with litmus paper II
With too little lime the blue linus isim
hanged to red, and with too much hi
hat red is changed back again. rs
The expense VI culfivatiDg and man
featuring an acre Of sorghum i'll y.
Don't S31. 1t may run. possibly. to :,
'45 or $50. My cane yielded about IN
rs gallons to the acre. and OF this seu
bout seven pounds to the gallon we're m
rystalllzab'e sugar, giving 1875 "
ounds to the acre. Y,
look upon the day as near at hand m,
hen the north will raise sugar for a.
Sport. All that is wanted Is tor the
lrmers to give the sorgho crop the q
anne care and attention they would :,
ny other. So long. however, as they j.
re satisfied to make sirnps in the
lost negligent manner and in com. IL
ION pans and ksttles, and so long as