The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-26

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This subject u just now attracting
much attention by Sorghum eultiya.
tors. and we see the patent process :,
men, aud hpatent centrifugal mills "
are around, with sharp eyes on the
main chance, ADD we advice our small
nIanuiacturers through the country
ID watch their fingers closely when
they are 10 their ncighb0rhood,
There arc few principles and simple
rules chat govern ting whole subject,
which il would be well TO keep eteadi
~ in view All varieties 0P Sbfghnm
contain two distinct kinds Of sugar,
one il the cane Or .crystallizable, and
tho other glucose. or nncrystallizhble, |
The Quantities and proportions Of
each tafy il the different kinds OF
cane, the character Of the soil upon
which they ARE grown. time aud man
ner of harvesting, &e. Crystallizhble
sugar is ehsily ard rehdily converted
into Anerystallizable, the most com
mon source of which IL by heat at n
high Temperature and long continued
therefore the evaporation should BIO
conducted in shallow pans and as
quickly ns possibbI Unerystailizable
sugar farmA mi good syrap, but
ia never converted into crystalliza-
BILE sugar under any circnm-
stances, or by any known artificial
processes, therefore disbelieVe what
any patent process mai" 4. may toll
you to the contrary, for rest assured
there Is no known specific 70 effect
this purpose The Sor0ho Journal,
in speaking on this subject, very cor
reety and appropriately remarks;
| ''There il no patent specific for max
4 ing sugar The conditions under
which sugar occurs may be studied
aud complied with, and when this In
done sugar aoiH crystalline, and no
man can prevent il any more than he
| can prevent water from crystallizlng
| into Ice when tho conditions are pres
ent. Without compliance with these
conditions no man eau make sugar
crystallize any more than he can make
boiling water freeze. Now these con.
ditiona pertain to every step in the
process, from the selection Of the seed
which Ii 10 produce tho cane TO the
last not Of cooperating tho excess Of
water, If these patent process men
had furnished q single new idea per-
tanning TO the business OF producing
sugar from sorghum, they might claim
some reward for their discovery, but,
so far as We know, they have afforded
| absolutely nothing of any practical
h value which was not known TO the
art long ago. In order to intro
duoe an element Of novelty into
4 their processes which would enable
them to secure patent, they have
been Obliged to introduce elements Of
/ absufdity. Tint, and that alone, is
what the patents for making sugar
from sorghum are mostly based upon.
After capitalization has taken place,
and what II commonly called mush
sugar il produced, the next important
step il to separate the sugar and util
ize it in its pure form. There arc
I various plans proposed for this object,
such as draining, pressing, NC, but We
think the centrifugal power, for small
lots of home production, il perhaps
the best offered Fhe application Of
centrifugal power in this process has
Z. been used for perhaps Il hundred
years, and Of course is not pAtentabie,
but there ARE various additional de-
vices used for the supply and distri.
button Of the liquid compound upon
which patents are predicated, nearly
all OF which are mere patent hum,
bugs, and for which we are expected
10 pay onerous and extortionate roy
alties, but we shall have to bear the
evil az best we may, until sorie enter
prising and patriotic mechanic shall
get mn n good machine of this charac.
ter, and willing TO sell At fail
|. and liberal Compensation. - Richmond
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