Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-08
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learn OF en- tnyaiuabie discovery made By
Mr.. wm. Clovgh, editor Of the Sorgto Jour-
nal, OF Cincinnati Ohio. II is nothing less
than a process for dcodorising and refintilg
Ssryhs and ether syrnps. 30 as to leave
sasm completely pure. The process has
lately undergone searching tests at the
hands Of scientific men. and 10 pronounced
by them to possess even greater merits than
Mr.. Cloush hes been claiming for il. Wssn
treated with bic psspssatico, the Sorehs"
loses every Objectionable quality.
This discovery, which, in sosuscsson VIZ
The msthod of shAllow-pan boiling, promi>
go 10 sivs ~ Sossho cslthss answ ''sps~-
ancs b &hs country. NAV reslsr the pss~
en-, : Citing time 20 recall the hi tory Of the
sorgho enterprise in tte United statss.
sorsbo seed was first introduced into the
cussrv. and extensively scattered among
our farmers BY the U. $. Patent Once aoo
the Am<ricon Agrienlturist, in the year 1884.
The farmers planted the seed extensively
and with enthusiastic hopes, doomed 70 d's
sppointmsnt. The seed gre~, and the crop
was gathered, but the machines for manu-
featuring syrup were so poor, and 'he
knowledge Of the true method Of bandl'ns
20 mesgre, that nothing cnms OF Il. Tine
syrup was miserable. The plant, shefe-
fore. fell into disrepute. and in 1857 u WINS
a slur upon . mans good sense as
farmer to say that he was raising it.
But not all wels discouraged. There are
always shrewd men for new times. Mr.. u.
NJ. Cook, Of Mansfield, Ohio, q man Of
n.ny devices, experimsssiDg spps biz
kitchen stove with the juice Of Sergio eAas.
discovered that By pstslng . little Of the
Sorghum in . skillet q once. and lifting
that little repeatedly ffsm ~ stovs. - =
to check the boiling aad remove ths scum
from The syrup in ssass Of rest b could
purify Il to csystalisisg condition without
difficulty. Animated By this discovery. he
at once 81 himself 70 wsrk % ccntrivs .
new sort Of evspssating psa-cos which
should combine heating with . cooling
surface in sush . manner that the syrup
should y slssrnatsy 10 . boiling and in .
quisscent condition, till the manufacture
was perfected. After many experiments.
with more thss twenty diHeseut forms -
cvaporasors, he naaiiy brought out the lpan
with cooling sioes an heating centre, which
b now 20 famous under bis nsoAs G. -
After manifold mshaps aneng ussses
cessful manufacturers, BY which the inven'
ton came near baiug buried in
oblivion, il attracted The slteutioa d
several gentleman Of Mansfield, Ohio, who
formed the firm Of B,ymysrs. Rates 4 Day
This company At once proceeded to de
monstrate the superiority Of the Cock pat
on every fitting occasion, and so qu'cken.t
pubic confidence that thin sixs year
wise farmers have come 20 include the cul
turc OF Sorgho among Their yearly crops
Z The syrup from the new pan was Of beau
tiful amber brown. pleasant to the eye, ant
If carefully prepared, still moro agreeable 4
the taste. Yet, as commonly made, itst'l
would leave, upon the fasiidious palate
what a Quaker friend terms en- "unpleasan
farewell"
But.eow this also dissaI pears under the OF
Grafton Of Mr.. Clough's invention, and with
al other opportunities. The Sorgho syruI
can now be made equal TO the best tabl
syrup; and we can confidently prophecy this
the tine IL near when II VIII be found on 9,
cry table in the land when, instead OF 90
100000 to 10000. 900 Of gallons yearly
800, OoO, 900 shall be The yield Of North
ern fields.
From 20 little comes SO much. Watt On
his tsaskcttls gave US the steam engine
Cook and hts skillet makes possible an en-
tirely new branch of industry. By III.
little experiment with bic skukt, Of Nj
Cook demonstrated the Importance Of shsl
low boiling, a. we'll - the necessity o
skiuaming syrups when in a state of rest =
And this 10 the philosophy Of. all the eva
poesAipg pans Of the north, they being mer
copyists after Mr.. Cook but A. copy st
generally do, falling far behind him. {
the 200 patent cvaportors dating since thi,
! lesssth half a dozen outlived the period
> their incubation, aud no other has attained
national celebrity. And il successs " Fsir
and in the hcld are safe criterions, no 9th,
can compare with il in merit.
Over sixteen thousand Of these cslebrs
. ! "a N 80 cnre TO-, hs~~ h>~~ ala "a -. -
in use in the different States and Terrific
lies, South Amorics, and the Sandwich Il
lands.
, The next important step in the develop,
ment Of the Sorgho enterprise, was the pu
chase Of the. Hedges 4 Clark eassniu %,
, ents,by Blymyers, Bates 4 Day, who, purch,
! ting slss The Clark foundry ss Cincinnati
together with Nsssrs. Clark, Norton
Grimes srsaniasd the CLARK Sorghs Machiu
Co. Othsr mill patent were secured, ed u
whole combined in the "victos Cane Mill,
which IL now nearly % widely known % u
kvaporatos, end equally auccsssful-sve
: 10000 having bssa seld siase it, first intr,
!: dusoion. This mill smheaces no leo thu
I elevsa difisreat patents, iscludius soAe
!, the essential elements Of + good cane mi,
The Cincinnati works have been enlarge
. from time ~ time. until now they q
: among The most extensive in the city.
: The company also purchased One bull
! ing - Main street, wAish they now use
> 6f2cA anu1 aanuSIh sn.u,ns m. sAsi> - a
. compaay VS., last January changed
BJmyeeh Npelsn 4 Col
Ssms(liaS Sy9 . yvar seo, M: B2tSs, ~
4 PEELED Nm AftSfAsld y lhs iGiiirg hsst
3 II his fsa.ly. sssiesd ijso ~ Ato, =
: shortly after contracted tempofary part
: nership with Easter 4 Cannon ofsU hics
; Tho Mansfield firm changed its nams
klymyGrs Day 1 20. Compelled, by il
! eessss of 6osipess, to enlarge their nsnr
. featuring. they. last year, erected one
the largest and heat appoin Cd su.aehis