The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-12-11
0he farm.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Manufacture of Beet Sugar-.-The
Method Of Extracting the Juice from

has forwarded here a valuable report, show
ing how the manufacture of be~et-rootsugar
has prospered in Austria, where the last
annual yield is estimated to rave been
worth nearly SIS, 900, 600. This success
Mr.. Post attributes to a new process, in
vented by an Austrian named Julius Rob-
ert, which il very different from the old
method Of obtaining the juice in cane or
beet-root by grinding or m~aceration. Mr..
Post thus describes it:
'AIr. Roberts diffusion process does not
aim at obtaining the juice contained in tho
cells of the cane OF beet roots, but TO eX-
tract only the crystalline sugar contained
i'm that juice, and Ia leave whatever else it
contains in the cells. To accomplish this
purpose the sugar cane or roots are cut in
to small slices aud put into n number of
watts, which are connected by pipes running
from. the bottom OF one vat to the top of
the next succeeding. WatUr Of n certain
temperature, and Of q quantity proportions
cd to the weight OF the cane or beet roots
in the watts, is mixed with the material in
the first vat, and allowed to remain until it
takes up n portion Ut saccharine matter,
or, so to speak. until the sugar IN
the vat 10 euublized between the wa
ter aul the cane or beet root. That
is to say, if the beet root contains eight
per cent of saccharine matter, the water
will take up four per cent. This water is
th.u forced by hydraulic pressure into the
second vat filed with the bects. II already
contains 4 per cent. of sugar, but the bucts
having per cent 70 viii again Cgunlize
itself, and when forced into the third vat
will contain 6 per cent. of saccharinc mat.
ter. In this way the water becomes more
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matter. until Il contains almost us much
ns the beet itself 10 return to the first
vat We find tuat the FIRST application OF
water extracted one-half. or 4 per cent. of
the sugar. When this water was
forced into the second vat the fresh
water which forced it ont and supplied
its place extracted 2 per rent. moro
before the sacharius matter became equal
ized between the water aud the bcets. This
water i5 then forced into the second vat,
aud the fresh wnter which supplies it,
place finds the beets containing but two
PEI cent of saccharine matter and the
next filling finds .ut Il per cent, aud ia
this way the sugar 30 rStrNctcd to within
one half per cent. Il "a said that by this
process the raw material is much purer
than when extracted 10y any other method,
aud that from the same beets oue-hnlf per
cent. more crystal sugar is obtained than
by the application Of pressure. The ex-
penses for cloth and the cleaning and re-
newiug it are entirely done away
The expenses tor motive power and
machinery nre considerably reduced,
aud tho expense Of mammal labor is much
less, requiring but II quarter OF the
number Of labOrcts necessary for the press
ing purpose. That this process is really
the great improvement chained no longer
admits Of dispute. Mr.. Robert has thor
oughly tested It in his factory, and has
adopted II, Us also six other factories. two
in Austria, two in Prussia, one in Russia
and one in Bavaria
The machinery used i'm this method of
making beet root sugar Is very expensive,
but 1t Is believed that il tho experiment
could be once fairly tried It would add nm
important and valuable branch Of industry
to our agricultural interest.
SORT THLM OR SELL N WEIGHT One OF
the Yankee ancestors employed n wood
chopper 10 ply his vocation. at the expi-
ration of the time ior which he had been
engaged, the employer was astouished AT
the great number of cords of wood his
emplOyo had been able to put up in so
short n time. A close examination, how.
ever, revealed the secret. The cute wood
chopper had piled all the large sticks by
themselves, while the round sticks from
the branches Of the trees, constituted
other piles, scarcely less numerous. The
Joke was received without a murmur, but
was returned with interest blythe employer,
who was TO pay for his work in the yield of
his potato field. All the small potatoes
were carefully taken out ana measured
separately from the largo ones. The BUSH
els were thus swelled 20 equal the extra
cords of wood, and tho game was consid-
cred even.
This was not exactly making "two blades
Of grass grow where n grew before, and
it is doubtful, therefore, il tho jokers could
be considered bcnoinctors Of their race.
Neither practice ]cyinccs, perhaps, any too
much honesty, but they may serve to FUR
nish u hint that will lead to justice in po-
tato sales. Potatoes should always be sold
by weight, not by measure. But il the
purchaser insists on the heGped half bush
ol, it is best to even the matter by assert
ing the potatoes. instead Of selling the lit
tie and big together. -Pfalris Ermsr.
CRAFTS ABOUT RocKs.-The American
Journal Of Horticulture says:
The past season was a very peculiar one
wet and cold-and the grapes in nan
localities In the East failod 10 rpen. While
this was generally true, 1t was rather re-
freshing to observe at one Of our horticul-
tural exhibitions splendid specimens of Il
well known variety, apparently fully ripe,
which we found oninquiry had been grown
near a ledge Of rocks. Some years ago VIC
visited Il place whore We observed similar
results from q similar cause, The whole
secret Of the thing 10, that the rocks ab-
sorb the heat OF the sun by day, and give il
OF NJ night keeping the roots Of the vine
warm, aud the temperature about It more
fully equalized
Our attention was once attracted 10 this
Same subject by observing that the melon
vines in "a hill around which some stones
had been placed were much larger at the
end Of n few weeks than those in the hills
that had not been 30 treated. The same
principle is observed IN cities, where grape
vines ARE trained in front of brick walls.
which absorb the heat by dAy, and reflect
il when most needed by tho vine. We
propose 10 test more fnlly the value of such
treatment Tor tho vine, by placing HtousH
aDOut the roots OF several bGaliug yiuea
in different p6Its OF tho vineyard where
they failed THE year 10 upsn d single
grape.
MORALITY AND A"oRIcULTURE George
William Curtis delivered an address nj
Greenfield, Mass, the other day. We
quote the following:
The necessities and fatigues OF a worl
that can only be done by daylight call the
farmer with the sun in summer and the
morning star in winter, send him early L
bed and teach him regularity. Then, ai
by his oeRseless toll he counts out, in tho
blows OF his arms and drops of his sweat
every hundred cents in every dollar ht
eaIns-eyery penny stands for 30 mucl
time and muscle, and thus he learns econ,
omy. With economy come frugality an(
temperance, and so upon the farm grow
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