The Tarboro' southerner., 1869-02-11
Sorghum Sugar AID Syrup.
TARBoRo', N. e,
February 10th 1869,

Auo"lnS tildt Jou iuliy dppieciaeC InC
Importance Of my mission to North
Carolina, and that your columns are
ever open to communications calcula-
ted to promote the interests of your
many subscribers, feel no hesitation
in requesting the publication of the
following facts relative to the mannfac-
tme Of sugar aud syrups from the sor-
CLAM canes:
lst. Supposing farmer or individ-
ual has the right to make sugar by
Weller and Hatchcr's patented process,
which requires only ordinary skill and
DO chemical, he will require the fol-
lowing articles Of machinery, viz:
\ two horse Mill, with shaft extend
ing below SO as to admit Of the Mill be-
ing set in the Fad story and driven by
the horses below, $3.50 co.
= Patent cast ircn, stlf>skimming,
coagulating Pans, $50 90.
l Sheet iron furnace for do COM
pete with chimney and CRATES, S40,~
Patent. east iron, seh-skimning
Finishing Pan, $50.
l Sheet iron furnace for do, complete,
with chimney aud CRATES, sos.
Total cost Of complete outfit at shop
as above $500.
Besides the machinery, sheds and q
sugar house, which can be heated by q
stove to promote Srauulatlon, are re-
Guired. The Sheds and house, (for
any old house is susceptible Of being
made by a very little outlay suitable for
sugar house, will not cost in this
State more than 500, which added to
S305. makes &405 actual outlay for
machinery. This apparatus will work
up the canes from 40 acres of land GER
| tain. Add to the above S95 for con-
tinSeDt expenses, lroughs, sAimmers.
&c, and you will see that for the small
sum Of $500, man can place himself
in condition to become sugar plan
ter.
One acre Of land will produce q
speak Of good corn laa5) from lOe-to
800 gallons OF mu>h sugar, each gal.
lon OF which yields from 3 to Z pounds
OF su@a: aud leaves rcsidiums OF ) and
B pound Of syrup. Supposing the
land yields 100 gllious we will obtain
500 pounds Of sugar, worth 10 cents at
least, and 80 gallons Of syrup, worth
80 cents, from each acre. This gives
US $50 gross per acre. | an couGiert
the sugar will bring easily - cents,
aud the syrup 80 cents, hlt placed it
at the other figures to be certain of
keeping within solid bounds The su-
gar is made in two ways-either by
centrifugal force or By pressure. 5;
Centrifugal force makes pounds and
leaves, Pressure pounds and leaves
3 Of sirup. y gallon OF nIush sugar
weighs II pounds, aud one pound is
allowed for evaporation and waste. II
centy.Iu-al force is used d small mill,
When viii turn out more than one bar
rel per day, wjil have to be Obtained -
Thee mills cost tgon $40 to $15.
Irpress forcc is used cloth like that
employed By manufacturers of cotton
seed oil Will be repaired. What this
viii cost | am not prepared to say, but
| am satisfied the price is small. The
pure SEED VIII cost from Is to 20 cents
per Poend, and 1t requires + pounds
To the acre, or an outlay Of so cents
per acre. These seed can easily be OBJ
faiued at Louisville, Kentucky. If
the machinery We're made here it could
be sold at much less than the figures
mentioned above I'll the castings re.
qujred are perfectly plain and can easi-
y be replaced il broken. From what
| have stated above, you viii perceive
that il ten farmers, who desire to plant
t acres each, and make their own sugar
and strap, will join together they can
obtain their rnachluery by paying $50
a piece. The wear and lajury sus~
tanned by the machinery IL working up
crop is estimated at 10 per cent
Then for the actual loss OF IS worth Of
machinery a year farmer can supply
his family aud servants with necessary
sugar and syrups. This process is in
very general use in the Northwestern
States, and | am perfectly confident it
must eventually become so here, for
inevit"dte abolition Of s1ouery IN Tie su>
gar islands arW compel rs to either
cdopt q nsode by achich ace can oGtain
oar o'ca sugars, or pay three and four
times tie present prices for dena.
am Row prepared to sell either DIS
fricts, county or individual rights to
make sugar ond syr"ps by this process
and earnestly solicit Jioae oNa thorough
Investigation Of itS atertts.
Should the farmers Of North Carolina
take advan age Of this discovery, [ am
perfectly confident they will soon make
their State q seJf$ugar producing one.
In conclusion | would say that the
United States consuases yeary 900, 900
600 pounds Of sugar and produces less
thin 100, ,000,0 Of pounds and that
this Stat pays quite $2,000,000 for her
sugars and *yrups and does not pro-
duce eitaer to any cctent, acsere she
might easily produce both md save
her S2,0GO,G00 TOR Internal improves
mcAtS.
am yours respectfully,
WIN. T. BEASLEY,
,.c,t Go for NJ H