Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-01

| OF lime is eliminated by forcing
through it streams Of carbonic acid
gas. From them it passes to the
filters, which are upright cylinders
| from two TO three feet in diameter,
! and twelve or fifteen feet high, filed
with granulated boneblack, which
etfectually removes al remaining
! Impurities and color The Juice az
ter being slightly concentrated, is
again filtered, when it is ready for
boiling into sugar.
The operation is now conducted in
vacuum pans and is the most difficult
part OF the whole process. The pans
are large, air-tight, dome-like struc-
lures, sometimes holding several
Thousand gallons of syrup, which is
bold in vacuo by means of coils of
steam pipe in the bottom The vacu-
nm is maintained by means of a
vapor pipe passing to a condenser
and air pump. ~ 3o
By boiling in vacuo the syrup is
| preserved from the injurious effect of
the air. and hollis at a much lower
temperature and evaporates much
faster than in open pans
When concentrated to the proper
point, the sem-liquid, mingled sugar
and syrup, is run into coolers, whore
1t stands until sufficiently graduated
to run off into the centrifugal, where
the sugar is separated from the syrup
In the same manner that the juice is
from the pulp. The molasses may
be again reboiled. each time giving
an inferior quality of sugar until il
is no longer profitable, when it may
be used for distilation, its disagree
able taste and odor rendering it unfit
for culinary purposes
II is, of course, impossible, in the
limits of newspaper article, TO give
ful details, but any one interested in
the subject may obtain any informa-
ton in the power Of the writer who
ls practical sugar refinery, to give,
by addressing him.
The cost of factory capable Of
working 10000 lbs of beets daily,
would be from 100000 to S70,000.-
All the machinery necessary can be
procured in this country, one firm,
Messrs. Merrick & Sons, of Philadel-
phia, making speciality of sugar
machinery, and who would probably
furnish estimates to all interested
parties.
The skilled labor required for
factory of the above capacity, work.
ing the product of 500 acres, would
be manager, sugar boiler, defecator,
filterman and engineer, the other
hands required needing no previous
experience.
The profits of the business may be
approximately calculated as follows +:
Sugar from 100000 Ms beets (tOo days rum
at per cent sugar lie per sl44 900
zIo0po0 los pulp, lc"'..... ............... 300
5000 gallons molasses at 25c............... coo
Annual expenses and interest, ssy......... 10000
Leaves net profit Of say............. ... 1900
OF course a smaller establishment |
may be put pat less expense but one |
OF this size would pay better
There Is no better time than the |
presentto commence such operations. |
as the present troubles 10 Cuba will |
prevent our drawing our accustomed |
supDly from that island. Havana
papers are now constantly predict
ing that common brown sugar will |
bring forty cents per pound this
current season. There is now pIen-
ty Of time to form stock companies |
and have factories running before
the next Fall, when sugar will have
probably reached fabulous price
a beet sugar factory should be
situated whore there is good soil,
cheap labor and fuel, and an abund-
ance Of pure water. There probably |
is no State better adapted to this in
dustry than Wisconsin, and it is to |
be hoped that the enterprise Of its
citizens will be successfully exerted |
and rewarded.
At present there are but two fac
tories of any Importance in the
United States-one al Chatsworth. |
ILL.,, and the other at at Fon du Lac, |
Wisconsin. The last named has but |
just started, but it is reported to be
prospecting. The former from various
causes failed to be very remunerative
at first, but it is hoped, will make up
for it in the future.
There is still another source from
which sugar may be derived; the
common pumpkin, which contains
about four per cont. of sugar, which
after refining is equal to beet. The
raw sugar has a slight but not un-
pleasant flavor Of melon. The pro-
cess Of manufacturing is identical
with the beet, and in some localities
might be successfully carried on
There are now several factories in
Hungary which use the pumpkin
exclusively.
The amount of beet sugar manu-
featured in Europe in 1868 was &C.,
0O0 topc foIlovrc.