, 1870-09-26

tho work, bat which are TO be made public in
= osw edition. that, undaxstaud, Il In pScea, =
VETO the ingredients used. All Of those arc
srmple, cheap, and harmless. and, II. thoy sue
coed on = large ecAle O. in this inst ance. OF
winch hare no doubt, good sorghum sJrup
10 an aseured fact. It does ubs follow
thst because Professor s. cou1d, on
my kitchen stove, With tbs aid of tho insre~
dents nsmed, refine poor arsicls bf sorghum
syrup, that any farmnr will find it profitable
10 ma&s his sorghum into syrup. aF. :. Is
skilful chemiat, and knows just how 10 uxn-
age h.a Ingredients, and before the farmer
can accomplish the Sane reHulta he will need
10 spend many days, and weeks, and months,
in order to MASTER the subject. It II for this
md similar purposes that the people have
asked for agricultural colleges. u'order TO
give the sons Of farmers and mechanics
special training In such thinga thai they
may be useful to them.
This book has beon before the public for
three years, yet it hls attracted no attention,
for otheEs Like myself have supposed It Ike
Oicoit's book on sotghuu, only m addition to
the sorghum literature OF tho day, but on pe-
susz1 1t will be found full of practical, good |
common sense. He shov 8 that eoEghura must |
be planted c,tly, snl to this eud the land must |
bc prepared in the fall That the seed should |
be d1iIled In, on L small ridge At tho time OF |
planting That It must be pretty sipe before
stripping, and that the juire must be clarified
before boiling, These points he considers ab-
solutely essential to success.
TIE PASS.
An immense amount OF money has been ex-
pended Oh pans Of all sizes, form :, and mate
rial, as though the form Of the pan htd any
thing to do with chemical combinations. Tho
boiling il SIMPLY 10 drive on tho water, and
thus tho liquid 10 syrup q sugar; hence, the
psn that Ia the best calculated to accomplish
this object, with a proper regard to the coon
ony Of fuel, ia the best pan fos this pnrpose.
Experience has proved that We need
]. A tank for the purpose OF clarity the
jucc in which the lae iucs is infused. Than
it 1uns ihto warming pan, Ahera tho ACIDS
arc applied and thrown into
| e. pan for akimmiug. This should DO
square pan, with metal bottom and wooden
sides, in which are two projecting wings. back
Of which the scum ID driven BY the sbulisiou,
and whence it il taken out when packed full.
This caves the labor Of skimming. The juice
is LIT into this pau from the clarifying tank,
and il boiled very rapidly. the Juice being only
half an inch deep in tho pan- From this it
m, h.,.b,.,. s,t.r ,,a n.sei,r aovn
.,,s.a,, ~ ~ ,;s;.,, ~ r.,rlv ~ avs lave1
- &c.,
T1,a sa.ona ho,,,o nan vb.,a II il rn-
,.a,5 .,a,r,- n srr,,,, Frnr, nj. Il mas ;nto
49, fn;s1,;n1 n.n 1Eo +, md IA raslncad 10
s-r-,- .ra Snmn~d into a eoo,er-
''r, 49, i. -, +. ,r,ds q ,,n,t 70 in,o
,a,- rro,n th,, ia tant Al shou, 9oa. In order
tn oGnnn,,te.
Tha ,r,.nps,,ent NJ th;s series Of pana Is
i .;.,,1a ,,a co,nn.r,,;va1r ,nexnan.,va. md
x,,[ - n.aa ~ ,nx val.pa vf,er, tinshou or
: hI,rksnith ara at hand.
Tbs in;ca hr{no clarified. the boiling fol-
,,r. 17a raantt IL .vr1,n Ar snc.r IA f1esirvd.
q a. 1et.r,n;ned bx ths ilansity Of The product.
In order to tast this plan on a large scale,
i | rrrtatn n.r.iss Who have been engaged ID
urovinp sorghum cane At this point, are
uniting m temnor,rv works. and havn also
conrectsa viii tbsrn practical sn1.r reaue,
fnorn 1ouisville. ~. to .s,irt. or rsthcr uaau
=, - ,vs Ma onsT,t,ons There ia nrol.hlv twt
bnnarad ,rrss NJ c,ne r;th;n their 1each
i -xh;.,, thar ,n,ana H. ro,t into ,,r,,n m;
s nnrt nto t5sv
n r 49, a.aaas ,,,:1S;s- '
: ~ w. . !. ri =. sasn th.. III ,,,;, ,.,r;roa
,.,a or,,,r ~ ..n;t,i ~, -ar,t, Nv ,1,o ror,
nd fhro hyr 41n yY%Aff Tar
~. ros;t;on uh.ra III .;n;,.r efrorts ,nps
.nd. the f,rroar In crow ,ho r.v ,n,,eri,1 nn
p tha m.nnf.ct mar 10 nren,rs II IN nae.
he 1sr,,1 ,<,,c,, th,s a,,tsrr1;sa u;th m am :,
- ;rto~o.t .n1 ,r;,t most ia ra,dors ~ .rur n
Is, >.. 80. .;n,o r. ~. - -e1,-5 ~ -, W.
ae a.aas 7, csr,,;,lr b.. ,na Ico,- ~ anccss,
~ s.;.t,,- ~ .z-,,, ~ ~, tor .,o,r In u,
.is ma,n,;n. ,hoaa ;n..rsx.,a shsnla oht,;
III Professor stewart's book, which, nresuna,
-asrtt 10 snrca.a 1,nd r,n hc nrcn.rad III
,ntnnn nv tba next xc.r,s crnn.
or uv,s a long time before the sugar plante
n of rouis.na could mike eyen a passAb
On On sugar from the cane, and 1t was thought tb
II they could never compste with tia island
o. but chemistry came to their aid, al
Te,, solved the question it NAV yet do tho san
usrd to tie beet root. Sugar las become su
necessity with al classes that.the demand
-. kant beyond the supply; nud our best ca
"a -. 80 b.,a - acn,.s shore t1a tab,es
net sstups Ae Is.,.:. 49, ..s..s'. 80.
III ~ ~, ,t., .,;I, h. da.,daa for
.sts ".... S;,h;n - na1t .;4t~ d,rz md n
s a.a:.m..,z. a. f1,Iix ho,;svo u. m,r IL
49, w. a.. .-,,,, -, n,a r.s ~, a. at,o,
io1 ~. s.s. 80 to =, Eo asn,s ,,,,,,, =
!, In 'se . s.S,,as. .hs ...o... -
,;1 1he W." r;.. 49, n..s ,,ssa ~ .,,ss-iv W.,
Tic 80, ,,.s 49,. - sha,n;es1, ,rsnt. "a hnt II,
~ ~. ,..1., !. ~ o,,,,s w. .,,,.h;,
Mt Aoe e's~. .1e' 80. ~,
reas ssos s..s ~. hn.;,esa III, ho m
rev; Aueee oues eie, 49, w ss,a. f,an s.rro
6,ca pei""ne' a1e a 49, sa.-,,,ra ,r,o,e
sun, W ao.o ~ -. .ss ~. ia n-r>7n.,s -
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