Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-27

Dlulsn, cold clay land on an elevated
spot, or in northern exposure, they sell
dom fail. The finest varieties are matured
in Middle Tennessee, and we have never
seen more luscious fruit than the follow
ing named: Hopkinsville peach, Chinese
Canary, Henrietta, Leopold, English
Cling. For preserving, the Snow White
and Heath Cling are excellent. For dry
ing, Bsgby's large is valuable. The ear
lest varieties are the Early Rose and
Early Tillotson. Let every farmer who
has no orchard plant one this spring.
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| SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURE OF
SORGHUM SUGAR.
We were shown Thursday, by MIR.
VIM. d. Hancock, of Wilson county, a
very beautiful sample of sorghum sugar
manufactured by him at his farm, To-
Gated six miles south of Lebanon, on the
Murfreesboro pike. The sugar is of
very even, crystal grain, free and dry,
and of rich color, barely tinged with
brown-simllar in appearance and quail
ity to New Orleans sugar, sold at 122
cents in this market. Its appearance is
not only equal to any other, but it is very
sweet sugar, and possesses an excellent
flavor. Mr.. Hancock raised the past
season about six acres of sorghum cane,
large proportion of which he has manu-
featured into sugar of the grade described
above, and next season he intends going
into its manufacture upon an extensive
scale.
The great success in this matter lies in
the fact that the process employed by Mr..
Hancock is as simple as nature itself, and
can be followed out to a perfect success
by the most uneducated mind, being en-
tirely free from the use of chemicals of
any kind whatever-careful attention and
natural influences alone bringing about
the desired result. He uses the ceptripe-
tai mill for drying it off. The process
is simply by first boiling the syrup until
all the impure substances are taken out
that can be removed by boiling, when it
is placed in vat or pans wberei it stands
until full process of precipitation takes
place, which is, when properly managed,
effectual in removing all the remaining
substances, foreign to the sugar crystals
After thorough precipitation has taken
place, the syrup is then drawn off into
other pansSand allowed to stand in a
room with steady temperature of about
so deg. until the crystals, very minute at
first, have grown to a maximum size,
when thee entripetal mill Is brought into
requisiiion and completes the process
with an unvarying and uniform result
and that result of such a character as may
well be considered crowning success in
the manufacturing ofsugar from sorghum.
Mr.. Hancock is very intelligent, en-
terprislng gentleman, and takes a deep
interest in all things pertaining to the de-
velopment of and welfare of Tennessee,
and in this subject of sugar making from
sorghum he is fully confident there lies a
great source of State wealth, if it is prop
erly understood. He thinks that a mill
and fixtures should be located in each
community, o. neighborhood, for instance,
and let the farmers around about all raise
more or less sorghum aud sell it at the
mill, either in the strip or stalk-the
latter being best, as the manufacturer of
sugar would prefer, of course, to have
the entire superintendent of the manu-
facturc, from the stalk to the conclusion
of the process. He asserts that there
would be vastly more profit to the farmers
of the s ate to raise sorghum and sell the
sugar at eight cents per pound,
than there would be in the production of
any other crop now commonly raised.
The process is covered by q patent
Messrs. Weller & Hatcher being the pa
tentees. Mr.. Hancock cordially invites
any and all of his fellow citizens, who
take an interest in our home productions,
to visit bis place and investigate the sub
ject, when he will take pleasure in max
ing full explanations relative TO the pro-
cess, machinery, and the general infor-
nation upon the subject which his
experience in the matter has placed him
in possession of. Mr.. Hancock is now
negotiating with the manufacturers of the
improved machinery, in use by him,
with a view TO having them establish a
branch at Nashville, for the manufacture
of all the machinery of this kind fer the
State of Tennessee.
We hope to gee a 5anple of this beau
tiful Tennessee sugar ON exhibition at the
Tennessee Industrial Exposition, held in
this city in May next. Mr.. Hancock's
address is at Lebanon, Tenn.
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