New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-29
Sweet Potato .I!u'SsScS.

| 70 all NEo tccl the Importance Oh In2TGaSln {,
TIE agricultural rroductiycncss Of Tie coun
try, has recently been, by memorial
bIo;l2h. TO the attention Of the iegi''a:ura
| Of the State OF iousiala. I he Inem0rialist 1:
are: i,essrs. Charles Ee"Tlarra, }. a.
Thuri,cr and c. II. .iouton. The first
named gentleman being the inventor and
patcntec, and the two last associates in a
newly invented method Of maxim. inolassc.
from tho ordinary sweet potato. We use
tie word "molasses" sdvisedly. although in
The memorial it is called syrup. for like the
longer word which Mr.. Weller used, We
think it means more.
No matter how many varied opinions
there may be in almost everything that re-
lates 10 matters Of public policy, there is
but one opinion as to the Importance Of de-
veloping the agricultural productivelees Of
tho country to the highcst degree Of making
two blades Of grass grow where but one
blade grew before. And il is Of equal, il
not Of more Importance. to utilize to the
! greatest exten: whatever products we al
! ready cultivate. The Invention by which
the saccharine element, existin. to such an
| extent in the swcc: potato. can be cx-
! tr;.cted in the form of - syrup. will be con
i. sidcrca Is an important enc. By every one
! VIII" may be disposed 70 give it y fair degree
Of attention, and this viii DC rrre. even
sho.id the newly discovered process be but
f, partially wha: 'i.e mr:noriaiat, claim ori.
The memorial under notice. IN con
1onseA form, amounts to Tie following:
On IN average calculation, enc acre OF
land ia Louisiana will produce from one
hundred AID fifty to one hundred and
eighty bushe!. OF sweet potatoes. BY
,aeans Of the newly invented process which
| is the srhjec: Of thi, article sbcat two
gallons Of syrup can be extracted from 4
bushc! ot potatoes, maxim. from three
hundred to three hundred ana sixty gallons
TO the acre, Or ;heresboucs. This syrup will
sell! readily in any mArks: $50 the rlc-
norial;sts saw for from forty to fifty cents
Pc: gallon, thus Yielding revenue OF enc
hUndreh and twenty-five 30 o.e hundred
and sevsnt. dollars per acre" 1
Oae !nan with = good .,ai,.. con cultivate
hiteen aces ct s~c"t :U:,., 90. 'wl.c!. Is
AZ exceedingly moderate allowance"
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We have stated with considerable mir
,aten.Sc Of This new svor, neta.o mo.asse.
md the cnn.,cn,ea sesocistea vita him in |
he ente.n-;ee We have dope ,hi. k-c.,..
ven .upuos:ut, .ba. the realty should fall
ONE what short CT the calculation. We: there
still enough {, excite The ,ey;ous a,;.u.
ion o: al. who have a: heart tic welfare CT