The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-10-23
A New Process for Sugar Making.

We are always anxious to give OIL
I readers the earliest information on a
subjects likely to affect their wei
fare. There have been very few. inver
tions, of recent date, more likely t
do this than a new process for cryi
TALKING sugar from corn stalks am
sorghum, the discovery Of which i
claimed by F. L. Stewart, a chemis
of Pennsylvania, and which has re
GENTLY been successfully tested on 1
small scale by Professor Collier
chemist of the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington. Professor
Stewart claims to have discovered
certain chemical preparations, by the
use of which every farmer will be en-;
abled to undertake the manufacture
of sugar from his. own corn stalks
and sorghum, without the large out
Law necessary to produce sugar from
SUGAR cane. The nature of these
chemicals, and the method in which
they operate, are as yet secrets, and
the inventor expects to derive his
profit from the use of these articles,
of which he has the monopoly.
The following is condensed &C.
count of the process of making sugar
by this new method: u
First-So soon as the juice has
been pressed out of the corn stalks
or sorghum, heat it in copper or
tin lined vessel to a temperature of
1852 Fab, as shown by thermone-
ter, the bulb of which isimmersed in
the juice. fa a.e sf}nelf}
Seeond-When the, juice has at
tanned this temperature, stir into it a
fluid ounce of lime to each gallon Of
Juice, or from five to seven pints Of
the former to each hundred gallons Of
the latter. t /It
Third-Then heat the whole rap
idly to the boiling point.
Fourth-So soon as it begins to
boil, if heated by steam, shut off the
steam, or otherwise remove the juice
from the fire, and when the sedi-
ment begins to settle, draw off with
a siphon the clear liquid from the
top until nine-tenths Of the whole
quantity has been removed, leaving
a thick, muddy sediment at the bot
tom.
Fifth-Place the SEDIMENT lsgts !p ar bag
it through the bag to the clean liq-
uid that has been siphoned of.
Sixth-The clean liquid which has
been obtained by siphoning and
filtering should be allowed to cool to
1902 Fab, and then there should be
added to it SolutionB,-one ofProfes-
sor Stewards preparations-at the
rate of one fluid ounce to a gallon of
juice, or from five to seven pints to
hundred gallons. Enough of the So
luton should be added to meutralize
the lime in the juice, and this point
can be determined by dipping piece
of blue litmus paper into the juice,
when if enough of the solution has
been added, the color of the paper
will change to red.
Seventh-The juice must be rapid
iy evaporated and skinned frequent
ly to remove any scum from the sur
face, while small quantities Of Solp-
ton B. must be added, if the boiling
juice will not turn the blue litmus
paper red.
Eighth-When the boiling syrup
has attained a temperature Of 235e
Eah., as shown by thermometer I'M
mersed in it, it must be removed
from the fire, and kept to crystalline
IL room whose temperature should
be about so Fab. To promote crys-
tallization few grains of granulated
sugar may be added to the cooling
syrup when it has reached a temper
allure OF 1909 Fab.
Should this discovery prove as
etficacious on a large scale as it is re-
ported to have done on small one
it will be Of vast Importance to the
agricultural community, and conse
quently to the nation at large. The
subject is, therefore, one in regard tc
which the Rural will keep its reader,
constantly informed of the latest de
Eelopment.-Rur0L Neac Yorker