Sharp County record., 1878-09-13
Sugar From COrn.StalLs

ry corn-Stalks. The productioVU V N y ADJ
ar from sugar-cane grown in tba y y
States has been liable to cIimoss
strictionS, and we have been co@ % or
to send abroad for nearly Sl00S i
worth Of crystallized saccharine' 'r' ". ia'
per annum. The sugar-cane baI. ~ son
decreased and deteriorated in 1as o loiui|
and every year this tribute to sngs. q,'l l's
ducing countries has been inc9Sa. iike1
Within the past year it has been Ss e. a
strated satisfactorily that the orS tale|
corn-stalk, grown in every Dart | n
United States, is a sugar pIart rs d
slightly inferior to the sugsr.r,,. as
Louisiana, and contains % nor VIII
more saccharine juices than fl. ayed
root from which so large a part d cond
rope is supplied with sugar Ir. N
knowledge is not exactly new h. iend
has hitherto been believed that i ablid
impossible to crystalline the iuice 4 5ulg
corn-stalk, and until 1877 cbaH IS vi
presented no solution of the diS~
In 1873 Mr.. F. S. Stewart Mo, II
mOreland County, Pennsyi iyan, Dry j
farmer and gentleman of scieDff sse d
tainmentS, being a graduate of Jes.is u
College, had been making some er He
ments with sorghum. He had AM.
of evergreen corn, and going thro5 Trl1
one morning in October, cUttipg,s D sol
stems, he noticed that the cutting, eno|
quite juicy. Taking some of the N Sta|
to his sugar-mill, they yielded lis ST
seemed to be as much juice, in pmIive 4
ton to weight, as sugar-cane fsoll
His interest was excited, and hetrly ID
the extracted juice in the regulsr iectq
process. In consequence of the acted
having been badly frost-bitten nom $780,
crystallization of the juice took Daboul
But the result was such as to cau4 eade|
to believe that if a cheap process Us; ]
be invented, the obstacles in the VI ANS
making sugar from corn-stalk Vi AZ;
not be great. Becoming engage ncro1
business, Mr.. Stewart thought mol Vie,
of the matter until in 1876, ut The All
tennial Exposition, he had his atg1; d
called to the French process Of md Dixo|
sugar from beet root. This reviyg go; n
interest in the corn-sugar question J.
he determined to make further en- Julid
ments. During that year he tested es, 81
dozen varieties of corn, in df5S; u
conditions. Chemical tests nd !, 65 i
the value to be as before estimated 81, 55
it only remained to find u prN ;Jd
crystailization. This Mr.. Stewn nnys@
not find until late last year, but d IS; d
the time which has since elapsedh q. M
by repeated experiment demOna ;; WI
its thorough practicability. i
h0 Ploooo0 Ooo9 I""J ,r WisH @ .- from
Vi vacuum "P l'"i aus ~ "uo Uuo VI oil.
ppoan,,foctnrn pUn'rfo Of bp9t.root snrar S by th|
described, Mr.. Stewards process ,i-0'o|
follows: The stalks are cut ate mas y
oar has arrived Of an ace Suit,H series
cal Has dIllNCu dU OIL dSO oulV'V" -7
drying or canning the full value s. exn
corn crop being thus obtained da moer
Independent of the sugar growth 7'urer7
sent to an ordinary crushing-mil arch1
juice, placed in pans, after being "a resi-
to 18O degrees, is then heavily Lind fter Y
as to make it exceedingly aEtotal q
After being decanted and the pred 'ctlve
ed impurities removed, a liquids fol
of sulphur is then introduced in ? war;
cient Quantities to make the strip 4hylloa
acidulous. As impurities are Hepartl|
itated, they continue to be ro1d at
and more dioxide of sulphur adi,aped
keen the sirup in its acidulOus com hines
until the sirup is reduced to the 4 be d
necessary to form sugar It axe WI
thrown into a cooler and al0a6 nd
crystalline, the draining being PED incinn|
ed by centrifugal machine Of ter wa
modern process. an incl
The color of this sugar as it " the 4
from the draining machine IS mu nlcn n
ter than that of ordinary cane sus9l wet,
sirup from which cane sugar Cast|
being red, while the corn sugar ! ea'sloq
ly white. There are specimens o poots|
corn sugars at the Agricultural Nlrne ss
mentwhich illustrate their egual! ound
if not superiority over, the Oes ,onluls|
sugar. Gen. LIE Due, the COmm% I DeesY
says that he has no longer any u
to the perfect feasibility Of manu- County
ing sugar from corn at a prls Dtwo-th|
exceed two and one half cents pei the col
He says that within the next sn swam|
he hopes to see the entire lmpOI anuerd|
in sugars disappear, and the s,r ~ln5eo l,9el !,
supplied by our home proaglcGu'iI n aal! q
the corn-stalk. Not only thS ~ 70 Oh Is
expects to see a large export ,'.oo oo % .
tablished in this very article u Iso + 20 Not tf1
with European markets. lnesS a1,vu
of MIR. Stewards successes arc ,uuc'n S:
vincing that it is imposSlOlV NJ .Is a'0' I
We can only speculate upon hu ,+ 4 loo, 4
perity which must be caused " s,s WI, al
dition within few years ol VI, Wv az - ~ u
dred millions of dollars to Gn nr,h !" ~ i u
products, and the decrease o. = 'ii7
ports by a corresponding SuI rir 4Sse = yo| Y
ing at it at this day, in the gT1 tfs ~ sr0