, 1879-01-30
CORN-STALK SUGAR.
An interesting Letter from Prof.
Si!liman.
Rssults Of The Experiments Iaie by Prei. Collier,
Of lhe Agricultural Bureau.


Ktsultl Of The EIItrhltnts Iade hJ Pret. Collier,
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WIN an'!"a','e' eo.''u's"ua.'o'' ~, W ,"I WIN
uo"e o','"s W. e ~ E. s ~ 's.us
s,orS o, u.s 0eleanlu'"t uepa't''e"t " 1..e
thatcu etates, uHacE 'ac ul1eet'oH allt e1lth5
hy the l1anls uf DIR. Pctcr Collier. ts,c chemist
VITO took charge OF the laboratory about year
tfur. rrof cn,,tcr han bern fortunate In scl.,t
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".aoJecl ~ ,''c Supply " s"ea' run so"'Ses
Hitherto neglected or t'spiseu' hnd Tue fesu'ts
Dbtatncd nrc nj expected inheritance The an.
nual report uf the Commissioner of Auricu1-
tu-o 4, III, Iro.i,to,,, ti,,cd In Sovrn,t,rr last
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nus just teae"e' us a'''' WE ~
to tile very importnnt and ahle Fesea1cncs ol tle
chemist unup lie nrodnc!lnn of
cntarA,t1zrp CAM suoAn
rf.v,c,,c,,t ,,,n,tr fr,,m lin. .t.Ik. nf ,hc com-
o' eaee'e''' Hn"'n5 l''n' t"s s'a'ne y. '"e so'-
mon tHai2e a'p1 o' TIC" sa1'ety ~ so5snu'tl'
called tlw "Ainnceo'a eariy aml'er.' Pr,f.
Collier SUNG wccks since sent us samples OF Tic
cry,.,l1Izc,l hurats Of til. first granting from
t,:'.atm,, .a,,rr. Thai fro,, III. .nr.,h,1,, !. a
'n'se Ivy s'a'sss a, ,'. % ,sou ~. sos..,. ,..,.
beautiful. vrrr ltcha-eo'ored sugar of large
E'ait, "'"l treo from any unpleasant aasor.
Tia, tso & ts at, e., sta's !. Of & nss. s,s. soS'
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bht ~ 10 au'te Us "cl' crssta''"eu as 'nc ot"ef'
mud both are entlrcly tahe sugar. OF satv1arosc,
In n nrIvotc communication, inform. IA that II,
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aorn's.a'ks ms. s'"es "e.s'ss'"aea ~ , s"as'
for the future Of American agriculture a. to Jus
1ty concise statrn,rnt of tue facts recorded by
Pfof, Collier In its letter to thr Commissioner
o{ Agriculture, who, in his report to the Preai-
EMPHASIZES THEIR IMPORTANCE
10 the most decided manner.
TI,e miserable narrnw nlll ill-eautppctl labor
atory Of The Agricultural Department at Wasl-
poiutueuts for experiments 1T sucl, magnitude
ind ifu,,or,auco ua tlIosc Witch Prot Collier
conducted Tiers last k,,t,l prr, But he was able
IL cxtelnporjzc tic cynpurntfnr vessels une OF
snncr mil mn of ralvnnlzcd rim. III which to
trsnt Tic ;uuc cxpfcsscu bv Al, o,tl sorrt,un,
mill. so wort, pnf and ilt]apiiatcd AZ TO be uuItc
unit Il give satt.faeto1v results. Ia these open
vessels With /: ,lakel tI1e thr Iuicc was treated
and thr results 10 bu PRESENTLY mentioned
obtained. TIt lnutze employr,i was thc ct,,n-
mon flrl} .urn. sail to liava hcen crop Be-
tween yellow nrl white variety. Tho cars i1nc.
vh,r" nui breu nl,,cksi and suil In tie Wash.
inrton 1uarsr, touc threc wrrka hcfo,s tho
stlIks were used by Prof. Collier for tAr tnak-
ing Ut s1.gar. 1nth c,rn aud sorghum
Hefc IN condition nt vigorous green
Erowth wien cut Tue seeti u tha
s.rghuol was mature enough to stlell out wl,ch
llanulcl. Mr Commissioner l.e Due Inenlio'.s
the difficulty experienced In fndtns ans inrtner
near WashlnEtol. " w!lo was wiiln. to undertake
lie planting nhi caltnfe I'll tlie Allilfcsota carry
n.utcr So Enln,, aud ta,c result was that tic
ntanss at length obtained we're very mDcrfcctiv
cultivated. and Ind not developed half tlleir
1lrotWt sfxe. With fnIl.EFuHu sorghum the
prtduet Of sugar world no donbt oo greatly liz
creased.
TIFF PHotEss MADE USE or
iu these experiments was In It's csscn.,a, fen
1urrs tht. onu recuntly patented by str, f, l.,
Stewart. OF pr1Ipsytya1lIa, By thfs prtceas tic
aue .a., u '.ssM a.sn ~ S ua w. 1l "I
.+t,r,,,, .Itott alb otEun Ia pht,,v,
by tho tcst uapur. The heat Is then rA!sel 10
1tu boiling Dutut. th.. fire IL 1ruNn n9
soon ms active boiling H,ts in. and tho
thlcR ssanl u tIah relnosssl trs.in ,te EUR
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