, 1879-02-15

to furnish 4ratls, giving ntauto directions fur
every stage OF thu process. And, In addition to
ti'cte sources Of Information, !heto will tnacs~
1itcraturv by t',e publication or mnnuala on It's
culture, TO most the demand which now 1cncrHl-
1y exists for Information.
now come to tho
PRODUCTS OF BononUM-ouLTunR And MANU-
FAcTuHE
which we're on exhibition before The Convention.
1hesc constAtcQ Df about twcnty -ffru samples OF
dry sugar, and twice that number Of strip nluI
innsh sugar.,-nalnly sruns,--ail, With two or
tnIse ass exssnl,on' eWhrh tll hereafter parte.l,
] sssrs:sea jsise : ths p An'Sss SsssS and o.is: @
Varieties OF cane, without tho use ~, Of
limo or any either chemical agent. Tho
asy us etss ne Msts o Gesass no.ss. @ BY fss a
aGe-pressure, or the centrifugal process. The
srltps. while still having diat'nct I'M! nnHls-
taxable sorghum flavor, were very unlike tlIa
years q lts cultivation IN this country. Tic
best evidence OF their value and popularity Is
afforded BY the fact that a'l owncrs Of mills re-
ported ready sale Of their products: Song,
reported their ei!tlro production already sold.
The product Of strlp per. nero reported ranged
from scvcnty-fvc to 500 gallons, probably ag.
eraa!ng 150 gallona; anti selling readily for 80
era Of mills fer manufacturing ia either one-half
t'a alrup or 25 to 10 cents per guilun,-in either
case IJayl1r a lArEG urof1t to the mfjl-owucr.
With al, average Weld Of ljU gallons uer acrc,
ul,l having It mntc up on ahareb, the grower uf
tic canc gets sevensy.tivo Eallons,- worth, ut
the lowest price At which, auy sales weEe rcport-
ed, $3.50 per acre.
But there IS nnother consideration: Al
great value Of the seed for fcedlng stock The
average yield 10 twenty to twenty-five bushels
per aero. M one puts It's vatuo rs less tflAn an
equal quantity OF corn, aud nnny regard it Us OF
ln9re va.ue. .,.. ~. A.
80 m mnen n. ior n sifnp.manulaeture. ., Hut this
Was not wnat calleu tne Convention toEother.
u Was oMgo,, anu not o'ynp convention.
AZ eioFe statcd, we stfup.thokers, az over tue
with wonderful aud unexpected results In thu
FORMULATION or THEIR sIRurs INTO Mus11-
suuAn;
and, instead of having d crop of eirun, which
they had q crop ron Of ,nnst,!suear,- % % e' a.
strup, and will, no appliances for CONVERTING Il
into merchautablc article Of dry eurar. And
Tic conviction las been forcing tteeil upon
lie proucton az sor "'S sud ID nnt S,un srun
alone, should be aimed at, And 20 thry
came together TO compare notes and cxDcrl-
ences aud sec fany process l.as been fouuu py
W1s g1s tbs nr Of ss ss5as
hocn =. II 1.ro ocriHcntnfN Nnrnasrine ir son,n
Years and ia sornc ioca,itics In iarra ouantity.
and almost entirely absent In others.
And now cnnncA In Prnf r. l., Htewart of
Murraysyillc, Pa, with the claim tl,at ho Is tic
discoyercr Of process known rs
TuR usTrwanr proorss,t
ond ,,nt,cr which the ornertmsrta ~ ,bs n,-
tu,.nt ~ hnr,cMit,ra wnra t,,ado ,aat ~
With VII, ronvcrt lie crnrossed ;,ccs " ~ anr
.Sa W.r,s.,os ~ ,ha r Jn y a
~, T., e1 o'uia orvs,niii,"H y,
sas 3hst ~ ~. t4e
n1oJcs starsR nr slcoo frn corn VII, nro,co ~
1hoss opticse T H. nroreas hriai vi escrthad
- t,i.oss rhn .tn4sssoa j,a I,,,, .tn
aas. LII, .S .taa Ioosa hatt IT, T. 'h i,. n.o
moi"t TIars' ~ t,em aa.1oS nuonti+s " H.
KILL of i,mc w,eh IN bejur stilrn ~ ca,.es ~, .ns
s. sa,es 6eu ~ 70 Ee, an ho re asposia o1 lareo @
noccas"rv IN bc n,t IN IA da,.rminsI he tha uso
~ n rho so,,,e !. tl.", mic uso
md tIc tlcur il,ico drawn oY Into another tnnls
and, w{iGh cooled uown to a temperature Of 150
whicl, be calls Solution 3, inl Witch Is covered
by q patent, The amount NECESSARY to 10 used
is, us In the caso Of tho limo, determined by It's
action upon the litmus-papcr.
tlors, viz: lime and Solution B, all tie sub
stances which oppose tile free granuattop OF
tho sugar are removed: thut tic tendency
towards the conversion Of tho tane-suear ia tho
juice Into erapc-sucar, or glucose. is arrested;
that the use OF Solution 3 perfectly uclitra.
lizcs the limo which had been previously used;
and that n!l tho ingredients Of WHICH It Is cosu-
posed orc removed III the seum In the process Of
The juice, after the addition Of Solution D.
Is ready for the eyaporator, and should be run
through as rapidly as possible, condeusinC il
til 1t Indicates tom uerature uf about 295 IGrs,
Fahr,, when It should tu transferred to finish
Ing. MIN, a,ld raised to q tcmperpturo Of ABOUT
e3S lcRs. Fahr., which n1akes dense slrup,
wctening ABOUT thirteen ponhos 70 tle gallon;
II 10 uien transferred ~ tHc coonng.taHR, al!'l
rom t'isnce 10 affanGemchts ior arAluing. lic
clalns that. "ltn sofghumsyrup 80 inade, gram
b1aslon WIZ laRe place wlthlh SIX hours;
ana mat sach gallon, Whcn lrced from the mo.
lasses W lhc centrifugal or screw process, VIII
yicld ~ asctnge ol tch fouhds OF ary. met
cnaIitaoic si nto"n bneaE:
Ihs whole process, together wtth ule stcps
taken tn arriving A. IT. arc very lu!ly given tn
work eht'tteo,
"suoAH itADE FROM MAIZE AND SORGHUM"
Prof Btowart cai,ns that his nrora,s ii tl,e r,,-
srit Of several ycars Of scientific investiratinn
md experiment: mud That it WAS finally nerfcct-
ed In he fall Of IH77. il ia yrry nrch tn ha
regretted that, during tho monlifacturIur sea-
sou of 1878, It was not fully tested by being