New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-10

Mr.. George Jacobs, treasurer of the
New Ulm Sugar Manufacturing Com
pany, has kindly allowed us to make
extracts from letter received by Mr..
Hedges, at present assisting said COM
pany in the way of starting their
work, from Mr.. G. NJ. Schwarz, a sr,.
gar manufacturer of Edwardsville,
ILL.,, under date ofSept. Sd. Mr.. Schwarz
says:
I have had splendid success the last
few days-so much so that the samples
sent you are no comparison-granula-
ton so solid that can cut a hole do wn
with spade and no caving in. 1t
grains right from the finisher, and
If the boy is not very quick in measur-
ing out he has all mush to handle.
just think of all this without any
chemicals but lime and a little Alu-
name to brighten up in receiving tank.
I made up the Stuvart Hybrid yester.
day and it granulated as solid as the
Early Amber and yielded 2-7 more.
The sugar of this swings out snow
white us Stewart predicted. This
would be good cane for Minnesota. 1
will give you few mis- takes 1 made,
as a warning to others:
First-One day I could not get a
clear settle. I tried every thing; the
boy did all he could but the defeated
juice was cloudy. l finally went up
to the Mill. PRESS and found they
were grinding cane with seed on and
suckers; a new man had done bad top
ping. l stopped and had everything re.
moved and not another seed 60 through
the mill. The change was sudden, the
juice defeated all right and granula-
lation that evening better than ever;
since that see myself to the topping.
Second-the boy one morning started
the heater late with 200 gallons juice
ahead. The tank never got drawn
clear out during the day and some of
the first juice likely stayed in all day.
the consequence was much inverted
sugar and gum. Third had granu-
lated the sugar in tubs and poured it
into the box. The sugar would then
sink down and bring thin syrup to
the top. This was all right, but one
day concluded to run my syrup in
the box on top of the other from the
cooler and prevented it from granting
to great extent. I have since com.
menced filling new apartment right
from the cooler. This would by next
day be solid, with 4 thick crust of SUI
gar on top which would help the next
days work, forming a crust again and
so on until full. In this you can 60
down with the spade and find every
days work separate by itself.
1t did not mix, for the crust forms a
partition between. If granulated in
tubs it must not be poured in large
tanks until done. In MINI. you can
make sugar by following my old pro-
cess as given in the Rural World Of
this week as ! have done here. OF
course the compound makes a lighter
and more refined article, but having
none / was forced to do the best could
without it. Your predictions are re-
allied that sugar may yet be made
with lime alone, but the boiling must
be rapid. In using Belchers COM
pound neutralize to purple at 1902 and
add 5 pints or more compound to 100
gallons juice, then bring to boil and
settle Immediately. "a little more
compound added to settled juice will
he we'll if not light enough. The
quantity must be judged BY sight an.
other settling at 200 IS very essential.
I shall soon try the Amber sLiberi.
an and If the grains well then we
have three varieties to 50 on. The
latter ones I am not much enclined ia
think will make sugar. but I shall
try them.