The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-10
Sugar from Amber Cane.

ne muDuIdCtuTc Vi sugar ITOUt tuC VaNty
Of sorghum known rs Early Amber Sugar
Cane is now an assured success. Sugar OF
excellent quality has been made during the
past season in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wis
sour, Minnesota, Kansas, Texas and hen-
lucky. One person III Illinois has made 200
barrels of sugar which has been sent to chi
cago for sale. 1t is sand the quality is IN
every way equal to that from the sugar cane,
and can be refined equally well. II will be
of interest TO follow Il few ei these experiment
tai effort, 10 produce sugar IN the North. Mr..
l.. :. French Patuka, Ind, made l6VO gallons
of syrup, winch sold at 80 cents Per gallon;
the YIELD under uniavoablc circumstances,
growing out Of ucXpcrcnCc and mistakes 10
hc expected at fiIst, being 100 gallons per acre.
d. t. Cable, Nj. Union, Iowa, made several
barrels Of dense syrup from winch graduated
sugar has separated successfully. Hon, ;. II.
kenney, Morrisrown, Mimi, made 300 gal
Ions Of syrup, which is now in tanks dcpos-
tlng the granul1tcd sugar Mr. CoWlcy Rrd
Bud, Kansas, reports having planted lou
square rods, May rs, in rows four feet apart,
and one foot apart in the rows The crop was
hucd once and cultivated three times, ana
thinncd to four OF SIX stalks in place. Inc
cane headed July 2Oth; the seed rIpcncd sep.
tcmbCr LIST, and the stalks were stripped Of
leaves and cut September Sth TO l'til.
] lhtulN-INO nus NtAN ltNil'l w wv l''''''
September 23d the boiling was finished aud
TO gallons Of syrup were made. The stalks
were crushed IN Il Little Giant mill, and the
Juice was boiled down in three open pans, the
crushed cane and woOd being used as fuel.
Mr.. d. d. Landlord, Hickman, Ky, made
100 gallons for his ncghbors, and IL working
up acres of His own growth OF cane. The
WELD is liO gallons per acre, and the ualiy
production of the mill is % gallons. This
gentleman sends his syrup to ST. Louis, and
finds ready sale for it. lie feeds the skim.
mings of the pans to hogs and finds they
fatten upon them more quickly than upon
corn. Mr. II. b. Richards, La Grange, Texas,
finds the demand beyond his means to sup
ply.
The process, as described by those who
have succeeded, is remarkably simple. The
ground is prepared as Tor corn. 1t goes with
out saving that the soll should be in good
condition to produce good crop. The seed
are planted like corn; preferably III drills )
feet apart, and Il to Is inches apart in the
drills, beng similar 10 the common method
of planting fodder corn. The crop is ready
for cutting rs soon as the seed begins to ripen.
The leaves are stripped from the stalks as
they stand, and gathered for fodder; the stalks
are then cut, and either hauled to be crushed
at once, or left in shocks IN the field until
wanted. The Department OF Agrlcultures
Experiments indicate that the best results rs
to sugar are attained by crushing the canes at
once after cutting. The stalks are crushed
between rollers slowly turned by means OF
gearing set in motion by horse power or
steam engine. AS the juice is expressed, 1t is
run into pans, where it is heated Ia boiling
soint and neutralized by means of milk OF
! lime until it is found to be free from acid.
Upon the exactness VI this operation depends
the yield and quality of the syrup. From
this so-called defeating pan the juice Is run
into a second pan and heated gradually up TO
pa as 1t increases in density. From this 1t
is run into "A finishing pan, in which 1t is
slowly Boiled at a gentle heas-to prevent
burning, which would darken the syrup and
! lessen the yield of sugar-untll 1t reaches a
density Of L. pounds to the gallon. 1t is then
run INTO settling tanks, in which 1t Is Kept al
heat of 100 . to 105 -, and while here the
sugar crystalllzes and settles to the bottom in
coarse grains. The liquid syrup is drawn etl
and the sugar is separated from the remain
| der in "A centrifugal separator, or IN rough
way by filtration through sacks. There Is
nothing in this that cannot be done by any
person who has boiled maple sugar. The
profit is satisfactory at cents pound for the
sugar and 81 to 40 cents gallon for the mo-
lasses The market for the product Is un.
limited We use $4,000 tons or 100 ,000,00O
pounds of sugar yearly, equal to 40 pounds
for each individual of our population; SO
that we need not fear production. We
import from Cuba iO0,00OOOO Of dollars
worth of sugar annually. by and by, from
thousands OF local sugar mills will come sui
cent sugar and syrup to supply our needs
which are now met by Cuban planters. We
consider that the business has passed the eX
detrimental stage and has become a vertablt
industry, IN which success will be attained by
enterprise and skill rightly directed, and i
offers an opportunity to every one who cal
grow corn and procure the requisite machin
ery.-Cor House and Farm.