Daily Republican., 1880-02-13
VI NUFACrURE OF BEET SUGAR.
A Meeting OF the Commissioner
Yesterday-Premiums Awarded
Visit 10 tho Works.


A Meeting OF the Commissioner
Yesterday-Premiu Awarded
Visit 10 tho Works.
At meeting Of the Delaware Sugar
Beet Commission held Ia this city yes
terday, the premiums offered to the
growers of sugar beet5 for the season of
1879, were awarded as follows:
Fer one acre and upwards, grown un-t
der contract for beet sugar manufac-
turing company of the State; first
premium, 800, to K. G. Feni-
more, of Odessa-yield 26 tons
TO the acre-l0:27 per cent. Of sugar,
making 1884 lbs. Of sugar per acre. Sec
ond premium of $75. to Jos. P. Rich
ardson, near Wilmington-yield 10 toms
to the acres--10.67 per cent of sugar,
making 1852 lbs. of sugar per acre.
Third premium Of $50 to B. F. Hurlock,
Blackiston X Roads-yield 16s tons to
the scre-l0.57 per cent of sugar, max
ing 1911 lbs. Of sugar per acre. Fourth
premium Of $25 to John R. Lewis, Green
Springfield 14t tons to the acre
1867 per cent of sugar, making 1886
lbs. of sugar per acre.
For small test lots, first premium of
$40 to Frederick Friedel, Felton--yield
at the rate Of 234 tons to the acre-10.-
"a per cent. of sugar, making 564O lbs.
of sugar per acre. Second premium of
$50 to VIM. Chapman, Ssaford-yield
at the rate Of 22t tons to the acre-10.-
So pei cent. Of sugar, making 5332 lbs.
per acre. Third premium Of $40 to
VIM. Perry, Cool Springfield at the
rate Of l9a tons to the acre-1l.56 per
cent. Of sugar making 5098 lbs. of SUI
gar per acre. Fourth premium of $40
to John satterfeld, Canterbury, yield
at the rate Of l5a tons to the acrs--l2.
SO per cent. of sugar making 455S lbs.
of sugar per acre.
The following premium will be paid
for beets grown in 1880 under contract
for manufacturing into sugar in this
state: $3.50, $l25, Sl00, s75, and $50
for the best five lots of one acre and
upwards. SIS, $50, $25, SIS, $40, for
the best five lots of less than enc acre
and not less than one quarter of an
acre.
VISITING THE WORKS.
After the meeting the officials Of the
P. W. & B. R. r. Co. with invited
guests from Philadelphia and Whining
ton, including among the latter MIR.
Charles Warner, Mr.. Ira Pusey and A.
D. Warner, visited Rivsrton and in
spected the works. They were much
pleased with the manner in which the
works are run and with the prospects
that lie open fer the future. The gen.
tlemen were guided through the mills,
Mr.. Pusey acting as cicerone.
The manner in which the work of
making sugar is conducted was ex-
planned. The beets are placed in
revolving cylinder with openings and
are thoroughly washed after which
they are conveyed to the cutting room
and by machinery cut into thin slices.
They are then taken to what is called
the diffusion battery, a sort of saturs-
ting process. The arrangement cor-
sists of eight iron tanks each with q
capacity of 1900 pounds of these slices.
Into one Of these tanks water is in
troducsd and permitted to flow ON
through by means of pipes which con-
nect the tanks.
This has the effect of absorbing all
saccharine matter, and the water comes
out in thick juicy state. The juice
is then strained off into larger tanks,
into which lime is introduced for the
purpose of absorbing all impurities.
By the Introduction of carbopic acid
the action of the lime is precipitated,
when, ia order to purify the syrup,
it is run through bone black. The
Juice is then passed into filler presses
to further purify it, after which it is
conveyed to the vacuum pan, where it
is in manner crystalized.
The syrup is then placed in iron wa
go Is and run into room with tenn
perature of l2j degrees where it remains
from four to five days when it is
ready for the centrifugal machine. In
passing through this the liquid is
separated into molasses and a dark
substance known as raw sugar which is
sold to refners. This is the process as
explained to the officials.
In For Repairs.
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