Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1882-11-17
success with sorghum Sugar.
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Colman's Rural World gives th
Following report of the work done a
n sorghum sugar factory at Cham
paign, I'll. This is the locality where
beet sugar making failed disastrous
!y some years ago on account of tn,
peculiar character of the soil:
The problem whether sugar can be
made from sorghum remuneratively y
has been solved. II is no longer a
debatable question. The Champaign
| Qll) sugar works answer the ques-
tion every day, every hour. They
turn out batch after batch OF sugar
fiom sorghum with precisely tho
same certainty that the southern
| planter does from tho ribbon cane.
II e-yoiis Is at all skeptical in re-
gard to this statement he has only 20
visit Champaign, ILL.,, to have that
skepticism removed. He will see
some 80 barrels of nice sugar turned
out daily, fully equal to Now Or
leans, selling by the barrel at the
sugar works at So cents per pound.
There is no sorghum flavor nor
gummy character about the sugar.
1t will sell in any market with the
Now Orleans sugar, bringing the
same price and giving the same sat
isfaction. And all this success has
been obtained in the most unfavor-
able season that VIC have had for
cane for many years.
This industry will be of great
national advantage. 1t will mako
our own sugar and keep our money
at home, instead Of sending it abroad
to the amount of about ono hundred
millions annually. Our farmers are
running too much TO wheat. There
is a need of some other cr.'p to oc-
cupy their attention, the product of |
which can be shipped abroad, and |
sugar will be that product. 1t is not |
an exhaustive crop 10 land, like |
wheat, but draws Its substance large
ly from the atmosphcrc-the ashy |
portion of its constituents being ex-
ceedingly light. 1t puts the soil in
excellent condition fer other crops,
and il frtilizers are TO be used at all |
on the farm they can on no other
crop be use TO so great advantage,
the phosphates, rs they
not only largely increase the yield of
cane, but hasten its early maturity
and yet consume but
little, leaving it in tho soil for otlicr
crops.
The whole process is simple as can
De. In the first place, the acid in the
uice is nutralizcd by lime. as prac-
Iced by most syrup-makers-the
itmus paper being used as test.
This is done IN the cold juice in the
tanks, just before dcfeca-
ion, which consists in bringing the
uicc to boil and thoroughly skim
ming. No other substance is used
or defecation at any other stage.
The juice is now drawn off through
'ipes to the cvap2rator, where it is
educei to senii-syrup, then filtered
trough bone-black, then pumped
nto the vacuum-pan, where it is re-
uccd to sugar. and when cooled
wung out through the centifugal.
hat is all there is of il The most
eculiar point is in using the lime
so rs to ncutrallzc the acid.
his part needs close attention. No
,lutlOns, powders, or chemicals of
ny kind arc used. OF course, the
acuum-pan plays very important
art, as tho SYRUP is boiled at lower
There is no caramel
ling, no inverting from grape sugar,
nd all the crystallizable sugar is
The most incredulous by
isiting this establishment Will be-
ome convinced that sugar is not
nly made, but made with such GER
!inty and in such quantity as to pay.
ud there has not been single
single trial when the
lme results have not been obtained.