The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03

the base of trees, while on each tree was
nailed a cross-bar with two hooks on it for
holding sheep When a sheep was dresset
on one hook the contestant had to change III
to the other before his assistant could carry
it away. When dressed each sheep had to be
clean-legged, the pelt removed, the entrails
taken out. the sides scored and the carcass
well wiped
The two men were cheered when they en-
tered the square at $50 O'Clock. OBren is
of medium hight and stout. and is twenty
eight years old In two matches he defeated
Charles Swan a colored butcher OF Newark.
Fitzgerald is thirty-one years old. weighs AZ
pounds, and is very active. He dressed fifty
Sheep i'm Hoboken in two hours and sixteen
minutes, beating Jim OKeefe OF Jersey
City, by six sheep. Both he and OBrien
wore rcd shirts, and had knives and steel
in their belts. Adam Klein and ]. Harring-
ton were chosen judges for OBrien and
Denny Lahey and Dan Magill, of New York,
for Fitzgerald. The latter had Martin
Delaney for helper, and Billy Magill as
sisted 0Brien.
Fitzgerald won In a toss the choice of plat
forms, and 0Brien had the first pick of the
sheep. The helpers killed the twenty sheep
on the platform, and then the signal was
given for the dressing to begin. In less than
three minutes Fitzgerald had his sheep on
the transfer-hook, but when OBrien had his
carcass was much cleaner and better scored
than his rivals sheep. The New Workers
said speed, and not fine work, was what was
wanted.
When Fitzgerald finished his third carcass
he was nearly one sheep ahead. His work
was sharply criticized by o. Brien's friends.
Al the end of thirty-one minutes the New
York man had finished his last sheep, but he
consumed two minutes and a few seconds
more in work on the other carcasses, scoring
one and removing the gals and bladders
from Others 0Brien took twenty-five min
utes for his work. Both men were cheered.
Sorghum Culture.
Scientific investigations made by Mr.. f. L.
Steward, a chemist of Philadelphia, discloses
the fact that of the different varieties OF
sorghum grown in the United States all are
equally we'll adapted for the production OF
sugar. \ prolific cause of the many failures
made in the attempt to manufacture sugar
from sorghum cane is found in the defective
processes employed in clarifying and defe-
eating the juice. As the juice of sorghum
differs materially from that of the sugar-cane
grown in the tropics, it is evident that to
successfully separate the impurities and to
secure the crystalization of the sugar a diff
ferent process must be employed.
Another difficulty in the handling of sor
| ghum juice is its tendency to rapid decompo
sitiOn after the cane has been cut Thi:
/ greatly diminishes the percentage of crystal
| liable sugar. The method adopted by Pro
| feSsOr Steward, and which lie uses with great
| success, is as follows: First in getting the
| juice he uses the common roller-mill, aftei
| which he strains the liquid through seine
made OF coarse cloth to clarity it. The evap
| Grafton is effected as rapidly as possible il
an ordinary fiat exaporating pan, with th'
| boiling point at 1859 G. The fina
condensation Of the strip is done in ;
separate pan. with the boiling point at 113 t
| ia degrees. 1t is then transferred immedi
ately into the trolghs, where the syrup con
| geals into a mass of crystalline granules
/ For the separation OF the molasses the musl
/ is we'll mixed with one tenth of its volum
of clear syrup of 80 degrees B.; by this add
| ton the uncrystallized sugar is PARTIAL,
| liquifed, which causes il to separate from
the cTystaliiZed sugar.
In the culture oil sorghum experience,
| persons have concluded that stripping tn
| cane of its leaves or blades is entirely unneC
essary; it is claimed that their presenc
makes no difference in the amount of juic
obtained.