Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-04-23
$3.50 A YEAR

pa'ssible b act upou th3 lmpuri-
tles
After tho juice {, srlphrra | il l.,
conluctal b. the tank ~ ltins di.
rectly over tbs evap1rating pan.
where II /. lim IL Freddy nal
hni .h1nl | b. ussl III s'arke |
TIA powder an mitrl with small
quantity ot tha Iuio' uutil a ttieN
milk IT lin' /, oblun'l Tai.
slpull npN b. pnlrrl intp thp
juice, stirring. the latter all IN,
tim until .nl1gh has br'a ail.i.
which can easily bs toll by tn uta
of blue litmI. paper" Ths nat.
urll Iulc' uf tn ctif 1, a. aal
this j. destroyed by the a htiOa o.
limA II blu litumt paper b.
dippal intp arii Il will turn rel.
IL the arpl b, nrltrllliz, |. n,
change u c'lpr takes pltrr. Lam
should b, llrl ultil the litmu.
paper shows only u faint violet
o''lYr. Should tn much lime bo
a'ldel i will b. irlicatel by ths
Use of "yelloN urmeric paper
which will then turn brown. bnt
will remain unchanged II limo b,
not IA eEces. Tho prppee point
1T lining - foull Whan tl' ju,oc
gives ~ chl1ge tb either litm a or
turmeric paper
After hm.ns ~ lnip siprll ba
permItioi g. settle. 80 - b. rampss
all tl' pre,p.tt'H pFp lural by lhr
lim al -l.plt- rnrn1gh valve
plHcrl Iut above the bottom AZ
tn settling tar'i. the clear Juire !
down into the pan and the priccs4
4 cooking begun.
Every csapnrut.ag pan shluI
consist at three or moro separate
compartments In gu open kettle
sugar hous" there are four large
kettles, known respectively "a The
Grand, The Flambcau. The
Sirpp. AMI "fh" Bittcrie Tho
Juice - emptiel into the grand.
whore the srums ara removed. then
into the hnmb"au, whore il l.
brushed or cleaned then intn the
slrnp, where II - thoroughly clean
81, anil then into the hatterie.
whore lt Is cookrd Ia sugar Ia
the small eyaporator, thr hambeau
- discarded and W. haya three
compartments representing the
grand, the ,irup und the hatterio.
The JUICE ~ taken into the grand
whore the heat cutgulato. the
.cums The latter ar removed by
means ~ strainDr on a hong han
die After removing all the scum.
this juice u transferred Ia the sir.
OPP whore. ON account ~ the in.
creased beat cf the furuancc aui
the density IT the luirr. auI rbul
lltipn - obtained. viii h prints uf
brushing OF any Il at.nI particle.
of dust or srum, lvlll snail
wnod - pd lltl hirk iuil ~,
grant ll-rc thr iui.e thorough
~ cleaned AMI concentrate l. Mh,n
q ha, rrachr the dru los 10 thut
syrup -ly - or - dns Baum,
IA" latter - tru-lrrrrl a. the
hr,tpriH where /. 3, ri,.si o. "a
density nf % "a ~ deg. Baume. or
uLtil the thormumetor'shuWs "a hail.
IN plint - - - 2il deLS. Fah.
renhcit When this puin, i reach
81 II - cmp;irl into conler whirh
may ba water-tight. square b1x.
or even the half ui a m ia,.es bar
ri When tn cnolcr = fall i'll.
generally stirred Is m llrr grain.
ing | -ually ia twenty luur hour,
the mas.r cutie ttnr such this l.
callel "a French l. harl anl soil
duc to .NH srauulation ol the "a
gar. u i then en- out uf thu cool-
rr with sharp spade, all Jumps
mashed aud "pot.e,L %
Ga a large scalc the D. tiag j.
dome Ia has~hcals. II can ~ ea-i.
~ lee done IN barrels or kegs. The
process uf pntting o,u-ists in taxi
ing barrel or keg and boring
thrcr holes eau distant from each
other "a the bottom with au auguf
Into these holes arr inserted stalks
81 canr with their ends bcyelcl 80
a. - form an outlet tor the mnlas.
ses. They arr often peeled ou op
positc sile 80 as 10 furnish channel
fdr the e-capc of the molasse..
Having adjusted the canes in the
barrel. Il i placed over large
watcr-tight box or over half mo-
las.es barr'l and dllel with the
"ma~se cults" from the cooler.
The mblasscs ESCAPES down the
cane anal out - the barrel into
bok or tub b, low. In week or
- there viii b. barrel of sugar
AMI considerable quantity Of mo-
las~es tuut sYrupl Instead II y
barrel strong nsnaburg sack sns
pended over a tub may be nsed Ia
advantage. The molas-os will Keep
for a long time anl i more valu
able than syrup which n never
b. relied on II made from rich
cane.
INsTRCaENTs AND APp4nATrs
The Baume hydromeier mer
tlonel above can be obtained 4,
New Orleans, At Chu,lel a Co, 1.
L. Lyons A -, anl elsewher,
and costs ~ cents. This hydr.
meter is graduated from o deg. h.
90 deg., and may be used for eth.
er juice, syrup or "masse cutie"
la making this hydrumeter should
show % deg. to 20 deg.
The ru,le sorghum pans now ss
extensively usel are 50 constructed
that the juice Is kept flow ing con
tinuonsly in the pan and syrup out
ot u without any gates or parti.
tionst -eperate into compartment.
Such pans could bo easily reme,li.