Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-04-23
SUGAR MAKING ON A
SMALL SCALE.

Toe f'.luylny {, IA. result ~
IA gar making on small sral, a,
,he experiment station of the
Louisiana A 4 VI Collelr
N,NrggruHE
Ibo oI'i. fpr =Itur aul syrup
making un "a small scale consist. nf
q hng-" mill AMI eyaporator. with
bike, aud barrels - b. u-.,l ~
Iuiae tanks, sulphur machine. cool
,rs etc The. wall be d,--crib, 4
lu detail
The Lpr~ Mill must h. erect, 1
iu >uhs'lu itl "a m,nncr. The fell
roller should b, left slightly open
tp r,cris the cane. while the ia
ga-.e roller should b, male tn
touch everywhere the main roller
30 "ulrr 60 secure gopl extraction.
IIf rlI.rt ,hp1li ~ tightpn
every mori,ng, and only when the
hsg t~-r comes ont IN short. dry
piecps sspul the oprration II
~'lu'-czIn h, consi.lere | zati,fsct,-
~ ltplll- thr trin heavier. htta
much lars'r perr~ntagp 81 Juice l.
obtained Ia thu, way ~ much a.
40 per cent IT the wei III of tho
cane will b. prrurel a. juice
while the blssss. cpnils f.pn
the mill, simply prrs.ei. /. ul; br,k-
"a, means often not over 80 Der
cent eXtrutIun II /. u.rlas. 10
grow the sugar anil throw " away
"a the ha gass,. Un lcruelth tho
mill shorhl be placei q tiklt box
pt a capacity 81 not h.. talp fifteen
tp twenty GALLONS over this hlx
AM right under "a, spplt IT tha
mill slolld he a meta.i. strainor
to intercept al broken fragment.
of cane, since the latter arr very
objectionable ia sugar maxim
On the si,le ~ this blx anil
about thr'e or four rnchc. from
the bottom, an inch pip, should hr
inserted which heal, o. the top of
the sulphur boV In the latter the
juice D.. sulphur l. Thi. huN may
br made va many form.
! cheap anl effective machine
mas bc male by any carpenter.
Ii i male II thoroughly dried
lumber ami waier-tight Tho size
of the box will largely depend
upon the amount IT Juice to BE-
sulphured For a one horse null.
lx2S6 feet. with four or five
shelves. will b. ample siza. n very
small brick furnace. three brick
high and twD vile each way, with
an opening sufficiently large IN
irunt tn r'ceiye q small iron cup m
which the sulphur is burned. j.
connected with the -ulpher ma
chine by inch pipe GA ths sile
II the box, near the bottom. The
fumes of sulphur arise IN the bpx
and ascend in The Opposite direction
~ the fall of The Juice and FINALLY
any excess escapes the chim.
ney ON the upper part OF
he machine. fhe shelves down
which the Juice flows may b.
much narrower than the box. In
this ease they must be supported
AMI mlst have narrow strips on
each slde Ia restrain the Juice on
the shelf The juice entering at
the top of the box, meets with the
fumes Of sulphur all along IT, pas
sage, and before escaping becomes
charged with this gas.
Tho object Is Ia retarl the how
of the juice through the box. AMI
during it, passage to cause il to
absorb as much II tae fumes 81
sulphur( sulphur dioxi,lel ~ posi-
blc.
OBJECTS og SULPHUR
The object Of sulphuring il three
fol,E First. IL ,llSinfect.; serun,l. il
bleaches ahd thir,l. il assist. in De.
fecation. by sulphnring. the juice,
already acid. becomes more ~. anil
and must be treated with lime
(neutrallizel) before heating. to
avoid inversion. /. e., conversion
Of sugar into maasseS
Instead of tha fumes II sulphur.
the bi-sulphile Of luna prepared
largely by Mr. N. BonnabGe, of