| Show from fro tl the e st li lowi ill D democrat Damo nosrat crat 1 Manit manufacture facture of molasses noi moi i a s A subscriber sends us the article taken from some paper lie he kno knows s not what it is is a plain practical stata ment of the value alue of the sorghum for molasses and contains items of i value alue respecting spec ting the manufacture large quantities of ot the sol sorghum hum will vill undoubtedly t edly be grown this year ear but those who desire d to make sugar should grow the instead of the borgh sorghum UM Y you ou requested me to inform you ou of my experience in in the manufacture of the sorghum molasses which I 1 will endeavor to do the mill I 1 pui purchased chased of you with tho iho i last improvement on it I 1 used with one horse hors e it is capable of grinding out ellree hundred gallons oj of C juice per aay day which h will make thirty gallons of molasses for boiling I 1 use a wooden box DOK with sh heet ce t iron iron Tb ottom ottom and three twelve gallon galion kettles put in in a furnace with one flue when we commenced making I 1 molasses we used u td lime blood milk eggs and other things for the purpose ol 01 clearing it but found nothing equal to white ley one pint to thirty gallons of juice it will mil make if managed proper 1 ly good molasses all the time it will make good molasses without putting an any thing in in it but bit it is is more trouble we made from iv t elve el e different lots I 1 of cane irown gonn g onn on different qualities of coir soil that grown on common dry dr soil produced the best and mot most mo I 1 lasses ar any ground round that will 11 ill yield beld rift y bushels of corn cord to the acre is is rich enough green cane will make good molasses mo lase and cane that is is beginning to sour will make good molasses by putting plenty of ie ley in in it the fhe mot most of the cane we worked was mixed with broom corn all who wish nish to cultivate it should be careful careful to get pure seed to keep it pure requires care as it will mix if anywhere I 1 near we made six ii hundred and fifty gallons of good thick molasses and ground out a quantity of juice for others to malice make I 1 am satis satisfied fi ed that it will ray pay well for every family to lo raise raise at least lea t half an acre it is a sure crop stands wet or dry dr weather neather well ell and will mil yield beld two hundred gallons of molasses loathe acre three or four in in each neighborhood should buy a mill dont wait until your our cane is ripe before you i ou begin to fix and then put up wooden loll 1011 rs and lose one third of the juice dont believe hollow holloway ay nor no other man that iron lion rollers have a tendency to darken the molasses I 1 have molasses ado m dj through cast iron iron that I 1 will compare with any made through wooded rollers and brass bi ass kettles I 1 am satisfied there is is no difference I 1 w weighed SO stalks of cane and found that they the weighed lbs ibs just 2 lbs ibs eich each out of these I 1 pressed lbs ibs of juice which made 22 lbs ibs of molasses or 2 gallons on owing ing to continued w wet et weather we did not make make sugar as we anticipated I 1 am satisfied that nt at the present price of labor molasses can be made and sold at loo per gallon at present in in consequence of its its scarcity it commands a highee ig her price in conclusion I 1 would say make mills for ei everybody who can cana will ill raise sorg sorghum huia next yeat y yours damiri CIA BB A |
