| Show I 1 SORGHUM MAKE maee SYRUP NOT SUGAR SUGA the very high prices at which all sugars mo asse and syrup are sold have given an to txie i iQ ath aeh ot tue ilia sorghum sugar augar cane which it could hardly barilla have rec received elved alved in any other way so sorghum gaum should 1 early plan to acure in their neighborhoods one of the best beat mills for expressing juice and evaporators for concentrating a and nd purify purifying in it from all we e can tan bearr it is 13 not at a abl abi f I 1 worth while to attempt the production of sugar that which is is produced has bag nota not nol a market value so high as the syrup which it w will 1 ili lii make male or which it would wood have made if concentrated to the crystallizing uh point il 1 iti ite the sugar is a gummy mass some bome of which 1 c ma may be washed so as to leave crystals pretty maz much free from this st sticky icIcy caley calley quality fit perhaps to be used in the thi family but not marketable let the effort of every syrup boiler be to produce a light colored sugarless sug Eug arless arlesa article of prop r density and free from any flagor it is not advisable to have it too thick at nta a temperature of 60 the should flow like good molas sFa and it is fa easy to judge of the lb de density sty b by putting a little dipped from the boiling ilin llin I 1 g pan into a tabe spoon or even letting it cool upon a stick atter after dipping it into the I 1 p pan S n in purchasing sing C cane mills be sure that they are ae ve very r strong and of a larger capacity thao than w 1 plo yio T waby baby 0 be needed see that tuat the journals of the rollers are large and strong and the I 1 boxes strong and both boxes and gearing 11 easily oiled without danger of greasing the face of the rolls or the juice the juice should be exposed to the air aa as little as possible before e it r reaches eaches the boiling pan and the process of condensation should be comp completed leed without interruption there la is a vast differ ece ei ce inthe in the qualities of juice from various foca localities liti ee as well as in that from different varieties of cane or that grown under different circumstances BO so much so that it is not likely that any set of rules can ever be laid down so that syrup of the same quality may be uniformly produced certainly this can not be i done at present there is is a notion quite p prevalent re valent among those who have hase had bad but little experience with making syrup that no foreign I 1 n su substance stance should bp lip added to purify it all ali milk I 1 k of lime neutralizes the acid and if only just enough be L used sed the product is n not at likely to be darkened by means of blood skim milk mii mil or white of egg eg many impurities are quickly removed these substances are stirred the blood and white of egg after being diluted with into the hot syrup and rapidly coagulate forming a heavy scum entangling impurities ard enabling the operator thus to remove them when he takes off air the scum the toe lise use oe of albumen ot milk mik eggs or blood is oaly oay desirable in the case care of very impure j juice alc ulc e I 1 the impurities usually present are ista a green scum which rises just before the juice reaches the boiling r point or when b boiling 0 ilide begins and this is very easily removed by skimming ad are earthly deposits upon the pans which collect in the form of a hard doine little or no harm until it interferes I 1 with ith the evaporation ad a sticky mass of slight cohesion coh esin when hen hot but gummy when cold which rises like cream on the surface kut but which is is difficult to skim bhim off entirely it has haa a disagreeable taste aid imparts it to ibb ibe T siu up and is apt to adhere ad hereto to the pan ean an and scorch cored coren it often remain remains 11 su suspended in the syrup and is long iong in settling points to be especially noticed in evaporating sorghum juice are arc lat let cleanliness ad no ri 0 delay in in conveying tle juice from the cane mill to the evaporating pan ad the greatest possible ce eity of evaporation eth completeness of skimming we have never seen any records of the use of vacuum pans such as are used for the concentration of beet and cane juice for concentrating the sorghum juice and at any rate the expense would deter most sorghum raisers from employing them in evaporating in op open en pans pane it is a prime necessity to be able abie bl to evaporate very quickly hence very shallow pans must be empl empi employed byed dyed and this thia gives but a blight slight depth for the impurities to rise through and a better opportunity for the deposition of the earthly matter syrup quickly evaporated in shallow pans pana is always oe of better color and flavor than that boiled down in kettles which indeed is almost worth worthless leis of course great care must be taken not nf to burn the syrup toward the last jast american agriculturist I 1 curs CURE TOR FOR SPAVIN slavi ri add two tablespoon table tabie spoon fulls of melted lard one of cantharides cantha rinee rines made fine cr pulverised pulverized sed and a lump of correu corres corrosive give sive sublimate as large as a pea melted up together and applied once a day till use usa used up confining it to the callous this quantity af Is a for forne ne leg and may be r relied el led on as a cure care it will make a sore and the joint wilt wiit be much weakened while applying the me medicine diche no need of alarm it will all be right when healed up P farmer and mechanic TIM THE CHINCH beg brg is making sad tad havoc in the wheat field of northern illinois debear we hear hean of its ravages in bureau la salle salic dekalb kane du pace page lake winnebago stephenson boone and carroll counties farmers in those counties think there will not be a third of the usual quantity of wheat harvested anis summer and even the corn oats and sorghum bire hilm hiim are seriously effected by the ther pest Chicago journal SEX or EGGS it is stated that the sex of eggs may be determined so that a person may raise a brood of the sex be wishes it males are wanted the ion lon longest eat eggs should be used if females those moil in oat round should be chosen I 1 VOLATILE SOAP for removing paints gease g ease spots spats etc maybe mayhe may be made aa as f fol foi at tows towe olve four table tabla each of spirits of hartshorn and alcohol alc odo arid end a tablespoonful table tabla spoonful of salt shale shake the whole well together in a botte bottle and apply appy M a a uruah bruah or tit a a WOOL the wool crop pf af the date wate of michigan nile DIle higan bigan for far the present season is estimated at fully fally twelve million pounds vinegar the befit best vinegar used in france I 1 is made from grapevine stalks |
