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heat, is most sure to scorch, and this is fatal to crystalli- 

 zation. 



Crystallization. Difficulty has been found here, by all 

 who have made experiments with corn-stalk sugar ; but 

 perhaps every one has obtained a sufficient quantity that 

 was well grained, to satisfy them, that the difficulty was 

 somewhere in the process of manufacture. 



From recent observation, I am inclined to think that I 

 have kept my sugar in too cool a place. Two small par- 

 cels, left, partly by accident, where they received the 

 warmth of a fire, were found well grained. But there is 

 another difficulty after it is well crystallized, to make the 

 molasses separate, or drain, as it is called : although the 

 crystal appears to be as fine as was ever formed, still the 

 molasses will not separate by any common methods used 

 for maple sugar. As yet, I have not been able to pro- 

 cure any better specimen than that exhibited at the State 

 Fair. 



AMOUNT FROM THE ACRE. 



Although the quantity of stalks was so much diminish- 

 ed by the drought, yet six hundred were obtained ; this, 

 it should be understood, is weighed when taken from the 

 fire and before graining has commenced. If it were all 

 well grained and molasses separated, the weight of sugar 

 would probably not be more than five hundred, and mo- 

 lasses one hundred. In order more fully to determine the 

 amount that might be produced from an acre of good 

 corn, I measured two square rods of the best corn I had ; 

 the stalks were then cut, and their weight was one hun- 

 dred and ninety-five pounds ; after grinding, the juice 

 weighed sixty-nine pounds and measured nine gal Ions; 

 from this I obtained twelve-and-a-half pounds of sugar. 

 By this it would appear, that had the whole acre been as 



