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this condition, it may be withdrawn from the 

 evaporating vessel, and be placed in tubs or pans, to 

 granulate. Crystals of sugar will begin to form, in 

 from three to four days, and sometimes nearly the 

 whole mass will granulate, leaving but little molasses 

 to be drained. After it has become solid, it may be 

 scooped out into conical shaped bags, made of coarse, 

 open cloth, or canvas, which are to be hung over the 

 receivers for molasses ; the drainage being aided by 

 warmth, it will be useful to keep the temperature of 

 the room at eighty or ninety degrees, Fahrenheit. 



After some days, the sugar may be removed from 

 the bags, and will be found to be good, brown sugar. 

 If desired, it may now be refined, by dissolving in it 

 hot water, adding to the solution the whites of eggs 

 (say one egg for one hundred pounds of sugar), 

 mixed with cold water, after which the temperature 

 is to be raised to boiling, and the syrup should be 

 allowed to remain at that heat for half an hour* 

 Then skim and filter, to remove the congulated 

 albumen, and the impurities it has extracted from 

 the sugar- By means of bone-black, such as is 

 prepared for sugar refiners, the sugar may be 

 decolored, by adding an ounce to -each gallon of the 

 mcharine solution, and boiling the whole together * 

 Then filter, and 3 r ou w T ill obtain a nearly colorless 

 syrup. Evaporate this, as before directed, briskly to 

 half its bulk, and then slowly, until dense enough to 

 crystalize, leaving the syrup .as before, in tubs or 

 pans to granulate. This sugar will be of ,a light 

 brow^ color, and may now be Delayed and whitened 

 by the usual method that is, by putting it into cones 

 and pouring a saturated solution of white sugar upon 

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