MANNER OF .AIAKING INDIAN INK. 



injure beets, because they submerge the 

 plants and prevent the iintolding of the 

 leaves. To remedy these inconveniences, 

 M. Pagen has advised the sowing of the 

 seeds in beds, and then transplanting the 

 roots in raised beds enriched with good 

 fine manure, immediately after the early 

 rains. The roots will soon strike into this 

 deep soil, and will be less exposed above 

 ground. Water may be conveyed into 

 the furrows between the beds without any 

 risk of submerging the plants, and the 

 produce will be more certain. Last year, 

 the temperature and moisture being unu- 

 sually favourable, beets vrere sown early 

 with the drill, and the gathering was 

 abundant. The juice marked 5° on 

 Baume's aerometer, after being clarified. 

 The ravv sugar had a more agreeable taste, 

 and the molasses was very sensibly less 

 acrid than similar products in the north of 

 France. 



A large portion of lai:d having been 

 covered with the alluvial sands of the 

 Adda, the beets sown upon it were unu- 

 sually flourishing, but the juice was sul- 

 phurous, and furnished but little sugar. — 

 .Bulletin d'Encour. Mai. 



From ttie same. 

 NEW PilOCESS OF EXTRACTING SUGAR 

 FROM BEETS. BY M. SCHUZENBACH OF 

 CARLSRUHE. 



This process consists in converting the 

 beets into powder or dry flour, by a me- 

 thod which operates at once upon large 

 masses and at little expense. The sugar 

 is extracled from this farina, by a very 

 small quantity of water, which comes out 

 clear and limpid, and so concentrated, that 

 in order to obtain a given quantity of su- 

 gar, only two or three times its weight is 

 necessary of this concentrated and limpid 

 fluid. The subsequent manijudation, cr^'s- 

 talization, <§'C., are thereby facilitated. 

 The greatest quantity of crystalized mai- 

 ler contained in the beet, is thus also pro- 

 cured, and but little molasses produced. 



The author asserts that the expense by 

 this method, is much less than by that 

 commonly pursued, and that his apparatus 

 occupies but little room. — Jh. 



From Uie same. 

 BEET SUGAR. 



It appears to have been proved by M. 

 Parrayon, beet sugar manufacturer at 



Merignies, France, that by adding diluted 

 sulphuric acid to the pulp, as mucii juice 

 can be obtained by two cold presses as by 

 hot ])ressure; and that an}- injurious effect 

 of the acid is comj)letely removed by fil- 

 tering the juice cold through animal char- 

 coal properly prepared. It passes from 

 the filter with an alkaline rather than an 

 acid re-action. 



After being filtered it undergoes clarifi- 

 cation by the ordinary methods, requiring, 

 however, rather less lime than usual. The 

 syrup is remarkably white. One litre of 

 it (2.1135 pints) produced 970 grammes, 

 (= 31 oz. Troy,) whereas the same quan- 

 tity, by measure, of the ordinary syrup, 

 yields only 750 grammes. — lb. 



[From the London Journal of Arts and Sciences. 

 LIZAr's METHOD OF ENGRAVING. 



Turpentine varnish, coloured with 

 lamp-black, serves as an ink to draw on 

 copperplates, as a substitute for wood en- 

 graving. When the varnish is thoroughly 

 dry, diluted nitric acid (or aqua-fortis) is 

 poured upon it, and the interstice of course 

 removed by the action of the acid. 



The more the plate is covered with the 

 drawing, the more perfect will the en- 

 graving be. This seems to possess the 

 advantage of both common copper engrav- 

 ing and that of wood. 



Co])per is found the best metal for the 

 purpose. 



From the Farmer's Ilegister. 

 BEST DRINK IN HARVEST. 



Water, molasses, ginger, and 

 made palatable. 



acid, 



From the United States Gazette. 



PROPER TIME TO CUT TIMBER TO PRE- 



A^ENT DRY KOT. 



7'Ae month of June is said to be the 

 best time, and in proportion as we recede 

 l"rom this period the danger increases. 



Wood cut in the winter and heated will 

 give out sap or moisture, most the nearer 

 to the centre, and in June the most will 

 issue near the sui'face. 

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From the Journal of the Anieric;m Institute. 

 MANNER OF MAKING INDIAN INK. 



A number of lighted wicks are put into 

 a vessel full of oil. Over this is hung a 

 dome or funnel-shaped cover of iron, at 



