1858.] SENATE— No. 4. 149 



No. 6. — October 17. Five gallons reduced to one, the best yield. 

 The juice was pressed out with a large iron roller, the same kind 

 used by shoemakers. 



In boiling, the kettle must be well heated before the juice is put 

 into it ; when it arrives at the boiling point then skim off the floating 

 substance, and then let it simmer down to the substance of molasses, 

 which will be in about two hours ; then strain through cotton or 

 woollen cloth and it is fit for use. 



As the result of my own observation and sixteen experiments made 

 by me from the 11th of September to the 17th of October, I have no 

 doubt it will succeed — and the fair yield of Avell cultivated Chinese 

 sugar cane will be about 225 gallons of good sirup, to the acre, if a 

 proper process is applied to express the juice. 



The leaves that are taken from the stalk before pressing, are worth 

 as much for cattle as the cost of wood will be to boil out the sirup. 



The stalks taken green and cut up in a machine are good for cattle 

 if done before the frost comes. 



Pigs will thrive quite well on the stalk cut up in the same way. 



My opinion is that the sirup will not granulate without a chemical 

 process. 



The liquid must be boiled in nothing but iron kettles or pans, as 

 copper or tin destroys the flavor. 



I am fully impressed that the cultivation of the Chinese sugar cane 

 is a subject that interests all our farmers greatly, and they should 

 take hold of the subject and investigate for themselves. 



Mr. Roys, of Sheffield, Mass., also made the following 



STATEMENT: 



I planted 25 square rods of Chinese sugar cane the 22d of May; 

 soil limestone loam; several years a meadow. Applied 20 cart loads 

 of yard manure to the acre — ploughed under and well harrowed — 

 marked in rows three feet apart. A handful of compost, plaster, 

 ashes and hen manure applied to each hill. Used cultivator and hoe 

 three times, and thinned to four stalks in a hill the first time. Had 

 a frost Sept. 9th, that killed the ends of the leaves. Commenced 

 cutting to feed cattle and make sirup, without much success. After 

 some experimenting, however, I succeeded in getting quite a palatable 

 article of sirup by the following method : First, Ave expressed the 

 juice by means of a mill of our own manufacture, made with hori- 

 zontal rollers, two in number, about eight inches long and six inches 

 in diameter, fixed ia pieces of plank for bearings and one end of 

 each protruding on opp^vslte sides, to which was attached a crank, 



