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a point lower and thicker than for syrup and set aside to stand two, 

 or four days. If crystals are thrown down in the vessel there is 

 then reason to believe more of it will do so. He can, therefore, 

 should he desire to make his own sugar, boil it to the proper con- 

 sistency, or until the steam comes up through the syrup with a 

 burst, and set it off in tubs to granulate. Sometimes, however, this 

 does not take place for a few weeks, or even months. In order to 

 expedite the process, it should be kept in a close, warm room, 

 heated up to, at least, 90 degrees. This can be easily done by hav- 

 ing the tul.s or barrels of syrup in a room made tight, and heated 

 by a stove. With but little replenishing of wood the stove may be 

 kept hot continuously. When the granulation has taken pla^e fully 

 let the whole mass, molasses and all, be put into stout cloth bags 

 and hung up to drain. Or it can be put into conical tin moulds, 

 shaped like a sugar loaf, with an opening at the bottom covered by 

 a wire sieve, such as is used for straining milk. The bags, how- 

 ever, are cheaper and equally as effective. Here let it remain for 

 a sufficient number of days, to allow all the molasses to pass off. 

 It can then be taken down and mixed with a very small quantity 

 of water and redrained, and this application of water can be repeat- 

 ed until the sugar becomes as white as desired. The water can 

 then be reduced by evaporation, to the desired consistency of mo- 



In the manufacture of the Southern cane sugar, lime-water, 

 (white wash) is used to clarif/ it. At first this was used in sorghum 

 but it was soon found that it blackened the syrup so much that no 

 after treatment would restore its clear color. Besides, it gave it a 

 a very disagreeable alkaline taste. Afterwards the white of eggs 

 was used, which did very well, but further manufacture brought 

 out the discovery that it contained so much gum it would coagulate 

 and clarify itself better without the addition of anything with it. 

 Skimming easily removes all impurities that arise upon the sur- 

 face. 



The amount of syrup procured from an acre of ground is as 

 various as are the methods of cultivation and characters of the soil. 

 From forty to two hundred gallons may be considered the range, 

 and when it is considered that a cultivator can take his choice be- 

 tween the two quantities, it may seem that there is cause for emula- 

 tion. 



