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SOUTHERN CULXIV ATOll. 
Still pressing the cuid with yuur hands until ihe curd is 
tolerably (ice froin whey; then lay it. on a tray or dish; 
tlien work in salt with the hands until it is properly iia- 
vored, then work the curd like working Indian nread, un- 
til the particles of curd are rendered minute. Have a 
hoop ready, wliiehiuay be made oi' white oak, about nine 
inches deep and ten inches in diameter; liave a block or 
bench three feet high, put on the hoop, spread the clothin 
the hoop, leaving out the corners, press the curd into the 
hoop, wrap it well in the cloth, place a round piece ol' 
poplar or oak plank inside the top of the lioop, press gent- 
ly, at first, increase as you progress; after two or tliretj 
hours' pressing, take out your cheese and reverse it, then 
press about the same time, adding more weight, .After 
pressing, rub the outside ofthe cheese with fine salt, lay 
on a plate and dry until it will stand on its edge; make a 
rack by nailing two thin slats to thick pieces of jilank 
two inches apart, bore holes, and insert some flexible 
twigs or splits for the cheese to recline against wliile dry- 
ing, which operatiojiimust be obtained iti the shade. Turn 
daily, avid also rub with a coarse, diy towel, 
H.iping tlmt your correspondent may succeed with 
these instructions, I am 
Truly yours, E. D. 
dOt'A, 1851). 
CHINESE SIFGAE CAKE, AHD GEOEGIA SYEUP. 
Editors Southern Cultivator— T feel it my duty to 
make known to the Southern Public the result of my 
Syrup Making from the Chinese Sugar Millet, in hopes 
that others who have sown this valuable variety of the 
Millet may be induced to work it up into Syrup this sea- 
son. 
I send a few joints of the Cane and a sample ofthe syrup 
of which I have made several barrels. 
I obtained niy start of seed during lire spring 1855, from 
D. Ekdmond, Esq , of the SauLhcni CuUivalor. I consider- 
ed it a ‘-humbug,'’ from its close resemblance in seed 
and growth to the “Guinea Corn,” until my children to 
wards fall made the discovery of its being to their taste 
equal to the true Sugar Cane. 
This year 1 planted one patch April I5th, another May 
18th, near Calhoun, Gordon co., on land tliat woukl pro- 
duce during a “seasonable” year, forty bushels of corn 
per acre, and this year not over twenty bushels. 
Seed sown carelessly in drills, three feet apart, covered 
with a one horse plow; intending to “chop out” to a 
stand of one stalk six. inches apart in the row, but failed 
to get a good stand, as the seed came up badly from the 
d-eep and irregular covering. Worked out, same as for 
corn, plowing twice and hoeing once. 
By suggestion of Gov. Hammond, of South Carolina, I 
determined to give the Syrup making a fair trial; con- 
sequently ordered from the Itlessrs, Winship, of Atlanta, 
a very complete horse-power Mill, with vertical iron roll- 
ers, that has worked admirably, crushing outjuicefor 
eight gallons of syrup per hour, worked by two mules, 
with one hand to putiu the cane, and a hoy to drive. 
On the 13th of this month, finding the seed fully ripe, 
I had the fidder pulled, and the seed heads cut. 
Yield of fodder per acre IlOO to 1300 lbs. 
Yield of seed per acre 25 bushels of 3G pounds to the 
bushel. 
First trial of Mill, 70 average canes gave 20 quarts of 
juice. 
Six hundred and six average canes passed once through 
the rollers gave 38 gallons 1 quart juice; passed a second 
time through gave 2 gallons of juice ; the 40 gallons 1 qt, 
gave 8 gallons thick syrup. 
I carefuMv measured an 8th of an acre, having the best 
canes, and the best stand, another Sth having the poorest 
canes, and the poorc.st stand. The result 1 give btlow, 
the canes passed once through the rollers. 
REST ElUliTU OF ACRE. 
Yichl of juice from 3315 canes 2.53 gals. 
A'itdd of Syrup from 253 gals juice 58-2 *' 
Rates per acre, of Syrup 408 “ 
POOREST EIGH'I'H OF A.V ACRE. 
Yield of from 2550 canes 170 gals. 
Yield of Syrup from 159 gallons juice. .434 “ 
Rate per acre, of Syrup 3-40 “ 
Weight of 30 selected canes 492 lbs. 
“ Juice pressed out..-.. 2bi lbs. 
“ Crushed cane 23 lbs. 
Loss in crushing i lbs. 
Weight of crushed cane dried in sun.. Oi lbs. 
Obtaining such unlooked for success with the Chinese 
Sugar Cane, I concluded to try our common corn. 
From a “new ground” planted 3 by 3, one stalk to a 
hill, a week beyond the roasting ear stage, 1 selected 30 
stalks. 
Weight ofSO stalks 35| lbs. 
“ “ Juice 154 lbs. 
“ “ Crushed stalks lOi lbs. 
Ijossin crusbing I lb. 
Yield of syrup 14 pts. 
The syrup [of common corn] was of a peculiar disgree- 
able taste, entirely unfit for table use. 
The following tests were made at the mill by Dr. Robt, 
Battey, of Rome, Ga., a graduate of the Philadelphia Col- 
lege of Pharmacy; 
Specific gravity of Chinese SugarCane juice. . .1 .085 
“ Syrup 1.335 
“ New Orleans syrup 1.321 
Thermometer applied to syrup 77'^ 
“ Juice 70'-’ 
Saccharomttre applied to Juice 252'*’ 
The juice should be placed in llie boilers immediately 
on being pressed out, then boiled slowly, until the green 
scum ceases to rise; then stir in a teaspoonful of air-slak- 
ed lime to five gallons of juice; continue skimming and 
boiling until the syrup thickens and hangs down in flakes 
on the rim of the dipper, 
I have made the clearest syrup by simply boiling and 
skimming, without lime or other clarifiers. 
Tlielime is requisite to neutralize a portion ofthe acid 
in the juice — the true proportion must be determined by 
well conducted experiments. 
The cost of making the syrup in Upper Georgia, in my 
opinion, will not exceed ten to fifteen cents per gallon. 
This I shall be able to test another season, by planting and 
working up 50 acres of the cane. 
I am satisfied that this plant will enable every farmer 
and planter in the Southern States, to make, at home, all 
the syrup required for family use, andl believe that our 
chemists wiilsoon teach us how to convert the syrUp into 
sugar for export, as one of the staples of our favored 
clime. Richard Peters. 
Atlanta^ Ga.^ Scplcmhcr, 1856. 
Remarks. — V/e have, also, a very able report on thi.s 
invaluable plant, from Dr. Robert Battey, now pursuing 
the study of Chemistry and Medicine in Philadelphia. It 
will appear in our next, with illustrations of the plant, the 
crushing mill of Mr. Peters, &c. — Eds. 
g^^Let you be ever so pure, you cannot associate witii 
bad companions without falling into bad odor. Evil com- 
pany is like tobacco smoke — you cannot be long in its 
presence without carrying away a taint of it. 
I^^Modesty is the citadel of beauty and virtue. The 
fiisi of ali virtues is innocence, the second is modesty. 
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