. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . onable to the age and strength ofthe root,) eight or ten feet high, accord-ing to the goodness of the ground; insome moist soils, the cane has measuredtwenty feet, but such are seldom so pro-ductive. This species of the sugar canehas three varieties, the white, the red,and the elephantine sugar cane. It is anative of both the Indies, and also of theislands of the So
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . onable to the age and strength ofthe root,) eight or ten feet high, accord-ing to the goodness of the ground; insome moist soils, the cane has measuredtwenty feet, but such are seldom so pro-ductive. This species of the sugar canehas three varieties, the white, the red,and the elephantine sugar cane. It is anative of both the Indies, and also of theislands of the South Sea. It may beincreased by slips or suckers from theroot, or by cuttings. In its natural climate it is planted by cuttings inparallel furrows, where it comes to perfection in about fourteen months;when ripe, the reeds are cut off at a joint near the root, cleared of theleaves, tied up in bundles, and sent to the mills, where, being cut inshort pieces, they are squeezed till all the juice is obtained from is then evaporated, with the addition of a small quantity of lime, un-til it becomes thick, when it is transferred into wooden coolers, wherea portion concretes into a crystallized mass, which is drained and ex-. ENCYCLOPEDIA. 49 SUGAR. TEA, ? ported to this country, under the name of muscovado, or raw remaining liquid portion is called molasses or treacle, which in theWest Indies, with other refuse saccharine matter, is commonly con-verted into rum. Sugar is refined by boiling it in pans with lime water, mixed with acertain portion of bullocks blood. The albumen of the blood mixeswith the impurities of the sugar, which, rising to the surface, are skim-med off. Occasionally, we believe, the whites of eggs and butter arealso used. When the sugar is sufficiently purified, it is placed in cool-ers, where it is violently agitated, till it becomes thick and granulated ;it is then poured into conical earthen moulds, previously soaked in wa-ter, and again agitate
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