Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1878 — Sugar-Making from Corn. [ARTICLE]

Sugar-Making from Corn.

The chemists at the Agricultural Department are busily at work perfecting a process of manufacturing sugar from the stalk of Indian corn. Several very successful results were accomplished today. The Commissioner of Agriculture expects that next year nearly all the farmers in the country who raise Indian corn will be able to' manufacture their own sugar. The first farmer who has started out in the manufacture of sugar from the stalks of Indian com has been heard from. His success will encourage others. This man is from Illinois.— Washington telegram.