Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-11-13

10 go, by such as have lands wei adapted
To crops already profitable occupying their
attention.
The effect Of high prices in one protni.
Dent product, has almost invariably the
tendency Of raising others; in the Increased
price obtained for either, stimulates demand
for all. Especially Is it to be unprecedented,
that cotton may fall behindhand from the
many casualties and the low prices thai
have atten[6d its culture for the last few
years.
Bot my present object Is more particular.
" to call the attention of the readers
Of the Agrieultuist, at points remote
from the seabOard, to the proprieiy Of pro.
perry preparing their grain for shipment
We are now beginning to receive accounts
from The heating Of grain after shipment
This damage has, in many cases, exceeded
one half the entire v4lu8 Of the saFgo} and
although this loss, in the first instance
falls on the shippers, it Is pretty sure, IN
the end, TO reach back 10 the producer
This hazar d has become so great Isom The
excessive tendency TO heat in Indian corn.
If retaining the slightest moisture when
slowed In the vessel, that some Of the hea-
West dealers in New Orleans have deter.
mined TO risk no further shipments, with"
out the grain being first fully prepared for
IL, and this Is efectualIy done BY kilndrJ-
ing.
Several establishments have been re-.
Gently erected for this purpose in this city,
two Of which at least have proved defective
in accomplishing the objects satisfactorily
Another IL about being put up, Of sufficient
capacity 10 kindly five thousand bushels
per day. Kilns have already gone into
operation in several Of the exporting Pla'
COS ON the river above, ond there ID nodoobt
these will be rapidly multiplied, I'LL sutt-
cient capacity shall have been attained to
prepare effectuaIly every bushel OF grain
destined 10 Il distant market.
The best plan for this purpose, on an ez'
~teusive scale, wticb I have seen in opera.
ton, Is a. new, and apparently valuable i'm.
proysment for kiln drying, the invention oI
Geo. W. Woodington. lie is about taking
out n patent for il, for bimselfand Mr.. Geo
bGiIbert, both of Cincinnati.
The first one ever erected has Just beer
pit into operation. II consists Of substan
: lial brick mason work, about twenty fout
. feet long, six wide, and eigHt high, archet
with brick. The fire and CRATE occup.
three feet Of the centre, at the bottom. I'm
, mediateIy above the fire are iron plates
: resting on the walls on either side, extend
ing the whole length. Al tho other end
" the flame and smoke are divided and pas
up through two iron pipes at each corner
y and then on either side, and almost in con
F. tact with the cylinder, they turn the smok'
through the kiln, where they pass out.
' The cylinder is Of strong sheet, ligh
!. boiler iron, three feet IN diameter, and oc-
Il %cupies the entire length within the ma8o'
work. On The inside Of this, hanges ar,
Q riveted 1engthwise and s,iraily, turning
. about 17Oo OF the circle, in the whole
:. length Of the cylinder. IL " placed on
u FOOT abore the fire in an arch which igkcp
II at a temperature high enough efectoaii
to dry the corn while passing through
u which requires some ten minutes. TIL
Il corn IL fed into one end of the cylinder, b
. a spout leading from a hopper above, an
~ it il discharged from the other end, an
% through a short iron conductor: 1t IL capa
u bic Of effcctually drying 800 bushels j
il twenty four hours, which II accomplish
l. without burning or tracking any Of tn
ie Kernels. Not one Is scorched or discolor
ed, but all have the bright clear appear
Is ance and original taste of the grain, Will
h its germ or vitality is e~ffectually destroyed
l. thus removing all tendency to change 0
u injury.
ie cannot but believe, that all corn dia
g tined for remote shipment hereafter, will b
t. kiln dried. There is a saving Of nine pc
h cent. In freight, in consequence of loss {
fs bulk and weight in drying, Saving Of inst
t. rance there Is no danger from weevil fror
ID any kiln dried grain; and there ID, lastl
the frequent saving Of the whole grab
a. which would otherwise spoil by moisture
80 II. L. ALLEN.
In New Orleans, April 20, 1857.