The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-12-17

A MosT USEFUL DIsCovEKY.-Every
one at all acquainted with the economy and
management Of sugar plantation, knows
the Inconvenience experienced liz the ac-
cumulation of bagasse. an article not only
heretofore considered useless, but the source
of no little vexation, trouble and expence:
Even for the purpase Of manure in its pre-
sent form, as it comes from the mill, it can
not be put to any profitable account, and
the removal of the bagasse with the en-
ployment of hands and teams, to the
swamps, river or bayous, where it has to
be deposited, occupies no inconsideiable
time and labor. We deem it then, and
sugar planters will agree with US, that the
application of this refuse cumbersome ma
terial to practical and profitable use is
indeed a great discovery. And this discov-
cry has been made, and in regard to it there
IS no room for doubt; has been tested by
repeated and most satisfactory trials,
i that the baga.se can be burnt as it comes
from the mill without any previous process
of dry ing, and 10 produce heat sufficien: to
generate steam to drive an engine. The
trial has been satisfactorily made upon the
plantation of Messrs. OsGooD 4 LAWRENCE
| and the result has been such as to authorize
those gentlemen, who are judicious and re-
liable planters, to give the discovery their
unqualified endorsement.
Our readers will be better able to COM
prehend the nature and effect to this dis
covery, by reading the following statement
given by Mcssrs. OsGooD & LAwRsNcr, in
letter addressed by them to friend in
this city, from: which we have been per-
mitted TO make the following extracts
I'VE now have the pleasure to inform
You of the successful result of our expert
ment of the bagasse, direct from the mill
in the furnace invented by Messrs STILL
MAN & ALLEN, and erected by Mr.. L. c.
PETTCs. The objects sought by us were.
to burn the bagasse as it comes fIom the
MILL without any preparation by drying
to consume all of it-and by the heat from
it to generate sufficient steam in our boilers
to drive forty horse power engine, having
back pressure in its exhaust-ppe of ten
pounds to the square inch to retain the steam
/ to boil our clarifiers."
The letter contains some specifications OF
the cylinder boilers, in which the steam is
kept up to IS pounds by the heat from the
burning bagasse, modus opeyandi Of the mill
when by the aid of a strong blast from a
fan, the bagasse is consumed in less than a
the furnace. The letter continues the fol-
lowing interesting narrative:
I'm order to prove the capability Of the
furnace for the consumption of as much BAG
asse as we can make, we caused the mill to
grind as much cane as it would receive
and we foend that the heat increased in pro
portion TO the quantity Of bagasse-nc
excess smothering the brilliant flame. In
deed there can be no excess, for when there
is heavy pressure on the mill, and large
quantity of bagasse is made, more steam
will be required to dive the engine, and il
will be necessary to consume more fuel
which is easily regulated by the speed O.
the fan SO far from finding any excess, we
are compelled to use some wood two cord.
in twenty four hours,) whenever from il.
regularity of feed or other cause, the begasse
does not accumulate fast enough. The fun
mace requires the attendance Of one boy
only or of an old man, to thow in the woot
occasionally, and to rake out the ashes one,
in twenty-four hours.
ave confess ourselves astonished at thi
. result, and fearful less the realization of on
hopes may incline us to greater partially
in its own favor, than will be felt by Others
we shall be most happy to have any ont
interested in the manufacture of sugar
visit us and witness the operation Tor them
sclves"-N O. Bulletin.
The Bark Jozh S. DE Wolje.-
The Savannah Republican, of the 6tl
: inst has the follOW:np further INTEL