The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-11-25
1000

Ground 10 q me pOwder retaining still ten per
Ceut. oil moisture, Zone black dbsOrDs one-Iwclith
OF is own weight OF hydrate Of lime, or ohc pound
of hydrate OF lime Is absorbed by twelve pounds
Of animal charcoal. Bone black has also the pro
pertes Of absorbing ammOniacal, azoted. OdOrons.
oily and colorlng matters. Applied to sugar 1t
promotes crystalliZatiOn wonderfully. Animal char
coal. prepared by KNIGHTS process, Is transferred
into Il new product. with increased power for effect
ing n rapid and perfect filtration, and also for abb
sOrblng lime and cOlOrlug matter. 1t moreover
contains, besides IL very large amount of phosphate
Of lime. other mineral ingredients. which will make
Il powerful manure. especially for the sugar crop.
Mixed with the scum of DELEGATIONS, it restores TO
the earth the substance taken from it by the cane.
This addition to the spent compound doubles its
bulk and weight. KNIGHTS improved animal char
coal is sold and delivered in Liverpool at Gl0 the
ton. Il Is used at the rate of two per cent. that is
TO say, two tons OF bone black are employed for
manufacturing one hundred tons of superior sugar.
These two tons of improved black. costing G20, are
more than repaid by the four tons of an excellent
fertilizer delivered on the sugar plantation. whereas
four tons of Peruvian guanO would cost in Liver
pool ej3. The sugar produced by the new process
of manufacture being well purified, does not melt
when stored like the common MuscOyadO. which.
during the sea voyage 10 Europe. loses from 10 TO
Is per cent. The improved sugar is of a standard
which obtains AT least x per ton above the price
of unfltered MuScovado. The quantity is increased
IN the ratio of 10 per cent, /. E., in place of 100
tons of common sugar, the same amount of cane
juice yields 100 tons of purified MuscovadO. The
apparatus required TO carry out the new process, is
composed of an improved filter, with its appurten-
ances, a lift pump, and three reservoirs. By the
old process of sugar making, 100 tons of brown
sugar loses 10 tons from drainage during the sea
voyage To Europe, the remaining 90 tons sold in
bond at go product 81 500. From the same mum
Der of gallons Of cane juice, 10 tons of purified
yellow Muscoyado are obtained with the new mode
of manufacture. sold at G22. give 92.f20. showing
4 surplus Of $500. Thus. as estate which produces
now 1000 tons of sugar per aunum. will make. by
the improved process. a yearly surplus Of e6.20O
above its present income the value Of manure
produced covering all the cost of the new process,
and inSuring "a steady and constant increase in the
sugar crop. The remarkable features of this new
process. are its simplicity and its responsiveness
Ii does not require skilled labor. and can be car
ried on with ~ little cost on the smallest as we'll a
the largest scale. The manipulation i not restricted
10 the production OF MuscOvadO alone. the cane
juice being so we'll purified that the sugar can be
easily bleached so a 10 produce the highest class
OF unstoved sugar. Therefore. should the duties
on sugar be equalized. 1. c, if a single duty il put
on imported sugar. as i already on tea, whatever
he its quality. the smallest sugar estate can hence
forth compete with the largest one already in posses
sion OF the most improved plant-a problem now
solved for the first time"