The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-02-06
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Messrs. Thos. b. ,Bodley & Co., o
this city, agents. for Blymyer, Norton 8
Co., of CINCINNATI, manufacturers, O
sugar-makiug machinery are now giving
a practical exhibition of the working o
this machinery in the manufacture O.
sugar from cane, at McConnell's lumber
yard, near Tivoli Circle: The apparat
us has been in operation under the direc.
ton of Nj. c.. D. Roberts for the last
two days, and will continue to be worked
to day and tomorrow j. if the weather
permits. The design Of this exhibition
is to demonstrate that sugar can be
made from Louisiana cane on a small
scale, with even greater. relative profit to
1 to the producer than is realized by the
large planters with their expensive ma
chinery. The whole cost Of the appa-
ratus which is here exhibited, including
two horse Victor" mill and No. 5
Cooks copper pan, capable of producing
! from one and halfto two hhds. ofsugar
a day, is only 1915. Three hands are
all that are required to do the work, and
two mules afford all the power needed to
roll the cane. .
The quantity of wood consumed is
about one and half cords to a hlds.
of sugar. "'' ..'- .-@ .-
The operation has been visited and in
spected by a large number Of planters
and merchants interested in the business,
and there seems to be no. doubt with
regard to the praeticability of making
sugar. successful with this little inexpen-
sive outfit. Indeed, there can be no
question about it, for the work is done in
ths-presence Of ali and ii a manner. SO
plain and simple that novice in the art
can understand it, ..t. E. r.. .,
This operation, which in effect brings
che business of sugar making within the
reach Of the small farmers and proprietors
of Louisiana, is. Of vast Importance to
our State. Sugar is, and must be, for
long time. the most profitable field crop
that can be raised. 1Our lands and our
latitude are adopted to it better than to
any thing else. The great obstacle here
tofore has been the capital required to
enter upon and conduct the business up
On scale large enough to be profitable.
Thousands Of plantations, and hun
dreds of thousands @of good cane lands,
are lying idle in our State for the sole
reason that the owners or those who
would be purchasers, have not the capital
to make sugar, with several, hundred
acres under cultivation. The notion
preyails, either tacitly Or declaredly,
hat to make sugar profitably it mustbe
made extensively, This is certainly erro-
1eous, and the sooner this illusion is
lispelled the sooner we will begin to
'ealize upon the enormous, productive
of our rich lands and warm
'uns. Here is an outfit for making from
itty to seventy five hhds, Of sugar in
season, costing less than a cotton gin and
,ress, and worked by three or, four hands
md as many mules. The product of
his Insignificant 'apparatus At the pres
mt and prospective price Of sugar, can ;
lot be stated at less than six or eight
housand dollars, and this, We have no
lesitapcy in saying, is within the reach {
f any man who can command one hum t
red acres Of land and money enough to {
toek it, and purchase an acre Or two of {
ced for a, start With. such facilities ,
or making money, our State should be-
ome rich and prosperous, and we should !
ave no more repinings.-fN. @: Times. {