Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-29

mills OF " llmingtOn annually Jf HliI ~
penses. From the proprietor down to lhe
boy who held she horse, we met with Ihr
utmost pOlitcness and courtesy. W" did
not think TO inquire if There was school
of ctiructtc attached to the establishment,
but We presume there is somewhere. %
passing down the walk We cast parting
look over the large establishment ana
TUNED our face toward the city.
RICE MILLS.
Adjacent to the Hilton Steam Saw Mills
Of q. G.. Parsley, described in Article L, anG
deriving its power from the engine OF the
planning mills, is the
HILTON EICE MILL.
HE history of rice production il the
i-nitei States is an interesting one, from
IFS introduction into South Carolina, en-
bracinc its Increase and spread over the
country, up to the time of the abolition OF
slavery, since which, it has dwlldled down
to a comparative insignificancc. The cape
Fear region formerly exported rice largely,
now it is imported TO Wilmington. The
rice Plantations for miles around Whining
ton have been deserted, and these lands,
which, in China, would support over
million of people, are grown up with weeds
and are fast passing into their original state;
But there are few places partially worked
now, and the rice produced on them Is
mostly prepared for market in Wilmington
| at the Hilton mills, or the Point Peter
/ mills of Mr. VIM. F. Potter. We propose to
/ give q very imperfect sketch OF the
OPERATIONS OF THE RICE MILL:
( The rough rice is received from flat boats
! which come alongside the mill, and placed
( under one of the elevators, which carries 1t
/ 10 the upper story of the building here it
/ passes through several operations, as
! screening, tanning, rubbing, &c, on It's
! passage back to the ground floor, where
another elevator takes it and passes 1t
/ back to the upper story. 1t then passes
into the mortars, which cheat it, remoV-
! ING the husk from the, white grain, ana
/ reaches the ground floor again, where 1t Is
/ again seized by an elevator, passed to the
upper story, run through the sheepskln
I brushes, which deliver it to screens Whlch
separate the rice into the different qualltles;
and the whole is landed clean, white and
beautiful on the lower floor in its marketable
. condition as ..whole," 'shalf," and ''smalf'
rice. These are its grades on market.
/ On the intermediate floors there are sew
eyaI small elevators which convey the rice
from point to point, as the operation goes
on. so that. from the beginning to the end,
/ It has passed through seven elevators, and
quite Il number Of ingenious machines
The
CAPACITY OF TIE HILTON MILLS
reaches the preparation of about fifteen
tjcicas Of five hundred pounds each per
day. hut 50 limited is the supply OF rough
rice, that tile proprietor cannot keep 1t run
ming steadily. and the same IS the case with
The Point Ieter Mills.
It IS to be regretted that such IS the case,
but the lice planter cannot control lahor,
and those iaboreIs who could redeem this
.-,.,.,t ;7,3o,a-+ from, GaStVlctiCI. will
not work at it. There has gone abroad il
tl.:. V oIId All impression that the rice fields
are 50 filled with malaria that they are fatal
to the majority Of the labOrers. This I'M
preston. we feel bOundtO say, is false. The
fact that the Cape Fear rice planters kept
on their plantations year after year, foI
over half a century, labOTerS Of an average
value Of seven hundred dollars each, ought
to stamp falsehOod on the face OF the as
/ sert;0n. If the average moTtallty hau been
Greater on tie rice fields than on the cot
ton and corn plantations, or III the turpen-
time woods. the labarers would have been
Withdrawn. Setting aside every principle
Of humanity and using only that OF self in
tarc stand this would have been the case
How much more must it have been Sc
when we remember that the planters were
men Of soul, of noble and generous I'M,
pulses, ever ready to administer to the
wants Of their servants in every reasonable
way.
I,iee is one Of the productions of South
ern soil, and is liked by almost every body
Its use is not confined to any portion OF tn
United States, but it seems to ind
MARKET EVERYWHERE,
and is distributed over the North an,
Northwest III all the cities and villages
Delicious IL il when prepared as tn
negroes OF the South prepare it-hoiled
with cyci.y grain standing apart. i makes
when ground into -four, the most paiatahl'
cakes for tie tea table, riyaliing, il not eX
J ceiling, the famous ''bUcllWhcat cakes :
when served il p;ltldings it pleascs the cpl
cure. and prepared fer inyalir|s it provoke
: 10 appetite the most lauguid stomach.
Congress has been discussing the 'fIes
ton Of removing the
TARIFF OK RICE.
ami admitting If duty free. This,
accomplished. VIII lee tie final blow ii th
rice interest, and that which IS now strug
cIirc to Sustain Itself viii 60 down forever
The production will be limited to tina
which Eunilie, need for home Consjmp
ton. and the United States will have L
look to other ,nottic. for a supply.
w. could unnh" !n.iitical article of thi
if such VAS our object, by comparing sue
; action. if had with that other adiUstmcn
? Of the tariff Which atlstains feeble interest
al the EUIth, although the result is the il
2 direct taxation Of every other part Of tn
Y country. let the tariff he increased unit
9 IaLorers will lee anxious TO enter upo
h these lands aud work them, not only fc
: their own benefit, Int fer the benefit of a
5 consumers eft delicious food.
: FERTILIZERS.
e Iir u,r Il fertilizers i'll a concentrate
form, is Of recent date. Their intrOductiO
first into Germany, then into France an
England, was succeeded, after few years
by thpirIlse in the United States. The
! followed tho discovery of the GImno island
: of the Pacific Ocean, of the coast of Peru
the importation Of Peruvian CUanO, the il
= yeution Of substitutes, the analysis OF sol
" and plants, and the adaptation Of CON
;, pounds OF various kinds to supply deticieI
Il cirs in soils and food for crops.
Ii is impossible that any one tertiliz(
can be made, that will produce the highe
G results in all kinds Of crops and soils. I'll
d constituents Of the plants are SO variou
}, that what would be profitable to one kline
y is sometimes positively injurious to al
II other, so that the chemists must be Gale
$ in on every field to decide the exact elC
e mcnts lacking i'll the soil, and those neede
|, for the crop, before a perfectly adapted MI
I. nurc can be made. But there are certai
IS general constituents required for evel
) cop, and certain Deficiencies in almost a
y worn soils, 50 that if a fertilizer is prepare
s containing these constituents and suppl,
Il ing these deficiencies, in a convenient fOrl
a for use by the plant, 4 great good is OF
h tanned. 1t is to accomplish these ends TIL
IS :. Commercial Manures," as they are SOM
2 times called, are manufactured.
l. In the year 1869, company was forme
in Wilmington, called
THE NAVAssA GUANO COMPANY,