The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-08-12

dirty c0loIed lime sugar of Gate
Gettum times, most certainly
would not make a good show on
our markets nova days, witness
some that average little more
tllan from 4G5c. Consumers will
no longer have it, when, for a
tritle more, they can get ont
bright colored choice brands, tri
umphantly contrasting with the
former. Most consumers, not
only in the South, but also i'll the
West, are fully well satisfied with
our choice descriptions of kettle
sugars, and care little for the re
fined grades.
And when we consider how
easily and cheapiy superior kettle
sugars are now produced, we feel
as if prosperity a again smi!
ing at our doors. What is then
required to reach such good re
suits? Sulphur and line-two
cheap agents, jndiciously used,
with the assistance of good sui
phur machine, such as we had
the pleasure of seeing on q couple
of plantations last Fall.
Sulphur has been objected by
a few, will often iujure the quail
ty of the sugar to such an extent
as is not compensated by the
slight Improvement i'll color. We
entertained that opinion to some
extent, until we saw the results
obtained by the machine above
referred to, the Whirl wind Cane
+ Juice Bleacher," manufactured by
Mcssrs. Lescals & Guedry, of
t PaincourtvlIle, La. This won
|, derful new little machine, used
i on the Lafourche and Oh the riv
err, we think, has produced tie
finest grades of kettle sugar it
has ever been our lot to examine;
J and we hear that sugars made
, with it, even from inteior cane,
have never ranked lower than
fully fair, while they have genel
/ ally ranked prime to choice. The
molasses is splendid, and must,
, doubtless rank choice too. The
. bleaching, indeed, is perfect, far
!, superior to anything OF the kind
we have seen, and we readily III
derstand from the peculiar al
= rangement of the whole appars
tus, and its combination, that il
. will bleach to any amount desired
1t stands unique in that respect
: The principles on which it is sait
20 be based are: /. Excluding
Il the sulphur fume from contact
with the air. 2. Protractcd ant
| close contact between the juice
s and the fume. By the former it i:
said to prevent the formation o
e too strong an acid i'll the juice
b which, We think is an importan
t feature that has been overlooked
n i other sulphur machines.
There are still few planters
), who perist in believing that lh'
old process Of using Bill Sulphlt,
II of Line is as cheap as Sulphur
D. and as good if not better. Th'
It fact is, Bi-Sulphite will cost mucl
.. more than Sulphur, and is no
:. worth Sulpher well used. And, il
cases where it should be deeme'
that Ri-Sulphite must be prefert
, BILE to Sulphur alone, why not o.
: tain it then, after Mr.. Lescale'
process, inside the very Sulphu
i Machins, at the actual cost of Su
Z phur and Lime. The latter process
t. it is agreed by the best authori
. ties, will be found especially a.
{ vantageous in some particula
II cases, as, for instance, when W
. grind unripe or damaged can
Il and the juice is naturally dispo
q ed to quick fermentation.
1t is justice due to the "Whi'
= acind" to say that while it has pr
duced the finest grades of Ke
= tie Sugars, white clarified sugar
l. bleached with it without filters
. are the finest we have seen, an
I, u challenge competition. Indeed
is not easy to decide what desert
y tons of sugars r most benefi
ted by the use of that littl
u "Pet.n
u Now, if planters consider tina
! by adopting the said machine the
, will be able to sell their suga
. 1c &c or even only &c higher pc
ID than they could otherwise do
" the gain paying the machine time
;. over, few we think, will refus
u to avail themselves of the oppo
D. tunity offered ; but, following tn
> example of onr most prominen
= planters. scores of them will uuic'
u ly send their orders to Messrs
:. Lescale and Guedry.
" Well do these gentlemen an