The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-07
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, JUNE T. 1878.

pan proprietors; which very important uues-
ton, am glad to see, Is now under COnSide-
ration by committee of sugar planters ap-
pointed by the association.
AS to the Qualification of cane juice, have
nowhere in France, Austria, Germany or
Cuba seen so little science employed in this
process as in Louisiana sugar houses. II the
sugar planters do not desire to use q better
agent than lime and cannot find one as cheap,
then, at least, tmus paper should be employ
ed for each Clarifier, so as to keep the Carih-
cation all the season &tightty acid, The small
est surplus Of lime will act as q destroying
agent of the Crystaizabe sugar, form saCCha-
rate Of lime, which in dense solutions is not
soluble, and when boiled in the vacuum pan
will build a mass on the steam coils some
what like pull candy, but never will crystal
lie, The evil of over lined juice IS felt In the
nOn-CryStaliZng of seconds, to say nothing of
third Syrups. Every per Centum Of invert
sugar originally present in juice, or aCCumu-
lated during the manufacturing process, will
prevent one per cent Of Crystalizabie sugar
from cryStalzattOn, fact fully established
by the experience of all sugar reners.
Although the loss upon open kettles, In
connection with vacuum pans, is nOtsO great
the combination Is most awkward, viewed
from technical standpoint. The sugar
which Is destroyed by heat in the kettle can
not he TGgainCd by boiling in vacuum pan.
With the help Of the poariscope the planters
can easily determine these questions. because
for practical purposes this instrument is q
perfectly sufficient guide
Furthermore, I think that steam train
places would do well to rCbOil their mOlasSes,
and by putting the same in the warming
rooms obtain q larger amount OF crystaliHa-
bic sugar, as all this mOasSps which exam
ined last season pOIariHed from s. to 60 per
cent in Crystalizable sugar. Centrifugal ma
chimes, as are now manufactured at reaSOna-
bic prices, might be used to advantage for
the purpose of drying the firstS and seconds
thus manufactured. Nothing but additional
warming room will be required with the neCeS-
sary tanks or wagons. MOIaSses will pay to re-
boil il pOlarizing from 45 to 80 per cent of it's
original density or so to 90 per cent on 100
solid matter. The experience of Mr. ChaS w.
Walker Of st. Mary, in rebOiltng mOlasScs
last season was that thirty hOgsheadS Of good
sugar was obtained from 226 barrels of mo-
lasSes. Taking the weight Of the sugar and
the remaining mOlasses together there was
only a small manufacturing loss.
According to the different strength Of the
mOlaSSeS In cryStaliZablP sugar it has to be
boiled to different densitiGS before being dis
charged from the vacuum pan. The poorer
the mOlaSSeS in CryStalizablG sugar, the
thinner 1t has to be kept and brought to the
warming room, as the molecules, or minute
PARTICLES forming the crystal are so far apart
in the Impurities that they could not come
together through the impurities if not boiled
thin and held in solution by the proper tenn
perature in the warming rooms. These i'm
purlteS may also be kept in solution by the
Use OF proper chemicals,
Vacuum pans would be best heated with eX
haust steam at least the temperature should
not exceed 140o Farenheit.
The speed of CentTfugalS should be in
creased to about 400 revolutions per minute
II their strength admits of such speed, be-
cause the yield of sugar at one operation
would be larger. These are about the prinCi-
pal points which appear to me deserving Of
some consideration by the planters.
have, the past five years, handled over
10000 hhds of Louisiana sugar each year, and
| was satisfied that. with very little cost,
planters could keep large portion of profits
at home II the above suggestions will be
adopted.
The planter OF Louisiana should not sub-lct
q large part Of his profits to other parties.
He must try to make all the profit possible
himself, as he has taken all the cost and risk
OF cultivation. HENRY STUDENITZKA.
The reading Of this paper met with great
attention, and when the secretary had con-
cluded, the president, referring to former
discussion on tenantry, requested Mr. Walker,
Of st. Mary, who was present, to favor the
meeting withhis views on the tenant system,
as tried by himself.
Mr.. Walker in a very able manner showed
that the system worked very well with him
One-half Of his plantation is rented to white
tenants; some are natives Of the parish and
some ara strangers from other States, prin-
CpalIy Ohio. They all are well satisfied, are
well treated and prosper admirably. They
write to their friends in Ohio to come here
and try the same business.
Mr.. Walker was followed by Mr.. NichOI, of
Iberia, whose remarks on the subject COrrOb-
GRATED Mr.. Walkers statement.
After the discussion OF general topics the
meeting adjourned.