, 1881-10-05

on Mr.. GilFS dlctum that 1T would never
ferment, and thus it passed through all it's
stages into the tayche, where, III order
to test the matter at once, we brought 1t
up to striking point, and discharged it into
the coolers. / candidly confess that if it
had not been my W property | dared not
have carried the experiment so far, so firm
ly was | convinced that it had miscarried,
and was an utter failure but | determined
to give it a good trial, and to go on for the
rest of the week.
The next morning | was down at the
works betimeS. to see the sugar of the day
before, and watch the process i'll it's
second days development. / was met at
once by the question. What are we to
do with all this juice, Sir? 1t is ferment.
ing like anything!' Alas! it vas TOO true.f
Active fermentation from tayche to tank
sharp and decided, such as would rejoice
the heart of a d~iStiller, but scarcely tend
to the peace of mind of a sugar-bOiler,
The work of the day before as shown by
the coolers, was pure glucose. not one par
ticle of grain in it, Prompt and decided
action was required, | forSook : Gill;"
and went back to my /" old lore" 1t gave
me what help it could and from the
thousands of gallons of the previous days
work, which were now scething with fer
mentation, we rescued about so per cent.
of what we should ordinarily have got in
its crystalline form. Whilst, from the
fresh juice treated by "Gil's compo,"
not one particle of grain has vet been
obtained. BY last mail | received another
letter from Mr.. Gill, written about a week
after my experience had been gained, as
it is dated June eth. He sayS:-"I re-
Gently found by "the colour of his sugar
+" product that the generosity of a client
:" exceeded his discretion, %inaSmuch as be
twas too bGUntiful III the use of cOmpo,'
(Which, like any other extravaganza,
acting prejudicially, caused the sugar
+" to pass from the well known interesting
"yeliow colour into the deep brown of
&" glucose" No words could more accu.
rately describe my own experience. 1t is
quite clear ] must have put in too much
"c0mpo." But | don't think | shall try
it again. ArtemuS Ward recommends
every one to stick to his forte. 1t is clear
my forte is not making sugar by "Gilrs
process" As Mr.. Gil very justly
remarks of his SYSTEM" Here is Il sim
"plicity so complete that it appears to-
enjoy the contempt Of lovers OF the com
"plicatcd." | prefer to cherish that con-
tempt despite the simplicity OF the sys-
tenn.
/ have no doubt that Mr.. Gill will point
tub lldL SOiiiC ildlCIldl lllIlS Has UCCI
done wrong or left undOne; but | have
carefully followed his instructions. III a
recent letter he told me Mr.. Williams, of
Demerara, was conducting an experiment
also, and that the result was perfectly
satisfactory. If this is so, ] must confess
my surprise. Perhaps if this is seen by
Mr.. Williams he Will kindly state those
results, for the benefit Of myself and other
readers OF the Sugar Cane, as | should be
very sorry to condemn a system through
any laundering, on my part, in its manipu-
lation, But | see nought in it that is new
that is worth anything: the good chat is
in it is sand filtration, which is old. AS
far as | am able to judge, the albumen
in tue jnice remains unchanged, and there
is no g|alvanism whatever generated. The
Inversion Of the juice takes place in conse-
quence of the cumulative action of the
acid, and not by reason of the "compo''
being in excess. | would strongly dis
suade any one from adopting the system
at his own cost. If Mr.. Gill wishes it
again tried commercially, let him do it
himself, and prove by his results that all
who have previously tried it-myself
among the number-have Numbered. I
wish him every success, but in future shall
stick to 'tthe use of lime"
j. SPENCER holdings.