Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-11-19

duo 10 high import duties on foreign pro-
duets,
Whom timo will permit, after the rntoous
begin to make the rows, the tnsh, when
not turned, is removed from the stuhbo Ivy
hoe, aud whom tho frat blowing is tr ho .
given tho tops arc drawn into every other /
middle. and . single pillow, drawn generally |
Ivy one OK. Is passed two or three times IN |
the row, The tops, etc, are then polled into |
the plowcd middle, and the rows formerly I
containing the trash, are then plowcd, after
Which tho tore, etc, ara equally divided in
the rows and allowed 90 remain in the sur.
face to decay, retain moisture and check
growth If weeds and grass, Tho wedding
finishes the cultivation. The weeds aud
grasses nrc very similar 10 those with MS
crab grass, cocoa, guinea grass, which tlcy
think the greatest peat, and grass they
style guinea grass. secdlcss grass int.
ported 'rom Nouoauon is Of great value, MS
1t grows rapidly ON the banks Of streams,
roads aud abandoned fields, md supplies
food for the animals used ou the estates
during summer, and they are fed ON cane
/ tops during the grinding season. Mul,s,
where kept, get little corn.
Oxen cost Sl2d per pair, The import dn'F
varies according To sise FROM $50 to 500 or
/ mules. They cost from about SlS5 To $500.
l On an estate Of 1900 acres Of arabic land
about $50 oxen are required The machinery
\ ON Santa Rosa, like that on many good os-
| tatcs, is Of a massive character. There are
two mills, 6 feet long and - in diameter
capable of grinding canes for 10000
pounds Of sugar per day. A splendid triple
| onoct-iwclvc dcinlcators, steam heater sub
siders. two clnrihcrcs and two vacuum pans.
Having no winter cold, the sugar house is
SO constructed MS to be open ON all sides.
The only inclosed portion is where tho su-
CARS come down to the centrifugal machines.
packed aud shipped, The canes aro brought
into the sugar house by portable railroads
or OK teams. The former are mach used
where the lands arc not too undulnting.
The carriers are fed direct from the cars or
carts, grinding being accomplished during
the day, MS rule. From the mill the juice
passes through steam heater, there
warmed prior to arriving Mt the defnlcator,
where it is brought TO about 2l2o, then
steam cut Off After subsistence the liquor
flows into n tank from whence it goes to
the triple.otiect, aud there concentrated ac-
cordng to the fancy of the boiler. 1t is
then SKINNED in steam cnriher, and from
thence TO suhsiders where it is not allowed
to remain very long owing to the risk of
fermentation. The pan completes the
operation, and if large grain is required
tho strikes are cut. The masse cutie, if
dark crystals are wanted, receives n charge
of molasses prior TO being struck. The
strike is received into wagons, and there
remains twenty -four hours before being
purged by the centrifngas. The result is
large grained sugar, polarizing from "a
to ~ :, as much below Is, Dutch standard,
us possible to evade n high duty.
: As with us there are varied opinions as
to the best modes of extraction and manu-.
featuring cane juice into sugar. Being
D within y days ride of the second largest
mill on the island, concluded to inspect il
, and gain all the information | could ne tc
1 the results obtained. The mill is AZ niche.
, diameter, s feet long, with Is inches TOP
shaft checks IL feet across; engine sc
, inch cylinder, s feet stroke Cost about
$4,000 before cane was ground. Capa
city S15 tons cnne in fourteen hours, oil
4 about 70 tons an hour. Speed II revolu.
tions, moving less than IA feet per minute
Extraction 81 per cent. per cwt. sugar
e due to richness of cane. Result from AZ, OUl
to 10000 pounds sugar per day. The ad
4 ministratOr expects To obtain better results
this season. as he got from his own mill
81 inches diameter, 6S per cent. The gen
eral impression seems 10 he TINT ponderou
t mills cannot be fed with that regularity
! which is required to give the best results
d The whole difficulty may ere long b,
, obviated by the use of the "cane shredder,
i n new machine | saw tried in New York
5 The canes pass through the machine at ih
end of the carrier and are torn into shred
a prior to going through the mill. Last yes
Q "a per cent. of juice was obtained, aud /
d Beaume'd one degree more than when tn
z canes were expressed in the ordinary way
The canes are torn by blunt steel teeth re
volviug at about loo revolutions per min
G ute. Capacity about % tous per hour.
;, A sanguine inventor has this season con
o tracied with Senior de Albania for an ap
a paratus which is TO give Ii per cent. U
q sugar where the canes show IL per cent. b.
r analysis. lie is to erect the machinery a
Q his own expense on Que of the estates /
;, Cuba, and remove it if not satisfactory. II
/. is to be supplied with 100 tons of cane pc
u day for ten days. IL successful n handsom
e royalty is to be paid for the apparatus. U
= late much has been written IN Louisiana n
e to the best mode of obtaining the creates
a amount of juice from the canes and til
n correct mode OF converting it into sugar
u Five.roll mills and the diffusion process hav
ie each their advocates. | visited an immens
n estate in Cnba where, several years ago,
large diffusion apparatus was erected n
81 great cost-result almost totol loss c
E. crop and removal of the machinery an
30 erection Of mill aud tripe-eiieci. Wher
1t fuel is abundant five roll mills seem to Civ
s. satisfaction; but where the entire crop
II boiled off az at Santa Rosa, with bagass
&c alone, the fuel would not be sufficient "a
70 The two extra rolls, aud it is contended ther
ID wond be no economy in their use.
y The Cubsns find the trpe.esfect answer
an admirable purpose, as they want sugar
l. Of dark color, To eyade high rate {
Is doiy The beet root sugar maker prepare
10 an article for the resiner and has reeours
lie to a similar process. IL remains to he d.
L mousirated whether cane juice can be cor
IA verted into sugar that will class as whit
on the market by the trip.e-etiect an