Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15

HISTORIES where water s. not exceedingly a6urs-
ant g retain t7ia sstaF IN q pond al-eF uli alt.
BE-PRoDUCr1.
The principal ana the most valuable a. zzsls -
the most EalaaDtG product OF the surar fnefn4u -
the sugar. but several other products sboui5
Is the mOlaGses, which Sc likely riygeys to - ~
important it, m in eorghuIn-sugar Manufacture
At present the yield OF molesses after the seDs-
ration Of 50 uch Of the sugar az We are abIe 20
obtain Is y TO is gallons per ton OF field cane.
count Of the separation OF more OF the sugar. be
ls not impossible that the molassss may bs profit
4bly destroyed IN order TO recover tbs sugar.
But at present the molasses, watch oont5ins
about as much sugar as s. usually sep
Grated la an Important product and e
in progress TO test It's feeding value. and the
Indications are that the resUlts VIII be favorsbla
me asAt FtillaD Dy-pEou uct rs the SEED which
when ali saved aInountz to an average of nearly
two bushels 10 the ton Of cane. This amount
the quality Of the cane are made, since it has al
ready become apparent that IN any variety Of
sugar often have rather deficient seed-hsads
The value Of cane seed for feeding purposes e.
nearly equal to that Of Indian corn.
The leaveg constitute a valuable by-Droduct
which have heretofore been thrown away. and
have been a considerable inconviencs on account
of their great bulk Durirg the first half or two
thirds OF the working season they are eTcelIanE
forage, and can be readily preserVsd az eDsii0re
for which purpose they are already cut to suita-
bic size. II put sway with ths seed tons IN RiluG
a rich and valuable feed would doUbtl-ss be pre-
served.
The exhausted cane chips. are at present a great
burden 10 be disposed OF Their preparation for
taeI has already been alluded to. Recent inves-
LEGATIONS are deyalCp ping the fact that they are
an excellent pap reproducing material. After
left enough OF the chips dry matter amounting
to about $50 pounds per ton of field cane. 30
that II they can be used for paper making this
product VII be considerable,
REFINING TEE SUGAR.
The sugar produced by the lstast processes is
OF good quality. 1t is not quite white, however,
Of the cane from which it is derived. TO com
plete the development of the sorghum-sugar in
within easy reach OF the factories Refning
facilities may be added to the regular equipment
OF the suger factory without great cost and il il
probable that our hFst rehEeries viii be so built.
SCIENTIFIC WORK.
The operation of the successful modern sugar
factory consists almost altogether of applications
OF Developments of science. To properly direct
TINS operation requires the investigations OF
selence Tor various de5erminations+ a coInper-
considered essential in every factory.
THE CONDITIONS OF SUCCESSFUL sUGAR-1IAKINo,
The conditions OF success for any sugar fac
tory are few. They may be briefly stated as fol-
l. The production of good sorghum cane.
BILE machinery.
8. The employment Of a competent sugar
l. Such good business management as is
necessary to the success of any considerable IN
With these conditions all fulfilled there should
be no failure to make sugar probably. With
any OF them lacking failure Is TO be expected.
CONCLUSION.
The cost Of a complete sugar factory with the
best modern machinery, all erected and ready fox
operation and fully warranted, will be about
SIo,tCO for q O-tOn plant, and about twO-thirds
or this amount for a I00-tOn pant. A plant
ranged for the manufacture of syrup only, but
properly equipped to employ the processes by the
use OF which the sugar is retained in CTystalZabls
form. VAL cost about three fourths as much as
complete sugar plant Of like capacity,
Some OF the large machinery companies are
now Offering to furnish the machinery complete,
aud warrant it.
There is a limited supply of SD Rar-malrers,
which can probably be reinforced from Louis
lana and from Germany. The sOrghum-sugar
industries so resemble those used in other FugGr
factories that sugRr-n akers, whose experience
has been confined to beet sugar or TO tropical
cane sugar, readily learn to so modify their
methods as to become successful sorghum sugar
makers. But it is important, on account OF TIE
assured rapid Development OF the Kansas Gugar
industry, that we'll educated and efficient sugar
makers be trained for the work.