The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-16
TO MILL RICE IN THE FIELDS.

An Invention Which Rice Planters
Are Watching With Much Interest
The rice planters are awaiting with some
interest practical test of the new patent
hullers, which promise to revolutionize the
milling of rice, and to relegate the rice mills
to the rear. if the hullers do what is expected
Of them.
The Engelburg Huller Company bought
the patent from the inventor in Brazil
and a practical test of the hullers is soon to
be made on the Ogeechee river, on the rice
plantation of A. Z. Moynelo. Two of the
hullers were shipped couple Of weeks ago,
and will be put up by f. G. Lipe,
general manager of the company, who
is an experienced mechanical engineer. Mr..
Moynelo said yesterday that the company
is represented to him as having ample cap
ital-approxlmating 81, 900, 900, and if the
hullers lack in any particular to do what
the patentee claims for them they intend to
improve on the machinery to whatever ex-
tent may lie necessary to warrant their
successful operation.
During Mr. Moynelo's recent trip north
he visited Syracuse to see the hullers in
operation, and was much pleased with their
workings. C. NJ. Cunningham and j. T.
Dent, rice planters, and Dr. William Dun
can, who were on their way to Niagara
| IdlS, SGOppeu Oh at fONTdCuS0 Win TO
see the hullers in operation, and were much
interested in the new invention.
| 1t is expected of the patent that every
| planter can mill his own rice on the planta-
ton and barrel it ready for the market at
minimum cost, even if he does not plant
more than fifty acres of rice. The present
machinery for milling rice is of the most
primitive pattern, and inventors do not
seem to have turned their attention to it
| q inv in a1i1 in
vented the hullers and sold the
patent to the Syracuse company, which
proposes to add whatever improvements
may be found necessary to make the hullers
practical success and as Mr.. Moynelo has
taken a decided interest in the invention,
and is one Of the largest rice planters in
this section, having about 200 acres in
culture on the Ogeec zee river, the company
Aas Selected his plantation on which to
make practical test OF the huller.
| Mr.. Moynelo said ''if the invention
proves a SUCCESS there will be a complete
| revolution In rice planting, as the rice can
be got ready for market at the plantation,
and planting will, therefore, be more profit
able on account OF the planter being able
TO clean, mill and barrel his rice on the
| plantation at small cost, and the mill
charges will be saved"
Abiding to the benefits TO result from
! the successful operation Of the machine, he
went on 10 say that it is pretty hard
to compute the saving of the planter. but it
will be all the way from 80 TO Is per cent.
or more, as 10 cents per bushel will DO
saved which the mills charge for pounding,
| ~ cents per bushel for elevating, the
st rage charged will be saved, and cooper
age will be at first cost. At present planters
get only one-third of the rice
-four from the mills, and by mill
ing their own rice they will get
all their rice flour for feeding TO stock or
using for fertihzing purposes. By the new
process there is no pounding. aud the cost
Of operating the hullers, while not yet
definitely determined. it is believed will
ouly be slightly in excess of the cost of
elevating at the mills. The new hullers are
| expected TO arrive next week, and the
| MORNING News will note the result of the
experiment at the earliest opportunity for
the information Of those engaged in tho
| rice industry.