The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1889-01-16

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by about 55 per cent. of the whole
amount of syrupin it !; by subjecting it to
a second crushing in these new rollers we
secure n per cent of the saccharine
juices-an increase of about 40 per cent.
These new rollers weigh about thirty tons
They were made in Louisiana by Leeds
& Co., manufacturers of sugar machinery
in New Orleans, and areprobably the best
in the country"
Don't let up, Mr. Disston; keep on.
This is all good stuff for the readers of
the Times Union.'
"Well, dom know where to stopwhen
get on this topic. Just shut me off
when you get enough. This extra prod
uct ism t all. Formerly the crushed cane,
the refuse after the juice had been extrac-
ted, had to be carried off the premises at
considerable expense. Now this com
pressing in the extra set of rollers leaves
1T dry and almost as light as feathers. A
| cane-carrier takes it as it falls from the
rollers, transports it to the furnace and
dumps it ina sort of endless chain ar
rangement. This is all the fuel we need
to run the mill Formerly we had to have
several hundred cords of wood carried to
| the furnace at cost of about $2 so per
cord. Already we had contracted for
three Thousand cords for this season, but
now we won't burn a quarter of it. All
we need is a little each day to start the
fires. This is great saving, you see,
thousands of dollars yearly. This refuse
came is called bagasse, and it has been
absolutely worthless heretofore. Itcomes
from the rollers so fine and dry that
high wind down in Kissimmee last Tues
day blew it about like thistle-down"
'Where do you market the sugar, Mr..
Disston?"
principally in New Orleans and Savan-
nah. We are shipping it every day. 1t
brings us from 81 to 6Acents per pound
and Mr. Disston took from his pocket
small pasteboard box containing sam
| pie. 1t was fine grade of granulated
sugar, and justsuch as is sold in Jackson
vile In immense quantities every day
and Florida product
'Why can't Jacksonville control this
business, Mr.. Disston ?''
Perhaps she cam negotiating with
Mr.. j. e. Christopher now on this very
| point. He wants to handle the goods,
and think we can arrange for making
this city the wholesale market for the ST.
Cloud sugars.
That's what wewant, said the Times
| Union man.
'"There will be no difficulty in disposing
OF it. We can't supply the demand now,
and the crushing season won't be over
till March"
How many months does the ST. Cloud
mill run in year?"
From four to five. But we have
another scheme on foot. | have recently
been in consultation with theson of Claus
Spreckles, the great California sugar
maker, and in few days hope to make
arrangements for bringing Mr. Spreckles
himself to Florida this season. You must
know that the drainedl lands on Lake To-
hOpekaliga are the best adapted to vege-
table growing in the whole country. Tt is
my purpose to take Mr.. Spreckles to Kis-
slmmee where the beet crop and other
vegetables are just coming forward-say
! about six weeks from now. / am confident
| that he will see millions in the Florida
beet as a sugar producer. If he becomes
interested in this industry the ST. Cloud
mill can be used for making the sugar
from the beet-syrup. The beetcrop comes
on just after the cane crop is exhausted.
By thus engaging in doubleindustry we
can make the sugar mill hum practically
| twelve months in the year."
els there much land in that section de-
voted to vegetable growing?"
90, yes. Did you ever hear of Mr.. Cob
let, the famous gardener of Charleston?
He is Frenchman by birth but has
made a large fortune in that business in
South Carolina. He has just bought q
900 acres on Lake Tohopekalga, and is
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