, 1891-03-18

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railroad charges per ton, and rs cents more
for extra handling, making rs cents addi-
tiOnal charges per ton, or about $l0 addi-
tiOnal per acre; this, you see, would leave
but about $40 profit per acre at S. per ton;
at SIS, however, profits would be $50 per acre
a very desirable outcome.
In connection with loading cane on cars
! will take occasion to mention, that Mr..
b. q. Leblanc, of Iberville constructed q
platform by the side of the car track last
season, provided with inclired planes of
easy grade, upon which were driven..the load
ed carts and the cane dumped Immediately
into the ears. Without going into details,
I refer you to pages 48 and 40 of the Louisi-
ana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, of
date January II, 1891 for illustration and
description of his (Mr. Leblanc) method;
quoting this much only from his article:
"Cane can be loaded on my ramp at FIVE cents
a ton, 125 tons being an average days
work, but | can load as high as $50 tons in
a day. We are shipping cane to James
Fl. Laws central factory, West Baton
Rouge, and have been getting along very
smoothly "
l consider the prospect Of handling cane
by cars very promising, especially under
the new tariff law, aud when the cars are
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of sides, and tracks running directly by
the side of cane carrier, OF that sides can
be dropped on carrier and cane taken
directly from car TO carrier, then the Sys~
TEN will be complete, and a new industry
both for the railroads and smaller planters
will be opened up in Louisiana"
The subject OF selling syrup should pro-
perly enter into this discussion, and it is
remarkable to infer that that article should
rule higher on account of the bounty
provision. but there seems to be nothing
fixed in regard to the status of syrup; we
notice that III the beginning of the
grinding season, like mOlaSses, the price
rules high, but soon drops to almost
ruinously low figures whereas price of
cane per ron, where it is sold, does not
seem to be subject to like AuetuatiOn ;
hence a better idea Of results can be-
conceived in the case of selling the raw
material. Before closing this paper /
desire to touch upon a process pursued
last season on Mr.. E. T. Herwig's farm
on the jackson railroad my information
being obtained from; The LOuisiars
Planter and Sugar Manufacture of Janu-
airy II, 1891, page AZ, under heading
Blower Diffusion Apparatus" from which
| quote "Mr. Herwig has CwO little cane
mills to grind his cane and between the
two Mr.. Boyer'S diffusion apparatus is
placed. This consists in a water tank, In
four or more compartments, III each OF
which there is a Wheel similar to a steam.
boat wi eel. The bagaSSe falling into the
first compartment of the tank from the
first mill, Is saturated with wafer and
passed on from compartment to cOmpart-
mrnt by the wheels, and in each COM
partmpnt being saturated with water.
In leaving the last compartment the muciE
saturated bagasse passes through the Sec
0nd mill. MI. Herwig's apparatus is very
SIN. II, and yet it seems very successful, and
it may be that he and Mr.. Boyer have solved
the problem of diffusion on q small scale"
In The Louisiana Planter ana Sugar Manu-
factnrer of January "a, 1891, page 60, to which
I refer YOU for more extended information,
find this clause relative to BOyer'sd diffusion
apparatus: 'The main merits of the pro-
cess are first, it's relative cheapness, and its
adaptability to small mills, and, second, the
fact that it leaves the bagasse in perfect
condition for use as fuel. The main ques.
ton is, can it be made effective as the pre-.
sent 81 stem of diffusion The general inn
preston Of the sugar experts present vas
that. with several slight yet necessary
changes and important alterations, this
condition could be secured"
Considering the various methods alluded
to, we may say that the establishment OF o
central factory within direct hauling dis