The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-11-23
NEW HOME INDUSTRY.
Feed Mill Established by the Union
Feed Company.

While a BULLETIN representative
was walking down Queen street,
after passing the abandoned Pacific
Iron Works, he heard the putting of
steam engine with the clatter of
other machinery. Being unaware
previously Of any mandatory in
operation in that locality, curiosity
led him to trace up the source of the
enlivening sounds. In an apartment
of the Union Feed Company's ware
houses an engine was discovered
throbbing out power toa formula
BILE array of machines from which a
merry clatter proceeded. 1t was
part of that proverbial "hum of
busy industry" which sometimes in
many places is sadly absent. The
newspaper man did not bother the
busy hands who were packing away
bags of some material from the orr
fee of the last machine in a series.
Instead he went to headquarters for
desired explanations of this evident
ly new racket in local enterprise.
Mr.. Fred. w. Macfarlane, manager
of the Union Feed Company, was
found in his room in the Office of
the corporation. In response to an
abrupt question fred at him, he ex-
planned that the company had start
ed mill for the manufacture OF pre-
pared feed on its own account. He
conducted the reporter back to the
mill and explained the various pro-
cesses and products Of the plant.
From his information the brief des-
cription following results.
The company imports whole bar
! ley in great quantities, which it sells
to those wanting that article, but
from which it manufactures in its
own mill the rolled barley for the
increasing demand of it's growing
patronage. Power is supplied by a
boiler and double cylinder upright
engine manufactured expressly for
the company by the late Union Iron
Works. The milling machinery has
all been imported direct from San
Francisco and the East and is of the
latest patterns.
From the large warehouse front
ing on Queen street, where about
10000 bags of whole barley are stored,
the raw mat erial is conveyed by an
elevator to the milling room, where
it is discharged into screening ma
chine. This eliminates by means Of
fan all light foreign matter such as
dust, chat, bits of straw, etc. Then
the barley is conveyed by enclosed
travellers to another machine, where
it is subjected to thorough steam
washing process. Even thus puri-
fed, however, the grain is not yet
deemed ready for the rolling pro-
cess. 1t is carried farther to a ma
chine called the eccentric which
gives it a tremendous shaking up,
throwing out all the more solid par
ticles of foreign matter remaining.
With all the impurities now remov-
ed the barley drops through hop
per into the rolling machine, that
brushes it to the condition in which
the feeders of stock desire. Pres
sure can be put on to grind the grain
to flour, but for the purpose intend,
ed little more than crushing the
husk is done.
After being rolled the barley i.
bagged automatically, the number
of bags filled being recorded by {
mechanical counter. The monthly
output of the mill is about 5COl
bags. Great care is bestowed on the
bagging Of the product, so as to pre-
vent waste in shipping to customers
All the bags are overhauled before
filling, a sewing woman being EN-
ployed to make repairs. Mr.. Mac
farlane reports the demand for the
company's rolled barley as increas
ing very rapidly. There is a corr
mill also in the outfit, by which al
the cracked corn and meal sold by
the company is manufactured, anC
these products are claimed to b.
superior to the imported article!
from the care TAX en- in selection ant
milling.
The company has gone to thu
large expense of setting up this new
home industry so as to have thor
oughly pure and clean grade of pre-
pared feed. About six hands ar
employed in running the mill, ant
the outlay for labor is not an incon
siderable item Of money kept in tn
country. While on the premises tn,
reporter was conducted to all insid,
view of the five large warehouses o
the company, situated all convenien
to each other along with the stable
on the ground bounded by Queen
Edinburgh and Halekauwila street
and the premises of the defunct irol
works. They have storage capa
city of $1,000 bales of hay and $1,000
to 10000 bags of grain and -four
The hay warehouse is the newest, it
framework as we'll as covering beint
iron, and it was imported from elias
gov ready to be set up. 1t is loot
x5Oft. and the other buildings aver
age about the same dimensions. ST.
drays and three large wagons ar,
used for delivery and shipping ser
vice, and the heavy weighing is dom
on set of Fairbanks scales with
2O,O00lb. capacity.