The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-06

OF oilg
Nest economical work 1r a press per
day.
Most economical weight CT cake.
Acoumuiatots, their use a~i benefit
What should be tho cost oi>Iabor pcr ton
to crushy
Upon the subject of hulls. their value
and use. Secretary vardell ma mtaipcd that
his experience was that as due Tor fuel,
about three tons of hulls ecu allied a ton
OF coal. AS to the best method OF storing
hulls he had never operated hull press
but there was great saving az space in
the baling process. II WAS a saving Of
about 90 per cent Hulls would also kee :,
better in bales than in bulk or acks.
Mr. John Sweeney. superntena ent OF the
Merchants and Planters oil mill, lloust on
had some experience In baling hulls ana
gave II as his experience that II hnlls were
balcd while thcy We're the least damp IL
was a detriment rather than an as.van-
tage To preserve them IN bales they mad
TO be bsled while perfectly dry. 5.h, han
ding OF hulls In the bale was. OF course.
much more convenient, The cost Of ballng
hulls was about 30 cents per ton.
Mr., Parkhurst had packed a lot OF hulls
for shipment. They were packed In bar
ifls covered with sacks. ana he thought
this good plan for packing both 'iuls aud
meal for feeding purposes. lie had con-
structcd several machines for mixing hulls
and meal for feeding purposes.
Secretary Nardcll wanted to krnw when
1t paid 10 burn hulls and TO store them.
some gentleman suggested 1t would do
pend upon the cost OF coal as TO when it
became profitable to burn huls
Mr.. Parkhusst said that his tNpericnc q
was that hulls have an average of aba' 4,
two and a half TO one
of the various uses of hulls. II smoke n,
process now in use OF dccort eating the
| fiber from the bulls. The fiber thus q often
made the best quality of blotting pa, er or
the market. This fiber sells for about sll
por ton, The meal or bran from tb T. hulls
| sold for 50 per ton.
MIR. Sweeney wanted To know what II
cost TO thus realize $50 per ion upon these
hulls.
Mr. Mitchell was not propa, ed to an.
swer this question specifically. | te aid IN,
| seed had to pass through four se pirate n,n
| chimes or reductions in order To Glenn ,hcu
! thoroughly OF the fiber. 1t takes about ".
| horse power to run this entire plant
MT Boring suggested that IN his opinior
| the fiber could be taken from the seed
better than 1t could be tax en- from tn,
| hulls.
| 1t was suggested that thr; was n oucs
| ton of delentng seed and would net en-.
! tirciv different results
| 1t was suggested ny MIR. Schumacher Tim
| the ashes from the hulls contained n sum.
| Gent amount of potash 10 make II mar,
| keiablc. He thought these ashes con.
! taiho" ahou' 90 per cent OF potash and tina
these ashes were worth So per ton. hut A
| took about l9o tons OF huls to make ,
| ton Of ashes,
| Upon the subject of fuel one of the dele.
| ra'ts stated that ho found Texas limit,
a cheaper tuel Than either coal or hulls
Va, fgta .,fI i,r,.tt
| ION Of Territory cos,l The best results
! could be gotten fran Ignite when fresh
| from the mines It, would slack from OK
| prsurr.
Upon the subject of heaters and cooktn,
| Mr' Nardci said that he had heard 1t con
| tended that fine crude oil could no, b,,
made on wrought, iron heaters,
Mr. Sweeney sahd the Merchants and
Planters company Got good results from
the cast iron heater. Did not gct as sopl
| results from tho wrought iron heater. ow
ing probably 10 its rough surface He
| thought the thinner the iron the hotter
| results that could be gotten In cooking The
| meal.
MIR. Nardcll said that he had seen a lest
made OF oil made on cast and wrought iro,
heaters and that tso east iron heater
registered a higher temperature. hut that
IN" quality oil INC oil was practically IN,
same,
Mr.. Thessen of Sherman gave his ex.
perienco In wrought and oast iron heaters
lie said II required "A greater temperature
on a cast Iron heater but that the quality
Of oil was the same. He preferred the
wrought Iron heaters ana found that tho
use Of hot water was valuable aid In got
ting good results aud no scorchod meal
Mr. SchuInacker's experience made him
favor the wrought iron heaters
Mr. sweeney gave some very interesting
experiences in securing the best results
In cooking meal. He showed how to Sc.
cure best results by stirring ma how best
TO acquire temperature In cooking.
After some further discussion the as
ISOLATION adjourned till o'clock this
morning