The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-20

1t can then be shipped as easily as baled
hay. For feeding it is broken up and
mixed with water.
Extensive experiments in feeding mo-
lasses to horses have been made by the
Colonial Sugar Refining Company. and
the ration recommended for animals
weighing 200 pounds is fifteen pounds of
| molasses. three pounds bran and four
pounds maize per day, with all the cane
tops they Will eat.
This system of feeding is endorsed by
Or. Dalrymple, the most prominent vet
erinarian in Louisiana.
Manufacture OF Alcohol from Molasses.
The process of working cane sugar mo-
lasses is essentially the same as for beet
sugar molasses. The Inolasses is diluted
with water and calculated with sulphuric
acid until 1t will slightly redden litmus
paper. The process in a large disuIlery
in France Is as follows: $40 II of
molasses are taken for each ferutGiting
vat of 41.SS4 gallons capacity, which gives
TO the mash concentration of about II
per cent. To this is added sufficient mo-
lasses lees. which increases the concen-
tration about per cent The mass is
brought to fermentation with beer yeast
at a temperature of IS degrees to a. de-
greeS +. Fermentation Is extremely vio-
lent and produces in the extraordinarily
large quantity of mash fermenting in
Ole Vat SuCn an increase IN lSHtpcTd-
ture as to neceSsitate the cooling of the
fermenting mass by cold water circulat-
ing in large serpentine pipes placed In
the center of the vat The temperature
must never rise above 932 +. Should the
commencement of fermentation be delay
ed the temperature can be raised by the
circulation of warm water through the
Serpentine pipes.
Fermentation is generally considered
complete in IS hours. and the yield IS
given as 1876 gallons of 81 per cent alco-
hol from 100 Kilograms GEO lbs.) of mo-
laSses
The manufacture of molasses into aIco-
hol could be accomplished in the sugar
house without additional machinery.
Syrup and molasses tanks could be used
for fermenting watts and an ordinary
standard double effect can easily be con-
verted into a still by keeping the tubes
or drum of the second effect surrounded
by cold water and drawing off the vapcr
from the mash in the first pan, as coc-
densed through the exhaust pipe of the
second effect. Two parts of kiln dried
malt and one part of compressed yeast
Cbeer yeast of good quality) to 100 OF mo-
lasses should be used u start fermenta-
ton.
Very respectfully.
e. r. GLIDING.
Chairman
c. c. KENNEDY,
Member
AUG. AHRENS.
Member
w. GOODALE,
Member
GEO. FAIRCHILD,
Member
The report of the committee on ma
chinery presented by c. Hedemann.
was to the effect that data had been
ont ,.-hir o. N
dividual contributions to the report, as
follows:
No. description of Machinery, and
results of experiments with bagasse-
burning furnace at Honolulu Sugar Com
pany, by Mr.. Jas. A. Low.
No Paper by Mr.. w. w Cfoodale
on Waialua Mill.
No. Subscription of the McBryde
Sugar Company's sugar house, by
Mr.. w Stodart
No 4-Dcscription of "Puunene' Mill,
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Com
pany. by Mr.. c. Hedemann.
No. Subscription of OIaa Sugar Com
pany's Mill. by Mr.. c. Hedemann.
No. Subscription of the reconstructed
EVA Mill. by Mr.. c. Hedemann.
No. description of Puako Mil, by
AIr. c Hedemann.
No. S.-Paper on Mil Extraction, by Mr..
C. Hedemann.
No. 9.-Paper on Sand Filters. by Mr..
c. Hedemann.
No. 10.-Paper on Centrifugal Work by
Mr.. c. Hedemann.
No. u.-Paper Sugar Drying Ma
chinery, by Mr.. John Hind.
No. 12.-Paper on Lille" Evaporation,
and Wicl1s Cane Unloader, by Mr.. John
Watt.
No. 1S-Paper on Disqualification in Mo
ton. Machinery Used and Modus oper-
andi, by Mr. 2. A G.. Messchaert.