Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-18
UTILIZING BY PRODUCTS.
FORTUNES GOING TO WASTE;
bow TO CONSERVE THEN
FEEDING MoLAsses SAVES GOOD
HARD MONEY THAT WOULD
GO FOR HAY AND
BARLEY.

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Committee on the Utilization Of By
Products, read a report before the
Planters Association meeting from
which the following are extracts:
We consider the by.products upon
\ a plantation to include waste mo
lasses. stable manure, bagasse, press
cakes, ashes, cane tops, etc, left In the
| fields after harvesting, and will con
slider each in order In this report.
Waste Molasses-This by.product
while still a waste product" upon
some plantations, is rapidly becoming
valuable commodity, and the main
point to be considered Is Are we get
ting the best results from 1t consider.
ed from financial standpoint" Some
plantations are feeding 1t to their
working stock at the rate Of from 3 to
Is pounds per day. others are burning
II In their furnaces mixed with the
bagasse, or by means of the Anderson
or other atomizing burner and in some
instances II is being applied directly
to the soil as a fertilizer. As a feed
for mules or stock there is no longer
any question about its being a val
liable and harmless feed.
Assuming that n 10,000.ton planta.
ton requires $50 head of mules or
horses, and that each mule will eat a
gallon Of molasses day, then during
the year 54.75O gallons OF waste mo.
lasses will be used as feed.
Ordinarily not less than 20 U. s.
gallons OF molasses are produced for
each ton of sugar made in a well
equipped factory. or 100000 gallons
per year from 10000 ton factory; of
this hardly a fourth would be consum
ed as feed by the working stock. II 1t
II not practicable to feed all of the
molasses land II is most valuable as
feed as we will show later on, the
next best scheme is to burn IL in the
furnaces, and we believe the best re-
suits are obtained when the molasses
is finely atomized and combustion
takes place before the potash in the
molasses can combine with the silica
In the trash and form a mass of clinl;.
err and glass that will clog the crate
bars.
Results at EVA. Mcbryde. Maui Ag'
ricuiturai ana the Makee sugar Co.'S
plantations prove That moiasses has
fuel value relative to coal in the ratio
Oh ABOUT one 10 -FOUR; soo'ooo gallons oil
molasses will weigh about 1873 tons
ana It's fuei value would be equal to,
say aoo tons OF coal, worth say $4,000;
AFTER burning the molasses the valu-
able by'product potash Is left. Au-
'horities claim that 30 per cent. OF
average waste molasses ash Is pot
ASH i'oZo tons OF moiasses VIII yield
per cent OF It's weight In ash or,
say, l4o tons OF ash, and 20 per cent.
VI TINS Is potash IN carbonate FORM;
81 tons OF potash Is worth about 800
ton, or say 10000.
from the FOREGOING we find that the
waste moiasses from a lO,OOO'ton plan
'auoh when burned IN the furnaces is
worth as fuel and fertilizer about
S',ooo' are We getting this from It?
we VIII now consider the value OF
waste molasses as a food for stock.
on the Makee Sugar Co.'S plantation
since the hrst OF this year they have
led their working stock at the rate OF
from ~ TO 10 pounds OF moIasses per
day and have reduced the amount OF
grain from 10 and is pounds to 6 and
. pounds.
u u Kennedy OF Waiakea reported
saving In feed by the use OF mo-
'asses ration amounting to $1,000 per
year Tor 100 mules,
MUD Press Cake.-Every plantation
seems TO be alive to the benefits Of this
Dy'product as a fertilizer. There are
uiHereht ways OF applying 1t to the
lahd many OF which were originated
LOT the purpose OF economic handling
rather than with view to obtaining
the best results as fertilizer. The
sooner tne press cake Is applied to and
mixed win the soil the better, as then
'ne nitrogen contained Is not lost; II
'his cannot DE done then enough super
phosphate shouid be applied the same
"s win manure 10 Tx the notrogen. &.