The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-08
SUGAR Making IN INDIA


Sugar is q crop particular, well suited to This
exporting rather than importing country.
The native mills either the 'kolhu mortar and pcc
uugencut which the bruised aud pressed else wooden
roller mills of which there two knds-the "gund consisting
sometimes three upright wooden rollers and the "hcna used
Puuab horizontal wooden rollers These mills
made locally of So 10 $40 They are hard to work and
do the pressing very Intellectually
many parts India these old clumsy native wooden mills
n oc,d with fine iron suonr mill This improvements however.
was only effected after close study of native ways
Tbe itato had experienced grcat deal of trouble in procuring
efficient machine for crushing owing to their lack OF
knowledge machinery the imported machine soon got out OF
order with the result that the was mperecty crushed This
difficulty has been by firm which supplies these mills by
its establishment of local depo where WORKOUT mills are taken back
from the cuvaos and replaced by new ones IN preference TO trust
local attempts repairs Another firm has built up profit
able business through letting its machines out on hire as the average
eulttor is too poor TO purchase Such MIL rms can onS De done
provided with sufficient capital and mechanical know
Most of the produced in India consumed in the form of
CUR wrefned corresponding to the "Muscoyado Of the
West India pantels) because OF its adapmby for native sweet
The establishment of large central factories urged
of increasing the yield of the country and meeting the
competition of the imported article. Although there
few factories of considerable size most Indian and
small cuyatOrs. Under present conditions the
large central factory hardly practicable The system of land tenure
which obtains practically throughout the adapted to
system The soil divided into a multiplicity of small hold
which produce variety of according to the fancy of the
cultNaor 1t is practically impossible therefore, to secure concen
on of sugar plantations around factory and so long is
miles the of handling and carriage added to the loss of in
transit handcas the factory much that success out of the
The portable MILL therefore, has been practical
heapness Indian labor ounerbaancng pIac
tcable in the large central factories
About half the produced in India the
Provinces. Mr. W. H. Moeand director
agriculture Lucknow United Provinces has given time
tenon the study of the Indian industry, and would
ee be interested to learn of crushing machine which
be adaptable to the needs of the Indian cutatOr 1t
through the agricultural departments of the various provinces
such things introduced into this The director agr
culture apur Punab might also be communicated with well
Mr. j. Knight professor of agriculture
American in the employ of the Bombay presidency government
1t easy introduce article of this description into India
and unless firm prepared good deal per
such machines it will be make
In the early of 1908 English firm of Bombay Calcutta
with Glasgow
India investigators who for nearly
nected with OF the largest growing Yves
Indies, to look into the question of growing
pracCed in this country, with introducing
machinery He made careful record of his observations
by photographs and published of his
geher with list of Bombay machinery importers (These will be