It is not necessary to wash those tanks very often. Tin- wash-out 

 valve should be out of the control of the filter-press man. These tanks 

 should not be encumbered with coils, but should have double bottoms, 

 that they may be easily discharged and washed. 



Perhaps the most important improvement this season was HI the 

 work of the double effect. The substitution of a larger sweet -water 

 pump enabled it to concentrate all the juice and obviated the necessity 

 of employing an open pan as last season. 



Among other improvements in progress at Magnolia is the intm 

 duction of tile drainage. Lines of tile will be laid 30 feet apart, running 

 from the front or river to the rear or marsh side of the plantation. The 

 ditches will be dug by machinery ; 3 inch, 4-inch, 5 inch, and 0-inch tih-> 

 will be used. 



Governor Warmoth intends draining 1,000 acres of land. This drain 

 age system will necessitate an expenditure of about $42,000. 



Aside from benefits to be derived from better drainage there will be 

 important advantages gained from closing the ditches. The amount 

 of tillable land w r ill be increased about 70 acres; the large annual 

 expenditure for keeping the ditches and quarter-drains open will be 

 stopped ; the cultivation w r ill be easier and less expensive, and the steam 

 plows can be handled more advantageously. 



Should the work of this station becontinued very interesting and val- 

 uable data can be obtained. 



ACCIDENTS TO THE MILLS. 



The mills were stopped several times by small pieces of iron. Some 

 of this iron passed through the shredder; other pieces must have been 

 introduced after the cane left the shredder. It was evident that this 

 iron was put on the carrier maliciously. This trouble finally culminated 

 in the breaking of the shell of one of the rolls of the supplemental mill. 

 A lew changes were made in the disposition of the laborers detailed for 

 work about the mills, and the rolling was finished without further ae- 

 eident than the breaking of three couplings. 



The average extraction and consequently the yield of sugar would 

 have been larger had the supplemental mill not have been damaged. 



THE BAGASSE-BURNER. 



The burner. 1 as improved last season, continued to work satisfar 

 torily. The consumption of coal was materially reduced. 



CONSUMPTION OF FTKL. 



The amount of coal consumed was determined as follows: 

 The eoal was weighed for half the season and the total ronsiimption 

 was based on the data obtained. 



'Cli.'in. Itiillrtin No. 11, i. 



