REPORT OF EXPERIMENTS AT CALUMET SUGAR FACTORY, 



SEASON 1888-'89. 



The present being the first report from Calumet plantation published 

 in the bulletins of this Department, it will be useful, for a proper un. 

 derstauding of the data given, briefly to describe the machinery with 

 which the recorded results were obtained. 



The following is kindly furnished by Mr. Wibray J. Thompson, who, 

 having for many years had entire control of the factory, is familiar 

 with the apparatus in every detail of construction, capacity, etc. 



REPORT OF CALUMET SUGAR FACTORY, LOUISIANA. CAMPAIGN 



1888-'89. 



This factory is located on the immediate bank of the Bayou Teche, 4J 

 miles above the post-office town of Patterson, parish St. Mary, La., and 

 has therefore an unlimited supply of water, well adapted to every 

 sugar factory purpose. It is the result of additions and extensions 

 made to an establishment began before but left in ruins by the war. 



THE PLANT. 



Its plant consists of: (1) Five-roller mill ; (2) bagasse burner of the 

 so-called Taylor type, the boiler setting being the invention of Mr. 

 Lewis S. Clark, proprietor of the neighboring Lagonda factory; (3) 

 eight copper clarifiers, with a capacity of 1,306. 3 gallons each ; (4) five 

 Kroog filter presses, manufactured by the Sangerhausen Machine Com- 

 pany, Germany, of 220 square feet filtering area each; (5) vertical 

 double effect of 2,000 square feet heating surface per pan; (6) eight 

 foot vacuum pan, affording 337 square feet heating surface, operated 

 at 15 pounds; average steam pressure; (7) seven Weston centrifugals, 

 divided into one battery of four for first sugars and one of three for 

 wagon sugars; together with appropriate pumps, sugar packers, elec- 

 tric lighting apparatus, machine shop, and their appurtenances. 



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