. The Cuba review. 30 THE CUBA REVIEW THE SUGAR INDUSTRY BAGASSE VERSUS COAL A request has been received from a Penn- sylvania company for information as to the rnarketable supply and value in Cuba of crushed cane fibre, commonly known as bagasse. In reply the following letter is presented from Dr. J. T. Crawley, director of the Cen- tral Experiment Station of Cuba, on this sub- ject: There is practically no marketable supply of bagasse in Cuba in the sense that there is a supply over and above what is needed in the factory for steam production. On the other hand, I am of the opinion that prac
. The Cuba review. 30 THE CUBA REVIEW THE SUGAR INDUSTRY BAGASSE VERSUS COAL A request has been received from a Penn- sylvania company for information as to the rnarketable supply and value in Cuba of crushed cane fibre, commonly known as bagasse. In reply the following letter is presented from Dr. J. T. Crawley, director of the Cen- tral Experiment Station of Cuba, on this sub- ject: There is practically no marketable supply of bagasse in Cuba in the sense that there is a supply over and above what is needed in the factory for steam production. On the other hand, I am of the opinion that practi- cally the whole supply of about 2,000,000 tons of bagasse (calculated as dry material) could be secured at a price which would pay the manufacturers to use coal instead of this material. The value of bagasse as a fuel would prob- ably be less than at present if it were finely pulverized, owing to the fact that bm-ners are constructed to use it in its present shape, and would need to be changed if the physical condition of the fuel were changed. Bagasse has very little value as a fertihzer and is very rarely apphed as such. From several tests made by Prof. E. W. Kerr, of the Louisiana State University, Louisiana dry bagasse gave an average of 8,368 British thermal units and that from Cuba 8,433 British thei'mal units. He made calorimeter tests of bagasse from 16 different mills and reaches the conclusion that wet bagasse, as it comes from the mill, has a value of 47,111 British thermal units. By comparing this with anthracite coal, which has, say, 13,000 British thermal units, the relative values of coal and bagasse are seen. Bagasse has not been exported from Cuba in any quantity, nor has it been sold locally by the mills, but it has been consumed by the mills as fuel. It therefore has no commercial value.—Vice-Consul General Joseph A. Springer, Havana. MORE NEW CENTRALS Havana newspaper reports are to the effect that two new sugar centrals are expected to open up in the
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