Sugar News

Simplifying Sugar Factory Lubrication
Ames, A.P. 1928. Engine oil, steam cylinder oil, mill rollers, turbine oils, cane car axle oil and yellow cup grease, six lubricants or seven at the outside will take care of practically any mill, including its railroad equipment. Simplifying Sugar Factory Lubrication. Sugar News 9:79-80.
Records of Service Rendered by Railway Ties Treated with Wood Preservatives Used by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
------------. 1928.  Users of railway ties in the sugar industry of the Philippines will be interested in the following records of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, showing the length of life of railway ties with various treatments of wood…
Possibilities of Electric Motors for Driving Mill Rollers
Borja, L.J.  1928.  This paper is primarily an exposition of the possibilities of electric motors for driving mill rollers and secondly a discussion of different types of electric drive. Possibilities of Electric Motors for Driving Mill Rollers. Sugar News 9:628-632.
New Tractors and Methods of Cultivation in the Philippine Cane Fields
Vitt, G.N.  1928. In deciding to take a definite steps toward lower production costs and in increase of yield per hectare, together with promulgation of multiple ratoon crops, the Sugar Planters’ Association of Bais and Tanjay imported a new type of “Caterpillar” tractors and implements. Experiments in…
Methods of Sugar Boiling
Walker, H.  1928. The paper presents three systems of sugar boiling which are: the two-boiling method, the pioneer system and the combination system. Of the three systems, the “two-boiling” method is the simplest in so far that only one grade of commercial sugar massecuite and one grade of intermediate molasses is handled. Methods of Sugar Boiling.…