[Syrupmakers] Feeding Cane in mill

[jay shumpert]

Thanks,
That makes perfectly good sense. I had thought about
the reasons, but that never come to mind.
thanks again,
Jay
--- Charles Deese <cdeese at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> An additional reason is that some cane is prone to
> break off at the joints as it goes through the mill.
>  This breakage is minimized if the cane is fed large
> end first.
>  
> Charles
> 
> 
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:25:46 -0800From:
> rharrison922 at yahoo.comSubject: Re: [Syrupmakers]
> Feeding Cane in millTo: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
> Jay,
>     Feeding the large end of the cane stalks keeps
> the mill from getting overfed(and possible break the
> mill). If you put all the stalks you can in large
> end first, the cane gets smaller as it progresses
> the grinding process and there is less strain on the
> mill. On the other hand, if you feed all the stalks
> you can into the mill with the small end first, the
> cane gets larger as the grinding progresses and
> could choke or break the mill. If you feed the small
> end first, you would need to be rather careful not
> to overfeed. This probably applies to sugarcane even
> more so than sorghum. Hope this helps.
>                                                     
>     Richardjay shumpert <rattrapsc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,On my Chatt. 12 it says to feed cane with the
> largeend foremost. It seems to me that you should
> startwith the small end first. What would be the
> reasoningfor feeding it with the large end
>
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