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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



volumes of the JV. E. Farmer for a remedy, and in 

 volume 5, page 496, he found a remedy communi- 

 cated by Mr. MiNOT Pratt, of Concord, Mass., a 

 very intelligent and carefully observing man. It is 

 the use of Aconite, given by soaking a piece of 

 bread in water where three or four drops of Aco' 

 nite have been infused. He says he has never 

 failed to cure when he has administered it. It was 

 given in this new case, and "with excellent results. ( 



In vol. 7, p. 336, we have extracted liberally on 

 this subject from Youatt and Martin. They re- 

 commend a wash in Arnica water, when the udder 

 has received an external injury. But Aconite, if 

 occasioned by a cold. See the article. 



A small vial of the Aconite in solution, costing 

 but ten cents, would be sufficient for any farm for 

 a year ; it is easily administered, and, in our opin- 

 ion, is the remedy which should be used in the dis- 

 ease of which we have been speaking. 



quees, over half a million feet of lumber will be re- 

 quired in putting up the necessary structures. 



The entrance to the grounds will be at the north- 

 ern and^ southern extremities of the area, and the 

 exit gates will be located on the western side. 



The exhibition will commence on the 7th of Oc- 

 tober. The Butcher's Association intend to cele- 

 brate the event by a grand parade, for which ac- 

 tive and extensive preparations are making." 



THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL EXHIBI- 

 TION AT PHILADELPHIA. 



The Philadelphians are wide awake in regard to 

 the exhibition of the U. S. Agricultural Society, 

 which takes place in that city next month. The 

 local committee are straining every nerve to have 

 the exhibition excel that held in this city last year. 

 The following paragraphs from the Philadelphia 

 Inquirer give some idea of the extent of the pre- 

 parations made for the exiiibition : 



" The preparations for this exhibition at Powel- 

 ton. Twenty-fourth Ward, are progressing rapidly. 

 A very large number of workmen are employed. — 

 A large portion of the fencing has been already 

 put up. The grounds within the enclosure embrace 

 an area of about fifty acres, reaching nearly to the 

 wire bridge on the North, and upon the South tak- 

 ing in the ravine and the old cemetery near the 

 Fairmount bridge. Upon the East the fence runs 

 along the high water lin^ taking in the river road, 

 and using up the former camping ground. A public 

 road, thirty feet in width, will be left on the West 

 of the enclosure between the latter ami the Penn- 

 slyvania Railroad. 



The ground will be double in extent that of the 

 State Fair two years since. Many of the sheds are 

 nearly finished, and they present quite a picturesque 

 appearance, with their gable ends jutting toward 

 the fair grounds. There will be stalls provided for 

 twelve hundred cattle. 



A prominent feature of the grounds is the course 

 for the exhibition of horses, near the southern end. 

 The track will be nearly level, and great care is 

 taken to adapt it for the purpose for which it was 

 designed. The ring is half a mile in circumference, 

 and near it there will be a stand erected that will 

 accommodate eight thousand spectators. Inside this 

 ring the tent of President Wilder will be located. 

 The tents for the different departments of the exhi- 

 bition, for the officers, for the banquet, and for the 

 use of the Reporters for the Press, will occupy ap- 

 propriate places on the grounds. Some idea of the 

 extent of the buildings to be erected maybe formed 

 from the fact that in addition to the tents and mar- 



SUGAR. 



The following statistics in regard to this article, 

 which now commands an exorbitant price, will be 

 read with interest. We copy from the Traveller. 

 It will be seen that there is no scarcity of sugar, in 

 the great markets of Europe and America, bat, on 

 the contrary, the supply is unusually large. 



This old luxury, but now article of almost prime 

 necessity, droops in price under the accumulation 

 which a diminished consumption, produced by high 

 prices, has caused. 



The stock at New York is larger than was ever 

 before known, and is very large ii» all the ports of 

 the United States. In New York it is set down 

 at 73,833 hhds. and 19,231 boxes, against 26,469 

 hhds. and 27,280 boxes last year; in Boston, 7,301 

 hhds. and 14,412 boxes against 692 hhds. and 6,32o 

 boxes last year ; in Philadelphia, 8,387 hhds. and 

 2,242 boxes, against 4,802 hds. and 2,450 boxes last 

 year ; in Baltimore, 5,534 hhds. and 2,582 boxes, 

 against 3,255 hhds. and 2,817 boxes last year. 



In Europe, including Great Britain, which is the 

 great depot of supply for the Continent, the siock 

 is not only larger, but the imports of the year thus 

 far have been greater than last year, and the busi 

 ness is limited, with a dull market. 



The imports into Great Britain, up to the middle 

 of August, this year, were 584,400,000 lbs., against 

 462,400,000 lbs. last year ; and the imports into 

 the chief ports of the Continent of Europe are 

 442,000,000 lbs,, against 454,000,000 lbs. last year. 

 The stock on hand in Great Britain is 23^,200,000 

 lbs., against 164,200,000 lbs. at the same time last 

 year; and the stocks at the chief ports of Europe 

 48,100,000 lbs., against 75,700,000 lbs. last year-. 

 It will be seen that England has in store nearly 

 three times the overplus necessary to make up the 

 deficiency on the Continent. 



The United States is a great sugar market, and 

 a correspondent at Salem, who is well versed in 

 the statistics of commerce, sends us the following 

 statement of brown sugar entered into the United 

 States in two years, namely : 



In 1853, 456,510,627 lbs., costing $14,639,776, 

 on which the duties were $4,391,929. 



In 1854, the imports into the United States 

 were 449,520,309 lbs., costing $13,406,996, the 

 duties on which were $4,622,092. 



Now, in 1856 the sugar costs double, and the du- 

 ties under the advalorem rate are double also. 

 Government does not want the money, and certain- 

 ly when the Louisiana sugar crop is so almost en- 

 tirely cut off that the planters have none to sell, we 

 ought not to be subjected to double duties, but are 

 rather entitled to have it on the free list. 



Molasses now pays 9 cents a gallon duty, under 

 the advalorem tariff, instead of 5 cents, as under 

 the specific duty of 1842. 



