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Steaming Apparatus. 



Vol. II. 



of a still, since the prostration of all his pros- 

 pects for the advancement of his once fine 

 loys. We can fix this up so as to steam our 

 roots and grain for the ho^s and cattle, and I 

 have a great notion to try it on cut corn stalks 

 and hay, for it is said tliey go much further, 

 and feed better by being cut and steamed. — 

 The millers' toll may also be saved by steam- 

 ing the grain we ^eed, instead of having it 

 ground. If all the stills in the country were 

 used for preparing food for animals, instead of 



making poison for men, it would save at least 

 ten millions of dollars annually, and clear out 

 most of our poor-houses and jails, and prevent 

 many a parent from going to the grave with 

 a broken heart. Let us turn to to-morrow 

 morning right early, and drive on our work 

 vigorously during the season, and with the 

 blessing of Providence on our united exer- 

 tions we shall find ourselves blessed in basket 

 and in store, even beyond our deserts. 



A BR AH*. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



§teaBHiug Apparatus. 



Mr, Editor, — I herewith send you a 

 model of my steaming apparatus, calculated 

 to answer for a common farmer to feed 

 from 30 to 40 head of hogs, and steam and 

 scald feed for 10 or 15 head of cattle. My 

 boiler is nothing more nor less than an old 

 still kettle, and contains about 60 gallons. 

 1 can steam about 15 bushels of potatoes or 

 any otlier kind of roots at once, and make 

 boiling water enough to scald meal for 40 

 head of hogs at one time, enough for one 

 day. I have r lid fastened down on the 

 boiler head, air tight, with small screw bolts. 

 A represents the boiler. B furnace. C. a tube 

 to supply the boiler with water from D. (and 

 runs to the bottom of the boiler, as you can- 

 not fill your boiler when the steam is up 

 otherwise,) with a stop cock ; whenever you 

 are filling the boiler witli water, if the steam 

 is up, you have to open the cock K, and gage 

 your boiler by stop cock U; never fill your 

 boiler higher than stop copk U, for steaming 

 or other purposes. D is a trough to contain 

 water to charge the boiler. E. pump. F. es- 

 caping tube. When you are done steaming 

 you reverse the steam from G. by stop cock 

 I. and let it escape through the other end at 

 F ; that tube is 1 3-4 inches in diameter. G. 



conveys the steam to L. where yoa steam 

 your roots, or whatever you wish to steam, 

 L. is a box with a lid, large enough to con- 

 tain 15 or 20 bushels, just as you wish; tube 

 G. passes into the back part of box L. and 

 runs to the bottom as is represented. Seve- 

 ral holes are bored in tlie bottom to pass off 

 the water that collects in the box while 

 steaming, and there should be two half inch 

 holes bored near the top of the box, for the 

 steam to escape. H. is a safety valve, or ark- 

 swers that purpose ; it is 3-4 inches in dia- 

 meter, it runs within ten inches of the bottom 

 of the boiler, and 8 or 10 feet above the boiler, 

 the upper part is tin, the part in the boiler is 

 copper ; whenever the water is boiled down 

 below the bottom of the valve the steam will 

 escape up through the valve, and then it is 

 high time the boiler is supplied witli water; 

 wiien tlie water is above the bottom of the 

 valve the steam will not pass up through the 

 valve. M. is a box to scald me il of any 

 kind for slop for cattle. Immediately over 

 tlie box M. is a small trough T. which con- 

 veys the hot water to M. or to P. so that you 

 can scald for cattle in M. or let it pass to P. 

 and scald for the hogs, as you will see a pin N.; 

 you can draw the pin and bring the water 

 from the boiler, sliut down the gate O. and it 

 will pass into M. or put in pin N. and draw 

 gate O. it will pass to P. Q,Q is the entry or 



