1836.] 



FARRIERS' REGISTER. 



461 



general interest prevails on ihe subject, hut also 

 sorvi'3 very erroneous views, I lake leave, tlirough 

 your wide cirruialiufi purer, to puhlisli a ih.w ul 

 iny iilea? thereon, btiu!; the conchision I have 

 come to, alter nuunTous experiinerils, as well a-J 

 from inloruiaiion I have oblained Irom the most 

 scientific French autiioriiies. 



1. An eslal)lisiiaient will not rlear its expense 

 unless it he ca!(;u!aieii to rnanulacture at least 

 from two to five hundred pounds of suixar per day, 

 so that ihe idea of uidividuals in this country rr)an- 

 uliic.iurin^ prt)firahly (or private consumption is 

 preposterous; their suirar would stand them, in- 

 cludin<r labor, a dollar per poimd. 



2. The (rreatest advantaire will he derived from 

 steam power, which will accomplish three ohjects 

 at least, viz ; first, the raspiti<r of the heels; se- 

 condly, the reduciriii; of the liquor "in vacuo;" 

 and tiiinlly, the hoilinsx of the syrup without the 

 risk of huruin>r it, of which the beet syrup is in 

 much greater danger than the cane syrup; the 

 proof ol' the Ibrmer being some degrees higher 

 than that of the latter. 



3. The juice of the beet decomposes in the sum- 

 mer in this country in less than two hours. I 

 have known the \'iscid fermentation commence in 

 twenty minutes. When this once occurs, sugar 

 can never be obtained from it : in a larire estab- 

 lishment in this country, it must be prevented by 

 clieniical agenls. 



4. Not only must ihe acid be neutralized, but 

 (he mucilage must be chemically coagulated, the 

 cerate decomposed, and the malale of lime extract- 

 ed, or the crystalizing will be rendered extremely 

 difficult, if not totally impracticable in many cases, 

 and iTood sugar will never be nuule. 



5. I am persuaded the refiiiin<f process can be 

 profitably united to the manufacture oi" the raw 

 sugar. 



6. The profits are incredibly increased in pro- 

 portion lo the extensiveness of the establishment, 

 but no one ought lo engage in this business who 

 has not mind, as well as a capital. 



7. One half of the nianuiiicturing expenses will 

 be saved by a scientific arrangement of the appa- 

 ratus, so as to dispense with, as much as possible, 

 manual labor. 



8. l^nderstanding fWjm various farmers within 

 from ten to twenty miles of this city, that they are 

 perii^ctly content with about twenty or twenty-five 

 dollars per acre's produce, and as each acreourjht 

 to yield on an average 40,000 lbs. of beets, which 

 will produce 2400 lbs. of sugar, I have made the 

 following estimate. Supposing the apparatus to 

 be capable of workino; only about 100 lbs. of sujxar 

 per day, it would take twenty-four days to manu- 

 facture 2400 lbs. of sugar. 



KXPENSES. 



One acre of beets (40,000 lbs.) 

 Two men ihe 24 days, 

 Two boys tor do. 

 Fire and rent, &c. 



Total, 



RECEIPTS. 



Quantity of sugar from the acre of beets, 



would be 2400 lbs. which at ten cents 

 per lb. would be ^240 00 



Beet cake and molasses, &c. 20 00 



Total, 

 Expenses, 



Profifs, 



$260 00 

 135 00 



$135 00 



$125 00 



By this general statement it will be perceived 

 that there will be nearly cent, per cent, profit; but 

 then the interest of the capital sunk in the pur- 

 chase ofmachinery is not incliuled. On tlie other 

 hand, the two men could work twice or lour times 

 as much, and the ap[)aratus lor the increased 

 (pjantity cost very liitle more. 



If you think these renuirks worth publishing, 

 you are welcome to them, and I am, sir, your very 

 obedient servant. 



\V. W. SLEIGH. 



Hamilton Villaire, corner of Cedar Lane. 

 September, 30, 1836. 



ECOXOJIICAL METHOD OF KEEPING HORSES. 



By Henry Sully, M. D. 



Having received innumerable letters from gen- 

 tlemen who kee[) horses, requesting a description 

 of my plan of feeding, I shall save much trouble 

 both to others as well as myself, by laying my 

 svslem belbre the public. Having pursued the 

 plan above 17 years, I am enabled to appreciate 

 its lull value, and, being perlecily satisfied of its 

 superior e.xcellence, [ hope to continue the same 

 as long as I keep horses. 



INIost peo|)le who know me will allow, that 

 horses in my employ enjoy no sinecure |)laces, and 

 lew people can boast of their cattle heinii in better 

 working: condition or more capable of laborious 

 undertakings than mine. 



The loft above my stable contains the machine- 

 ry for cutting chart' and grinding corn. From this 

 loft each horse has a tunnelof communication with 

 the manger below, and a tub annexed to each tun- 

 nel in the loft for mixing the ingredients compo- 

 sinir the provender. 



There should be no rack in the stable, because 

 this may tempt the groom to fill it with hay, and 

 thus by overloading ihe horses' stomach, emlan- 

 <rer his wind, to say little of its expense and waste, 

 l()r it is a well known fact, that if a horse has his 

 rack constantly replenished with hay, he consumes 

 and spoils upwards of 30 lbs. per day. 



The mangier with which the tunnel communi- 

 cates should have cross-bars, of firm oak, placed 

 at the distance of ten or twelve inches from each 

 other, to prevent the horse from wasting bis prov- 

 ender in search of the grain it contains, and this 

 space between the cross-bars, allows the horse 

 plenty of room to take his food. 



The chaff cutter I make use of, is manufactured 

 by Mr. VVilmott, a very ingenious mechanic, who 

 resides about five miles from Taunton, on the road 

 to Wiveliscombe. He also provides corn bruisers, 

 of the best construction, and any person keeping 

 three or four horses, will save the prime cost of his 

 machinery the first year of its trial, and the horses 

 themselves, thus fed, to use the language of horse 

 keepers, will always be above their work. 



When the provender is thoroughly mixed in the 



