1863. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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We are really glad that it has proved 

 so. The author says that "the coun- 

 try is now being supplied with a 

 syrup of its own production, and not 

 only supplied in abundance for its 

 own consumption, but a surplus is 

 now flowing to the cities and towns, 

 and clamoring for recognition as an 

 article of commerce." 



The work enters fully into details. 



Its principal topics are : The Chi- 



nese a?id African Canes ; Sugar- 

 producing Plants ; Varieties of Seed and their 

 Preservation ; Soils and Season of Planting ; Cul- 

 tivation of the Cane ; Cutting and Handling ; Ar- 

 rangements of Steam Sugar Works ; Mills and 

 Cane Grinding ; Defecators and Neutralizing Re- 

 agents ; Evaporating Apparatus, and its use ; 

 Sugar-Making Process ; Vinegar and Alcohol 

 from tlie Scum ; Bagasse for Fuel and other uses ; 

 Refining Processes and Materials, and how made ; 

 and Products, Markets and Profits. 



The work is amply illustrated with engravings 

 of the plants, their seeds, and the various kinds of 

 machinery and ap])liances necessary to convert the 

 cane juice into syrup and sugar. The book is 

 •well printed. We predict that the enterprise is 

 yet to have an important influence upon the com- 

 mercial interests of our country. 



EATOi^^'S PREMIUM SHEEP RACK. 



The above cut represents this Improved Rack, 

 which is more convenient for feeding, with any 

 kind of fodder, grain or vegetables, and at the 

 same time more economical, (as none of the feed 

 can be wasted.) than any other kind or system of 

 feeding — while the wool on the necks of the sheep 

 is kept perfectly free from seed or chaff, or from 

 being jammed or removed by crowding against 

 the top or sides of racks, as with ordinary kinds. 



The inclined feeders can be fixed stationary, at 

 a proper angle for the fodder to slide down, as it 

 is consumed from the bottom, with (when station- 

 ary) the lower half in width to turn up, to facili- 

 tate the sweeping of the cribs ; or hung upon the 

 posts of the rack in such a manner as to turn in 

 cither direction for the same purpose, and wlien 

 turned, ])revents the sheep from being in the way 

 while sweeping, or from reaching the grain, <K:c., 

 till it is distributed and the feeder turned back to 

 its position. 



There is a convenient and suitable walk the en- 

 tire length of the rack, between the inclined feed- 

 ers, and the attendant can step in from the floor 

 and place the fodder at the farther end first, and 

 evenly distribute it throughout, — the sheep feed- 

 ing from each side. The end of the rack next the 

 floor, or one-half of it in width, is hung with 

 hinges to lei down, for the purpose of stepping in, 



or, when the cribs require to be swept (before 

 feeding grain,) leave no obstacle to cleaning them, 

 which can be done in a few moments. 



Wlien desired, grain can be fed on one side, and 

 vegetables on the other, to diff"erent flocks feed- 

 ing from the opposite sides, none of which can be 

 wasted, or reached by those opposite. 



The advantages of this Rack, which can be 

 made of any desired length, are — 



First, great convenience in feeding. 



Second, economy in cost of racks and in fodder. 



Tltird, the preservation of the wool on the necks 

 of the sheep, and keeping the same perfectly free 

 from seed, chafi", or other impurity. 



Fourtli, greater convenience to sheep in feeding, 

 as the racks are made of the height for sheep to 

 stand and feed in a natural position. 



The gentleman who invented this improvement 

 is the owner and keeper of one thousand sheep. 



After a careful examination of the sheep rack 

 illustrated above, we feel justified in adopting the 

 foregoing, which we have cojjied from a circular 

 of the proprietor of the rack. Our opiniun is not 

 formed merely from the examination made, but 

 from several years' experience in feeding and 

 tending sheep, and in realizing the want of some- 

 thing better than the old-fashioned stationary 

 racks. We have no doubt the rack will answer all 

 the purposes claimed for it, and unimportant as it 

 may at first seem, it is really essential in furnish- 

 ing the great amount of wool and mutton now de- 

 manded. The proprietor of the rack, is Robert 

 Halk, Esq., of Fitchburg, Mass. 



IIVDUOPATIIY IN VeTEUINAKY PkACTIC'E. — 

 I have considerable fiiith in the hydropathic prac- 

 tice for the treatment of many diseases, sprains 

 and lamenesses incidental to horses. A. little 

 more water and less whiskey, antimony and phy- 

 sic, might be the means of saving the lives of 

 many animals. 



In the practice of veterinary medicine there is 

 nothing so good as water for recent sjirains of the 

 fetlock, fever in the feet, and superficial inflamma- 

 tions ; it should be used freely in all cases of in- 

 flammation of the brain, eyes and throat. Water 

 is a very active sedative, (especially iced water) 

 tends to mitigate pain and thus lessens the foree 

 of the circulation. — JJr. JJadd, 



