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The coolers into which yoa discharge may be 

 of good clear white piae without paiat inside, 

 And 12 inches deep, and large enough to hold 

 foar charges, and then left to cool and granulate 

 or if you make molasses only, you will use 

 barrels, stages of oak and heads of pine or 

 cypress tboroujp^ly made. 



In regard to crystalizing the sorgho sugar, we, 

 to-day, went with Col. Peters, to the sugar 

 refinery of Messrs. Eastwick & Brothers, No. 73 

 Vine street, of this city, carrying with us some 

 sugar made from the sorgho, by Ool. Peters, in 

 Georgia, and"by Mr. Wray, in France. These 

 specimens were subject to the sererest chemical 

 test, and examined under a powerfnl microscope 

 and both proTed to be true crystalizable sugar 

 and not glucose. As the examiners are perhaps 

 not surpassed for accuracy in this country, not 

 even in Boston, we deem these experiments 

 highly satisfactoryi They promise a public 

 report of the examination soon. 



Yours &c., SEDGES, FREE & GO. 



ftom the Cleaveland Wool Reporter. 



Wool Trade of the United States. 



A Philadelphia merchant has received in 

 reply to a note forwarded by him to an Eastern 

 manufacturer now in the West, the following 

 communication, respecting the present condition 

 of the Wool trade: 



"Onio, July 7, 1854. 



I could recount transactions enough that 

 would require a longer letter than I am disposed 

 to write, which confirm all yoti say of the fool- 

 ish system of buying wool in the West. In- 

 competent and irresponsible men, who buy for 

 one cent, per pound commission, do a vast 

 amount of injury. I know an instance where 



an agent from — came to the lower part of 



this county last week, and said 'he waa going 

 home that night, for he expected when he did go, 

 to find an order to stop buying.' He continued 

 purchasing for three days, a^ then returned 

 and found his employer, who was a sub-agent 

 under an agent in C, who was an agent for an 

 . Eastern house, and he was withdrawn. I saw 

 the wool which he bought at 48c., between one 

 half and three-fourths blood, and rough at that. 

 Good wool growers are discouraged, and all in- 

 centire to improvement is lost, because four and 

 a half pounds of fleeces of grease and some 

 wool, sell as high as two and half and three 



pound fleeces. 's agent has paid here 55c. 



for wool that you or I would think dear at 45c. 

 and tbe same price for best clips, that were well 

 worth the money. Farmers complain and just- 

 ly too, and the consequence is tnat only few good 

 clips are left in the country. Spanish, French, 

 and all manner of hybrid stock is introduced 

 to obtain weight of fleece, and then to encourage 

 the farmer, and give him a premium for iraud, 

 some reckless buyer will pay this class of grow'^ 

 ers for their filth, grease, and a little wool, about 

 as much as for clean wool, providing the price 

 is within the limit given him by his employer, 

 and all this that he may get one cent p^r pound 

 tor purchasing I have ridden through this 

 county tor two weeks, and closely scrutinized the 



flocks, prices asked aBd obtained, and must say, 

 as the result of my deliberate judgment, that 

 Bnless a change is made in the system of buying 

 wool in this country, not another five years will 

 pass before our manufacturers must abandon 

 their business, or rely on foreign wool. No mill 

 can make money and pay 50 and 55 cents tor 

 grease and dirt, when they think or believe they 

 are buying wool. Many manufacturers never 

 know this fact until it is shown in their 'loss 

 account,' and then it is not attributed to its 

 proper cause. In one evening, there was 30,- 

 000 pounds bought in this place — much of it 

 never seen by the buyers — on contract closed 

 with farmers who came into the village jsst at 

 the right time to profit by the excitement in the- 



mind of and agents for , 



and all because I had calmly and coolly ex 

 aminad and bought one good clip at 55 cents, 



and while was buying 50.000 pounds in 



forty hours, and , say 25,000 pounds, I 



bought just five clips. Tou can see the effect 

 upon the minds of growers by such operations. 



Mr. of your city, has an agent here who 



has bought 25,500 pounds tor him, at high 

 prices, without any discrimination or judgment. 

 He is a good scavenger to take up that which 

 a good judge does- not want. His lot as a 

 whole, is rough and low for a fine wool section. 

 What we want is men of brains and experience, 

 when we may hope for improvement in the man" 

 ner of western wool buying." 



«•» 



From the Wool R^wrter. 



I have been looking at the law upon "foot 

 rot in sheep," and without reflecting upon those 

 who made or passed it, 1 will set forth my views 

 thus: 



1st. Foot rot is an epidemic bat not cod> 

 tagious. 



2d. I would be as much mortified to have it 

 in my flock as I would to hare my family dio 

 with itch, and so should Qvery man. 



3d. That (if we have a law at all) it should 

 be on the ground of brutal abuse, and its pen* 

 alty penetrating to the man allowing it in his 

 flock 24 hours. This is somewhae new ground, 

 but I hold myself prepared to prove if necessary. 



The above is an outline of an article I was 

 preparing for publication, but concluded tojuat 

 throw tbe thing up to you in this paper and see 

 what the demand might be for more. 



C. 0. HUDSON. 



To Destroy Geub in the Head of Sheep. 

 — Make a hole in a standing board, 24 inches 

 from the ground, and large enough to let a 

 sheep's nose through up to the eyes. Let one 

 man hold the sheep in this position, and an- 

 other with a syringe throw up each nostril of the 

 sheep a slush of yellow snuff and water, strong 

 enough to make them sneeze, and they will thus 

 throw out the eggs of the fly that are deposited 

 in July and August. A. W. ALLEN, 

 <•• 



Normal University. — We understand that 

 tbe contractors have already commenced opera- 

 tions on the ground where the building is to be 

 erected, and that the work will be pushed for- 

 ward to a speedy completion. 



