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THE ILLINOIS FAKMEK. 



JUNB 



tober, or prior to putting them into winter quarters, 

 as it ivill destroy all the parasites, and the sheep 

 will do well through the winter." 



A Humbiig Sugar Maker- 



Edi. Prairie Farmer : 



It was my fortune to fall in with a vender of a 

 patent right, or a secret for making 10 lbs. of good 

 dry sugar from any kind of cane sirup weighing 13 

 lbs. to the gallon. 



This man had been experimenting in sorghum 

 14 years, (7 years longer than the canes have been 

 introduced ;) and about three years ago he discov- 

 ered this wonderful secret, which he soys he pat- 

 ented at that time. He accomplishes this wonder- 

 ful feat in the following manner: 



First he "puts the juice in this ere vessel here," 

 then he puts in some "stuff" to settle the "heavy 

 matters," just as simple as sand sinks to the bottom 

 of water. Next, he "draws it off into this ere vessel 

 here what sets under the first one, " and in here 

 he puts in some other kind of "stuff," that raises 

 all the swimming particles. This leaves his juice 

 perfectly clear, and ready to boil down to 13 lbs. 

 to the gallon. When it gets cool, you must stir it 

 with a scoop shovel to keep the sugar from set- 

 tling into a solid cake like maple sugar. (Be care- 

 ful not to omit the stirring up directions.) 



All he asks for his secret is five dollars. For 

 this sum he will put one in the way of making an 

 everlasting fortune in a very short time. lie stip- 

 ulates that — if — he should sell out any territory by 

 the state or county, he will remember all the indi- 

 vidual rights he sells. 



Now, as I am interested in making known all the 

 crooks and turns in the sorgo business, I thought it 

 was my duty to give him and his secret the bene- 

 fit of a special notice, and advise all persons that 

 are so verdant as to be imposed upon by this ven- 

 der of a wonderful secret, that $3 invested and a 

 year's careful practice, yiiW perhaps do them some 

 good. The name of this peddler is Lamphear. — 

 Remember that the Phear of the bugs is the begin- 

 ning of wisdom. — Prairie Farmer. 



Balking. — If you have balky horses, it is your 

 fault and not that of your horses ; for if they do not 

 pull true, there is some cauoe for it, and if you 

 will remove the cause, the effect will cease. When 

 your horse balks he is excited, and does not know 

 what you want him to do. When he gets a little 

 excited, stop hin^ five or ten minutes: Jet him be- 

 come calm ; go to the balky horse, pat him and 

 Bpeak gently to him ; and as soon as he is over 

 the excitement he will, in nine cases out of ten, 

 pull at the word ; whipping and lashing and swear- 

 ing will only make the matter worse. After you 

 have soothed him awhile, and his excitement has 

 cooled down take him by the bits ; turn him each 

 way as far as you can ; pull out the tongue ; soothe 

 him a little ; unrein him ; then step before the bal- 

 ky horse, and let the other staftt first ; then you can 

 take him anywhere you wish. A balky horse is 

 always high-spirited, and starts quick ; has his pull 

 out before the other starts , by standing before him, 

 the other starts too. By close application of this 

 rule you can make any balky horse pull. If a horse 

 ; been badly spoiled, you should hitch him to an 

 -'■'.'^ytj wagon, theu put on a little load, and increase 



it gradually, caressing as before, and in a short 

 time you will have a good horse that will work 

 without troubling you. — Exchange. 



High Prices of Wool. — The high prices to 

 which wool has attained, have greatly stimulated 

 the production, especially in the more remote 

 Western States. For the past two years large 

 numbers of sheep have been sent from Ohio, Mich- 

 igan, &c., to Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, where 

 the climate and ranges are rarely excelled for 

 sheep husbandry. The clip of 1864 will undoubt- 

 edly be largely in excess of that of any previous 

 year, and it will all be needed at remunerative pri- 

 ces. The increased production of wool in Califor- 

 nia is remarkable. In 185*7, the quantity shipped 

 from that State was fifty-five bales of very inferior 

 quality — worth from 6 to 10 cts. The clip of 1863 

 — only six years later — was over 50,000 bales. — 

 According to this ratio of increase, the clip of 

 1869 will reach 200,000 bales; and in ISTS, 1,250,- 

 000. The quality and condition of California wool 

 coming forward, is much better now than formerly 

 and meets with increasing favor among manufac- 

 turers. Staple kinds in good order command 40 

 or 50 cts. 



Cost of Cultivating Land by Steam. — A Mr. 

 Smith, of Woolston, England, has published an 

 account of the cost of cultivating land by steam 

 for eight years, in which he says that the cost of 

 preparing land for roots was, with steam, $2.88; 

 with horses, $10.03; for barley two years, $2.16 

 with steam against |5.05 by horse-power; four 

 years for wheat, $50.20 by steam against the same 

 for horse-power, and foots up a total for a number 

 of other articles, which show a gain of 200 per 

 cent, ia favor of steam. The writer says also that 

 besides the economy of the plan he had much bet- 

 ter crops. 



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(|t^~Buds that were inoculated last Fall should 

 not be forgotten, but as soon as vegetation has 

 pushed forth, the bud should be examined, and all 

 other issues from the old stock taken away. — Gar- 

 derier^s Monthly. 



To Prevent a Hoese prom Pulling at the Hal- 

 TiR. — Tie a rope around the neck, put it thro' a 

 hole in the edge of the manger, and tie it around 

 the fore leg below the knee, and when the horse 

 pulls, the rope will slip through the hole and pull 

 up the fore leg, and he will soon give it up. — (7oun- 

 try Gentleman. 



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Bagasse Burning. 



The use of bagasse for fuel is beginning to attract 



considerable attention, and the time is not distant 

 when in all localities remote from paper mills and 

 •ther markets for this substance, it will all be util- 

 ized under the evaporating pans. This must be 

 done without the labor and trouble of sun drying. 

 The woody fiber of the cane is sufficient when 

 burned and the heat properly applied to reduce 

 all the juice to sirup. And it makes no difference, 

 80 far as the capacity of the woody matter to evap- 

 orate the juice ia concerned, whether the bagasse 



