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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



way, particularly my old ones. My course is, 

 in the month of October, to select from my flock 

 all that do not promise fair to winter well, old 

 ewes in particular, which will be likely to die 

 in the spring, as all sheep growers know that 

 they are liable to do, and give them a good 

 chance for fall feed, and also feeding them with 

 the same kind of substances that I do my hogs, 

 and by the first of January have them all first 

 rate mutton, bearing good fleeces. This kind 

 of feed is excellent for milch cows, and cows 

 that come in early, or for ewes that are with 

 lamb. Tt does well to mix with cut feed, only 

 there should be more water put into the mixture. 



When my potatoes get short, I put in beets 

 and carrots for my sheep and cattle, and consider 

 them much better for being cooked. Turnips 

 are easily raised, and are very good food for 

 sheep or cattle during the winter, yet will not 

 compare in value with either carrots or beets. 

 Potatoes or pumpkins are valuable for horses, 

 fed raw. I never knew a horse to be troubled 

 with the botts that was fed with a few raw po- 

 tatoes every week. 



I have made my communication rather desul- 

 tory, but my principal object in this communi- 

 cation is to show the value of apples for fatten- 

 ing hogs and sheep when mixed with other 

 substances, and the saving to farmers from pick- 

 ing out their old sheep and fattening them, in- 

 stead of pelting them in the fall or letting them 

 die in the spring, as many do. 



When a sheep gets old and the front teeth 

 partly gone or pointed, the best way is to take 

 them out entirely, as they feed better without 

 than with them. 



Yours, A Vermont Farmer. 



Windsor Co., Vt., Nov. 1, 1846. 



PLANTATION CORN MILLS. 



We know nothing that is more eagerly sought 

 for than a corn mill that is adapted to the farmers 

 own use. Many attempts have been made, as 

 yet, we believe, without entire success, to com- 

 bine the simplicity with the efficiency that is re- 

 quired in such a machine. We notice in the 

 last number of the American Farmer the follow- 

 ing description of a new one gotten up by Messrs. 

 Sinclair & Co. of Baltimore: 



Many plans have been proposed and mills 

 made for grinding corn, &c, by horse power, for 

 plantation use, and most of them condemned by 

 the planter, either on account of the high price 

 charged, imperfect and complicated construction, 

 or great power required to drive them. These 

 objections we have endeavored to overcome, both 

 for our own, and for the benefit of our Southern 

 customers, most of whom are desirous to intro- 



duce a good mill on their plantations, and who 

 have endeavored to aid us by their plans and 

 advice. Among those gentlemen, we may name 

 Mr. Remington, of Alabama, whose reputation 

 as a successful planter, is not surpassed by his 

 inventive genius; to him we are indebted for 

 the Alabama Corn Mill, which has recently un- 

 dergone considerable improvement by himself, 

 aided by Mr. Maynard, of our firm. The con- 

 struction and plan of this mill, overcomes the 

 objections made against domestic mills, and will 

 no doubt prove a valuable addition to the agri- 

 cultural machinery, now in successful use. The 

 principal novelty of this mill is, the simple man- 

 ner of adjusting the stones to cause a regular 

 and equal bearing, the inclined feeding spout 

 through the stationary stone and the peculiar 

 mode of cutting the stones, which, when brought 

 in contact, act on the shear principle, causing 

 the grinding to be rapid and more effectual than 

 can be done by stones of small diameter, cut in 

 the ordinary manner, at the same time reducing 

 the draught to the power of tw r o horses. The 

 stones, (French burr,) and band pulley, run ver- 

 tically instead of horizontally, (as most domestic 

 mills are made to run,) which improvement re- 

 duces cost, is more simple, works with more 

 ease to the horses, is easily adjusted, and more 

 convenient to be driven by horee powers now in 

 common use. Each mill has a bolting screen 

 or box attached, as exhibed by the figure. We 

 have ground two and a half to three bushels of 

 fine corn and buckwheat meal per hour, and 

 four bushels of corn, rye, &c, suitable for cattle 

 in the same time ; this estimate may be relied 

 upon, the mills having undergone several fair 

 and actual tests, both as regard quantity of meal 

 ground, quality, &c. 



The only repairs necessary will be to take out 

 the stones and face or " pick" them once a year, 

 which may be done and the stones reset by any 

 careful farm hand. Price sixty dollars. Manu- 

 factured and for sale by R. Sinclair, Jr. & Co., 

 62 Light Street, Baltimore. 



Mrs. Howard, wife of Joseph Howard, of 

 Sauquoit, Oneida county, between the middle of 

 March and the first of October, of this year, 

 made 233^ pounds of first-rate butter, from the 

 milk of only one cow. In addition to this, the 

 calf was kept with the cow till it was fit for 

 veil, (over four weeks,) and the family had abun- 

 dance of milk to use. Mrs. Howard is a pru- 

 dent and industrious wife, and few such cows 

 under her care and management would make a 

 fortune for any man. This cow can't possibly 

 be the one that "eat up the grindstone." We 

 mention this fact because some of Mrs. H.'s con- 

 nexions live in this county, and they can't be 

 beat in the butter and cheese line. — Penn Yan 

 Democrat. 



