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almost immediately upon leaving the seed-box 
and is carried forward to the discharging aper¬ 
ture and emptied into the funnels, or conduc¬ 
tors, in an even, continuous stream. 
As a fertilizer distributor its chief claims 
are: it distributes any kind of commercial 
fertilizer with certainty and uniformity, with¬ 
out danger of clogging or bunchingi the quan¬ 
tity sown is regulated hy the gear, so that there 
is no guess-work on this point; the hox can be 
filled with any phosphate which will be dis¬ 
charged evenly and regularly; the phosphate 
manufacture of sugar is an important opera¬ 
tion, because not only the quality but the quan¬ 
tity of the product depends upon it. Domestic 
sugar making promises to become greatly ex¬ 
tended since the recent improvements in the 
gleefully swung his flail while “the eager and 
nipping airs” of winter played and sang about 
the corners and through the logs of the old- 
fashioned barn, and who, on the approach of 
spring, hied to the woods with his playful 
duct Is improved is valuable, and it is a well- 
known fact that the rapid boiling of maple 
sirup is an important element in securing an 
excellent quality and a clear, light amber color. 
The evaporator referred to (see fig. 85) has sev¬ 
eral Dew and valuable points; the sap 
enters where the heat is greatest, viz., 
overthe fire hole, and leaves the evap¬ 
orator where the heat is least, thus 
avoiding scorching; the 6ap flows in a 
\ tortuous stream from the front to the 
V\ rear, and the sirup may be finished off 
the lower end of the pan, which can 
V\ bo separated by a gate from the front 
— V\ * >art * ^ u<3 * * 8 Bavc d because the heat is 
2 ' 1. utilized, and this also secures rapid 
boiling down. Rapid boiling prevents 
^ K tbc formation of the so-called inverted 
^ U 0r nncrystailizable sugar, which re- 
m lins in the sirup and also secures a 
fiDe e rain and a light color. This 
Jn' not only increases the product of su- 
" £ ar bat improves its quality and adds 
to its salable value, which is of con¬ 
siderable importance when it is remem- 
fig. 82. 
does not accumulate at one end of the drill 
when working on a side-hill; composed of few 
pieces, it is not liable to become disarranged • 
and while held firmly together, it can be quick¬ 
ly and easily taken apart, without removing a 
nnt, key or spring; by automatic action, pro¬ 
duced by raising and lowering the teeth, it is 
thrown out of gear before the teeth are out of 
the ground, and they arc in the ground ready 
for work before it is thrown into trnflp 
FIG. 83. 
away, so that the inside and feeding cap, with 
cut-off wire, are disclosed, showing the open¬ 
ing in the cap through which the fertilizing 
substabceis carried and discharged into the 
spout below, aud by it conveyed to the con¬ 
ductors. 
This device is composed of four pieces : 1st 
The stationary bottom plate, or support, which 
is screwed fa6t to the under side of the drill 
box, and upon which the whole mechanism 
rests. 2nd. The revolving bottom or carrying 
plate, with cogs ou the under side, upon which 
REGULATOR FOK EVAPORATOR. —PIG. 86 . 
ator the sap as it rises, lifts the float, works 
he lever and depresses the arm which is under 
the rubber feeding tube. This arm being pressed 
down, as shown by the dotted Hue, chokes the 
tube, as shown by dotted lines, and stops or 
decreases the flow until more sap is required, 
when the tube is released again. This is an 
important adjunct, as, so long as the supply 
tube or barrel has any sap in it, no attention is 
needed to keep the boiler furnished adequately. 
This evaporator may be used for making Am¬ 
ber cane sirup, aud sugar as well as for maple 
sirup, and as Amber cane promises to be largely 
used for this purpose, the machine will doubt¬ 
less be extensively called fm- 
examination of a new reaper lately put 
upon the market by the Wm. Anson Wood 
Mower ^ Reaper Co., of Albany, N. Y„ shows 
that tins firm has accomplished the difficult 
task of adding another to the numerous im¬ 
provements made in the reaper since the first 
clumsy machine excited tbe wonder, admira¬ 
tion and hopes of the agricultural world. The 
advance in the line of bettermentin the present 
case is mainly in greater case of handling. By 
the new arrangement, the driver, from his 
seat, has perfect control of the machine, being 
able with a quick movement of the hand to 
set the platform and the rakes in any desired 
position instantaneously. This facility of ad¬ 
justment makes this an exceptionally efficient 
machine for reaping lodged and tangled grain 
and delivering a perfect gavel under ail con¬ 
ditions. An ingenious device in the shape of 
a break-like crank, a little to the right and in 
front of the driver’s seat, works an eccentric 
which raises or lowers the entter-bar and 
table and tilts forward the rakes so that they 
pick up the grain cleauly. Just back of the 
craDk is a tilting lever which adjusts the rear 
platform at any desired angle. Owing to 
these devices the driver need never quit his 
seat while at work; and stubble is cut at a uni¬ 
form bight either close to the surface or as 
high as lb iaches from the ground. Although 
the machine weighs only 750 pounds and is of 
very light draft, yet so nicely is it balanced 
throughout and so fine are the workmanshir 
aud materials, that it runs with great smooth¬ 
ness nud preclslou and with a minimum of 
friction. The drive wheel has a wide tread 
and all the desirable features in the ma¬ 
chine are firmly secured by uo less than 15 
patents. W e stt ougly urge our readers toin ves- 
ugate all the claims confideuily asserted for the 
leapei, and seek full information concerning it 
from the manufacturers at the above address. 
EVAPORATORS F 
SUGAR MAKING, 
me evaporation of 
saccharine fluids for the 
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