Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-11

ground ana uuboied or, In other WORDS, tnus
prepared, the cost of fattening swine is thus
reduced to one-third Of the cost where the old
plan Of throwing the corn on the COB into the
pen is pursued. Those who know aught OF the
vast number of hogs fattensd, slaushtered and
consumed in this country, and exported, Will
see at q glance the vast national results In
store for rs through these new Improvements in
tho science of agriculture. The great diff
Guilty in the path of those up to this time seek
ing to avail themselves of tho knowledge oh.
tanned through these experiments,lhas been
the want of suitable boiling or steaming ap-
paratus, economical in its consumption of fuel,
handy to be used, and yet of sufficient capacity
to cook the grain food Of the usual horned
cattle and swine Of farm. We have tried
half q dozen different applications to that end,
always with unsatisfactory results, and have
yet seen nothing that. approaches this boiler
OF Mr.. Hedges, now on exhibition at the Fair
In this city. Its advantages are economy of
cost and fuel, safety, capacity almost without
limit, and entire hardness Tho steam is
generated in a small cast iron covered and
sealed boiler, set in brick, with safety valve
on its upper surface, and India rubber (fex.
ible) pipes to be thrust into covered barrels or
watts containing the food to be boiled, placed BY
its side and removable at will. BY turning
one CT these pipes into barrel of water, in
three minutes or so it will be boiling.
The limit of the capacity of the machine is
therefore simply the number of barrels, or
watts on wheels, tho stock feeder pleases to
keep on hand as without the trouble of emp
tying one, except directly into the feeding
trough, with boiler three feet long and two
feet wide and deep one may thus prepare
properly perhaps one hundred barrels of stock
feed day, consuming in so doing no more
fusl than would be necessary to supply an or
binary country kitchen fire place The city
reader who deals in, and dreams only of
"stock" Of another description, may vote us
prosy for INJECTING upon him so long disser-
tation upon q subject so "homely." Yet no
other Is of more real Importance to tho pros
perity of this grea. country of ours. Greater,
by long odds is its production of live stock than
that Of any other on the face of the globe
The census returns will satisfy the most scep.
teal that the value of tho live stock of tho
United States is almost fabulous. when COM
pared with tn of all tho bank, railroad, In
surance, mining operations, &c., in the land.
Surely, this is therefore subject worthy of
the reflection of the man of sound sense. Ark
wright, Fulton and Whitney BY improvements
applicable to industrial pursuits were bene.
factors whom the world will not forget so long
as it retains tho art of printing; and the time
will surely como when society realizes what
it owes to those through whom it ia indebted
for an immense increase in the aggregate value
of the live stock Of the land, through the In.
vention and perfection of these unpretending
looking little things, that at such an exhibit
ton in city, must necessarily be passed by
unobserved by thousands bent on getting q
peep at the glaring handicraft Of some young
miss, in the shape of, perhaps, an deliberately
needle worked quilt.
The Collectorship Of San Francisco The
contest for this position under the present Ad-
is believed by the knowing ones
already to be very spirited. 1t seems to be
understood that in the course of the late can.
vas for Senators from California, Mr.. La
than gave to Mr.. Telford, California State
Senator, written agreement to resign that
post, tthe Collectorship in question: and that
Mr.. 7. accordingly supported him for the U.
Senate. However that may be, the resig-
nation Of Mr.. Latham was received at the
Treasury Department by the steamer before
the last-the steamer, if We are not mistaken,
arriving fortnight before the public on this
side Of the lsthmus learned that Mr.. l. 3 a.
pirations for the Senate had proved abortive
This resignation is to take effect on the SOth
Of June next. Those aspiring to be his sue
cessor, according to the general understand
ing here, are the Mr.. Telford aforesaid, Col.
Washington, late editor of the Times and
Transcript, the California Democratic State
organ, and ex Governor Bigler; whose respec-
tive supporters in Washington-and there is
quite legion of California Democratic poll.
ticians here-ars having q lively time ont,
indeed. The result is just now past our power
Of divination.
Public Men in Washington. We have
compiled the following list of public men now
stopping at Willards' for the informal of
a largo number of friends who are constantly
sending to the Star office to ascertain the To-
cation in W ashington of such gentlemen whom
they wish to see:
Judge Black, Attorney General; Hon. Lswis
Cass, Secretary Of State Senators Wright of
n. j; Kennedy, Nd i; Cameron, Pa; Sim.
mons. K King, N Y Fitch, Ind Dixon,
Ct; Trumbull. III; Gwin, Cal and Broder.
lex, do; Mr.. Napier, the English Minister'S
and suite; John Cochrane, N. G. elect; Allison
White, do WIN. =. Russell, do Israel Hatch,
jr., do Judge Harmon, Collector of the port
Of Detroit; Col. Watson Freeman, U. Mar
shall, Boston; Hon. Benz. F. Hallett and Gen
Peaslee, Boston; Hon. E Ward, NJ. C. elect;
Hon. John A. Soaring, do.
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