The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
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AGRICULTURAL

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'-oIn reply an inquiry about sugar maxi
ing, correspondent IN MSope's Rural
New' Yorker says:biyibni nj T9dlod| 30
81 Sheet iron pans cso. Il iroDF placed un-
der a, arch, are, universally used here eOen-
trail Ohio; build the a.e6 Co. asto mt the
wood in at the sids of Tia, end eFcent a.
flue left at the. bottom fol draff There.
should be four handles on eash ban for two
poles to- run through; the tho pans can can
be taken off conveniently, the ssrnp emu 3.
tied, pans replaced, filed with fresh sa,glt
and boil right along without abatap the,
fire. Pans three by four feet can beHan-
died in this manner quite convenienGy. q
and two such pans are sufficiently large f0t
a,camp Of 800 trees aaf2 Esd s7iGT.8 %.
The arch should be at least three feet
wide and the chimney not less than eight
feet high to secure good draft. Tap with
"a half inch bit, trimming out, when the
trees begin to dry, with five-sighth bit
Cooks patent. Bore at first not over
one inch deep, and hang the bucket on an
eight-penny nail, directly underneath this
will prevent the sap! from being blown
away by the wind. Very nearly as much
sap will run from one spigot as from two,
and the life Of the tree VIII thus be, pre-
served to benefit those who may follow in
our footsteps, remembering the maxim to
leave. the world as good as when we
found it. . o,.;ssa,,-, =: ,.-...,e -, ar., ~
10 make nice. sugar, use a. Is gallon
kettle, not making more than. SO pounds
/. at once nor be- over one hour in Bringing
the grains. Making larger patches requires
longer boiling, which makes the sugar
damper and more compact. After remov-
Ing the sugar, wash and scour the. kettle
before commencing again, and remember
to keep the syrup-at an uniform height in
the kettle, as. rising and falling suddenly
causes it to bnrn. Seal up your molasses
warm in stone Jugs, and boil SO thick that
it crystalizes in the bottom Of the jug, and
twill keep the year round. vi e-os1!7 a
20 The profits Of camp are entirely ldepen-
dent upon industry. The, man, who neSs
lects to prepare and haul sufficient
amount Of. wood, repair his buckets, or see
! that his spigots and pans. are ready, will
wakefup some, morning and find the sugar
season fairly, upon him While in this di-
lsmma, and attempting to succeed with
leaky buckets, green wood and 3 dull fire,
he. will undoubtedly be discouraged and
will very readily confess rthata he. tt.can,t
see It," (the profts) and no wonder!
HOW oANnwk INCREASE THE QUANTITY OF
sjsl Ina snv.-ea:t wOoL?g; nr9t@;s fs;9
Wool is increased on the Individual
sheep. first by keeping it in good fleshy
condition, and second by giving it food PEI
lculiarly adapted to the production of wool
A Merino kept in high condition all the
year round, will yield a pound or two more
of wool at least than the same sheep kept
in thinnish condition all the year round.
But it makesa material difference in the
prodaot of wool what. kind of food pro-
duces this fleshy condition. i According to
the experiments made on Saxon sheep in
! Silesia, by Reaunur, ], 900 pounds of peas
produced an Increase of 1874 pounds in
the live weight of the animals with II lbs.
II OF. Of wool, while 1000 pounds ofoats
produced an increase of 146 lbs in live
weight, with but gibbs. 10 or Of wool.
Peas did not give greater amount of wool
in proportion to the increase Of meat than
some other of thirteen feeds tried by the
; experimenter. Rejecting fractions, peas
produced q ninth! part by weight 5asirnuch
of wool as meat; oats q sixteenth BART.
barley twelfth part, buckwheAt q twelfth
part mangei wurt7els9 and potatoes q
seventh part, good hay an eighth part. hay
'f,oah ssaao eoiabo,.t Other JSdde,s one,haif
part, and SO on.#oai mjY>l ,aigta b9lr
,iH Wool is increased in succeeding genera
! tions Of sheep by bfeedihes inst rs every
other desirable quality lie thus Increased.
viz.91 BY coupling those males and females
together which possess il, in tie eteatest
degrees ; and, selecting only the heaviest
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