The Shasta courier., 1870-12-24
NUMBER 40.
Hard Times.


Inc farmer who owns his land, is free
from debt, and has good improvements, can
not comprehend the full meaning of the term
naru times" Hence farming is the best
ana surest vocation for the mass of the peo-
PIE; as a general result it does not lead to
wealth and luxury, but it may certainly in
sure competence and even abundance: To
the Jaded, unfortunate, unsuccessful busip-
ess man, there is no prospect that looks so
enticlng as that of a beautiful farm. well
improved, fully stocked and carefully titled.
1t is haven of rest, where the corrndine
care and life-sapping anxiety of citv bus
mess are unknown; domain over which
he Is king, and where lie may enforce his
VIII undisputed by any one. The true
pleasure OF the farmers vocation is his intl-
mate relation TO nature, and his possession
oi oil the rational enjoyments Of life.
why, then, do we have the complaint
from 80 large mass of the farmers that
"hmes are hard?' The answer is. taey are
IN debt. Debt is curse that entails far
greater hardships than the fiat which pro-
nouneed the doom of man to till the soil and
earn his bread by the sweat of his brow
war prices and war currency afflicted
large portion of farmers with greed of grain,
which they INDUCED by plunging in debt
They were not content with securing good
homes fitting them up in comfort and laving
something by for rainy day. hut they grew
lustful fo- broad acres and Injuries which
can only be enjoyed in cities, and are but
burdens to country life, and now that reverse
cut short expected income. he pressure of
debt is felt, and the cry is ''hard tines
1t we could teach only one precert with
force to farmers, it would be tis: Make
yourselves independent. Owe no man any,
thing. Make your business snug and safe
instead of extensive and risky Then you
can sit by your own hearth side. and if
hard times" looks in at the window. YOU
can laugh in his Face Rural New Yorker
The GRAPE SUGAR INDUSTRY manu-
tacture OF grape sugar has assumed large
proportions. In Germany there were in
1868 sixty establishments in operation, which
produced that year %. 900 900 pounds Of
syrup and 10000 600 of sugar. Since that
time, other and more extensive factories
have been established. and the cultivation of
potatoes for the purpose also covering large
extent of territory. The potato plantations
are usually in sandy districts, adapted to
their growth. The method pursued in near
ly all of the refineries are identical. The
wet starch is first put in large wash tub
where under constant stirring for an hour. it
rs entirely dissolved in water and diluted
acid. From the wash tubs it is run INTO watts
where II can be boied by steam-here it re
mains tor sugar four or five hours, {, syrup
Two or three hours. 1t is then put into the
neutralizing tanks to be treated with carbo-
nate of lime and left until the sediment,
chiefly composed of gympsum, has settled
this usually requires six hours. The sweet
liquid thus obtained is evaporated in vacuum
pans. filtered. and lett tn crystalline. if sugar
Is to be made. dr is manufactured into syrun.
Tue process does not essentially differ from
that pursued in the United States. where
corn starch is chiefly emplovei. The great
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