THE WISCONBIN VARMER.



taking the curves by means of wooden moiuw,
which are usually 8} feet wide and 4J feet
thick and about 15 feet long. These moulds
are cumbersome and constly. Mr. Mattison's
plan has been submitted to Rear-Admiral Sir
Thomas Pasley, superintendent, and other offi-
cers of the Devonport and Keyham yards, who
are understood to have expressed their approv-
al of the invention. The model is to be sent
to Woolwich to be tested."



       Our Premium a"r Cane Mill.
  It seems to be so well understood now that
the economical production of Sorghum syrup
and sugar in the Northern States is a feasible
thing, that there is no longer need of elaborate
argument to prove it. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been saved to the pockets of
our people in this way, during the past year,
and the next season will find thousands of
farmers engaged in the cultivation of the cane
who have never before undertaken it.
  Already sugar and molasses have been pro-
duced in large quantities, of a quality which
compares favorably with the beat products of
the Southern cane, and there are so many ef-
forts making to still further improve them, that
success is no longer doubtful.
  One of the great desiderata is perfect ma-
chinery for crushing the canes, and evaporat-
ing the juice.



  One of the best mills with which we A, 's*
present, acquainted, is the "Climax A da.
ble Sugar Mill," manufactured by E. W. kah-
nor, of Madison. It is this mill, thesfore,
that we have offered " a prize for subecrip-
tiions. (See Prospectus on cover). Theahee
cut illustrates its construction.
  It includes three horimnta   rollers-the



crushing roller being held up by a lever and
weight, which insures a constant and Ravary-
ig pressure of 6 tone upon the ease. It is ece-
act and strong. The geating Is placed en the
op, with sweep attached to rim of crown
wheel, and not dependent on the mere strength
of a shaft to turn the gearing.
Weight of machine 1,100 tbs.; eost $100.00.
In the earlier stage of the Sorghum experi-
nent, when it was yet a matter of doubt wheth-
er it would not prove a failure, and when but
ittle of the cane was grown in any given
neighborhood, prudenoe dictated the purchase
of cheap machines, or even the home construc-
ion of rude wooden mills But the time when
ueh a course was economical has passed. It
s no longer an experiment, and the best econ-
my now lies in the purchase of good, effective
ron mills, even though they cost so much that



only neighborhoods, as a general rule, can
afford to buy them.
  We are acquainted with a number of persons
who, during the past year, have operatedithe
Climax Mill, and they concur in the opinion
that an active man, who has some knowledge
of the business,-and any intelligent man will
"I get the hang of it" in a very few days-can
make it profitable to purchase a mill on. his
own account, and work up the sugar cane of
his neighborhood, on shares. Some have de-
clared it practicable to make more money in
this way, than with the best threshing machine
in the country.
  We have no other purpose to seve in urging
the importance of Sorghum culture, and the
claims ef this or &y other good mill, than the
furtherane* of an enterprise which promide
first, gain to the individual, and secondly. to



the people of the North a due independence of