COUNTY EEPOETS. 463 



Mr. Mason, from Sacramento, had some verj fine specimens of 

 Apples, Plums, Grapes and Pie Plant, all of which Avere of 

 superior excellence ; but, as he resides over the west line of the 

 county, he is not entitled to a premium, but we unanimously 

 recommend that you give him a diploma. 



No man has taken more unwearied pains to introduce into this 

 country valuable varieties of fruit, and to ascertain what kinds 

 will best stand the rigor of our winters, than Mr. Mason, and 

 his efforts have been very successful ; for many who have bought 

 trees from his nursery, assure us of the fact that while nearly 

 three-fourths of the trees brought from New York State have 

 died, those from the Sacramento nursery have done well. 



Mr. Conkey, of Appleton, also presented several varieties of 

 Apples, Grapes, and Plums, which deserve more than a notice. 

 Although they cannot, by the rules of your Society, come in 

 competition with the products of our own county, yet they show 

 that we have not the exclusive enjoyment of the rich luxuries 

 which Northern Wisconsin is capable of producing by the aid 

 of the industrious hand of the husbandman. 



A specimen of Syrup, manufactured from the China Sugar 

 Cane by Mr. Samuel Charlesworth, of Omro, attracted very gen- 

 eral attention. It was a most delicious article, and we recom- 

 mend that the manufacturer be presented with a copy of the 

 Wisconsin Farmer. The apparatus with which Mr. Charlesworth 

 expressed the juice from the cane, was of very imperfect con- 

 struction, but he obtained a gallon of juice from twenty hills, 

 and bethinks that one hundred gallons of juice can be had from 

 an acre of cane. The riper the cane, the more syrup it will 

 yield. 



He considers the leaves better than hay for feeding cattle, and 

 says they will yield as much to the acre as tame grass. 



The yield of seed he estimates at from fifteen to twenty bush- 

 els to the acre, which, he says, is as good as corn for cattle and 

 horses, or for fattening hogs. 



"We would recommend to the Society to encourage the culture 

 of this article by offering a large premium for the best suo-ar 

 and best syrup made from the China Sugar Cane next year. 



