1883.] QUESTION BOX. 267 



They drew that cane over the hills to my mill ; one of them 

 had some eighty gallons of syrup and the other had forty- 

 They think they will never draw cane again that distance, 

 and I don't believe they ought to ; but they got a great deal 

 more sorghum than they expected to from the amount of 

 ground devoted to it, and were well satisfied with the yield 

 of syrup and with its quality. Here was the expense of a 

 transportation of twelve miles, that ought never to be attached 

 to it, and in taking into account the cost of it, we must con- 

 sider that it is a very heavy article, that must be manufac- 

 tured close by where it is raised. 



Mr. Olcott. What is the charge for grinding and boiling ? 



Mr. Gold. We charged thirty cents the first two years ; 

 this year we charged twenty-five cents a gallon. 



Question. Do you recommend the amber variety ? 



Mr. Gold. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Fulton. Mr. Gold has not covered the whole ground. 

 I saw it stated in the " Connecticut Farmer " a while ago 

 that the seed of which he speaks made equally as good flour 

 as buckwheat, and was a good substitute for it. I know a 

 gentleman in Gilead who grinds it with corn, and says that 

 it makes excellent feed for cattle of any description. I have 

 had mine ground this year, and I find that it makes one of 

 the best feeds for my hens. I claim that the seed and leaves 

 that I have fed to my cattle will pay me for all the trouble in 

 raising it, outside of the twenty cents which I pay for grind- 

 ing it and manufacturing it. 



Mr. Gold. The sorghum plant is cultivated as a grain 

 crop in many parts of the world, feeding more people than 

 any one cereal, it is said, and it is considered that the grain 

 crop alone ought, under proper culture, to pay for the cost of 

 raising it. 



Mr. Wetherell. It is said that it will by those who have 

 tried it. 



Mr. Olcott. I merely want to say one word about those 

 sorghum crops tliat Mr. Gold mentioned as having been hauled 

 over hills eight or ten miles, one of them producing forty 



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