350 ANNUAL REPORT. 



busy work. It is the fruit grower's province to see that all the 

 conditions are favorable, so that there may be no interruption 

 of this work. His returns will be in exact proportion to his 

 judgment and thoroughness in this resj)ect. This is a point 

 where knowledge is power. 



AMBER CANE. 

 BY «p:tii w. kenney. 



Editor Farm, Stock and Home : 



In the first place, it is known that at present almost every 

 village is supplied with amber cane products. This is as it should 

 be; we should raise all such things that pay, as well as the am- 

 ber cane. The low prices of sugar have operated against the 

 high i^rices heretofore obtained; but this industry to-day is 

 not as much depressed as the wheat, and from the seed already 

 put out, I can say that the industry has come to stay. Good 

 cultivation, good seed, and good, strong machinery, these three 

 points are all to be observed to succeed. I ought to have said 

 plenty, good, dry wood in addition. 



Since my return from New Orleans, and after hearing the re- 

 marks and seeing Minnesota taking four first premiums on 

 amber cane goods, it must be evident to all that this cane is to 

 the manor born, and it is an omnipotent factor of wealth to the 

 State we ought not to overlook. 



It has been found that bagasse, put up in ricks, long and high, 

 and built narrow, will make a valuable fuel for boiling, but it 

 has not proved very valuable used the same season in this 

 climate. 



The roots of cane strike deep and bring up from the sub- soil 

 that which will increase the yield of wheat or oats in one season 

 from forty to fifty per cent. This is the testimony of our best 

 men. 



The machinery of capacity, to grind one hundred gallons in 

 ten hours, can be bought very reasonable at present, and I hope 

 what the vice president of the Sugar Exchange said may con- 

 tinue to be true, "that Minnesota took an advanced position in 

 this industry." 



A great many farmers do not save the seed, and it is so valu- 

 able for milch cows it should all be saved. We have found it 

 equal to cornmeal to increase the flow of milk. 



