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ered. To make sugar profitably requires a large plant. "No 

 method has yet beeu devised by means of which sugar can be 

 made profitably in a small way by each individual farmer. Ex- 

 pensive machinery and extensive labor are required for profit- 

 able sugar making. Sorghum cane which has been frozen is 

 almost entirely ruined for sugar making purposes. Although 

 the belt of successful growth extends all over the Northwest, 

 the belt of successful manufacture does not. An early winter 

 is indispensible to a beet sugar country. The beets are harv^ested 

 and protected in pits from the frost. The beets could be put in 

 silos and worked through the entire winter. Why not jDreserve 

 cane in this way! I have made one experiment of putting the 

 stalks under ground and covering them up, and it has been en- 

 ti^'ely successful up to the present time. If the cane can be pre- 

 served in this way the manufacturing belt can be extended all 

 through this region. 



The demand for syrup in this country is a limited one com- 

 pared with the demand for sugar, and it will be a long time, 

 under the most favoi'able circumstances, before the supi:)ly of 

 sugar can equal the demand. 



The State of I^^ew Jersey gives one dollar bounty on every ton 

 of cane grown, and one cent per pound for every pound of sugar 

 made. They did the same thing in France and Germany. I^a- 

 poleon put this industry on its feet by bounties. It is wise 

 economy on the part of our government to support every weak 

 industry so that hereafter it may become a source of wealth. I 

 believe this country will yet make its own sugar. 



DAKOTA HORTICULTUEAL AND FORESTRY ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 



We have received a copy of the initial number of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Dakota, from which we make a few extracts 

 which will be found of interest. 



The Territorial Horticultural Society met in Huron, Dak., on 

 Thursday, Feb. 5, 1885. with E. De Bell in the chair and W. F. 

 Eastman as secretary. The president opened the session with 

 the following remarks: 



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