x CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER ITI. 
SOIL REQUIRED—-CULTURE—MANURING. 
Should Hilling be Practiced?—Deep Culture—Subsoil Plow—Soaking 
Seed—Covering Lightly—Manures—Hybridization—Cultivation—Cur- 
ing Fodder—Saving Seed—Stripping—Stacking. 46-56 
CHAPTER IV. 
. VALUE AS A FORAGE CROP—TESTIMONY OF CULTIVATORS. 
Sowing for Fodder—Rattooning—Cutting Fodder—Testimony of D. Jay 
Browne, Esq.—Testimony of Author—Testimony of Mr. Gratz, of Ken- 
tucky—Mr. Wray’s Remarks at the Farmers’ Club—Count Beaure- 
gard’s Experience—Testimony of G. de Lacoste—Of Gov. Gardner, of 
Mass.—Experience of C. L. Flint, of Mass.—The Sorgho in Texas this 
year—Ability to withstand Drought—Curing—Its Nutritive Qualities— 
Size of Stalks in North Africa—Testimony of Doctor Turrel, and 
Lacoste—Coloring the Bones of Chickens—Yield per Acre of Seed 
and Forage—Should not be allowed to Grow more than one Year. 
57-71 
CHAPTER V. 
SUGAR AND SUGAR MAKING—A WEST INDIAN SUGAR PLANTATION— 
CUTTING—CRUSHING—BOILING. 
Apparatus Required, Fully Illustrated—A West Indian Steam Mill— 
Cattle Mill—Horse Mills—Stream Trains— Ordinary Trains—Vacuum 
Pan—Bascule Pan—Making a Small Crop of Sugar—The Cause for 
Present High Prices—The “African Apprentice ’’ System. 72-128 
# 
CHAPTER VI. 
SYRUP—BEST METHODS OF MAKING IT. 
“Experience of American Growers—The Seed obtained as well as Syrup 
Apparatus Necessary—M. d’Ivernois’ Syrup made without a Mill—Iron 
