28 THE CHINESE SUGAR CANE. 
full details are given in the excellent report which has 
been furnished to me, through the politeness of Mr. 
Redman. Suffice it to say, that upon the publication of 
\ circular, containing the experiments of Colonel Peters, 
.nd the notice of the syrup which was exhibited by him 
.t the Fair of the United States Agricultural Society, 
a October of the past year, the general excitement upon 
he subject was at once considerably augmented; and 
jhe subsequent appearance of the reports to the French 
Minister of War, the experience of American farmers in 
lifferent parts of the country, the excellent pamphlets 
of Mr. J. F. C. Hyde, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Charles 
F. Stansbury of Washington, all have united in lending 
this increase to the all-prevalent interest; and the result 
has been, that during the present year, the seed of the 
Chinese Sorgho has been imported by the ton by differ- 
ent seedsmen, and by the agencies which we have here- 
tofore mentioned, it has been scattered throughout the 
length and breath of the land. 
In 1855, I received from Paris, the “ Researches on the 
Sugar Sorgho,” by M. Vilmorin, and although at that 
time but very little attention had been directed to the 
plant, yet presuming, from a perusal of it, that it might 
have some future value, I translated it, entire, for the 
“ Working Farmer.” 
SUGAR MADE BY PROFESSOR AVEQUIN OF LOUISIANA. 
Whilst 1t was in course of publication, I corresponded 
with persons in different parts of the United States, de- 
siring to call their attention to its merits; and having 
