62 THE CHINESE SUGAR CANE. 
He is under the impression that it will prove very valu- 
able for stock generally.” 
Mr. J. F. C. Hyde, of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, 
says at page 32 of his book, “‘I used the seed cane stalks 
and leaves for fodder; cut up the stalks and fed to horses, 
cows, and swine, and they would eat it with the greatest 
avidity, even like shelled corn.” 
Doctor Bowman, of Illinois, has fed the stalks to his 
horses, and writes me in the most enthusiastic manner of 
its value for forage. 
MR. WRAY’S REMARKS AT THE FARMERS’ CLUB. 
At a recent meeting of the Farmers’ Club of the Ameri- 
can Institute, Mr. Wray gave some account of his discov- 
ery of the imphee, and, among other things of his expe- 
rience, mentioned the fact that it had been his practice to 
feed the green plants to his animals. He cuts them into 
pieces and sprinkles upon each mess a handful of salt. 
Under this treatment he finds all descriptions of stock to 
keep in good working condition, and increase in fat. 
The Kaffirs told him not to feed to his animals the bag- 
asse; and, disregarding their advice, he lost several head 
of cattle, from the fact, as he learned by opening their 
bodies after death, that the bagasse when taken into the 
stomach formed itself into large balls, from the succes- 
sive accumulations of which death had ultimately been 
caused. This undesirable result is not attained when the 
planter takes the precaution of adding to the bagasse the 
scum removed from the boilers, 
