256 APPENDIX. 
The interior part of the cane is composed, in very great proportion, 
of sugar and filaments. It is in the most central portion of all that 
are found the sacchariferous products. 
If the cane be deprived of its epidermis and dermis, it will be placed 
in the best condition possible to furnish sugar of good quality, and of 
easy extraction. Such, at least, is our opinion, which is based upon 
the practical studies which we have made with this precious gramine- 
ous plant. ; 
FROM F. BOURDAIS, DISTILLER, AT CONSTANTINE, 
ALGIERS. 
Bur however great seem the probable results of the introduction of 
the sorgho into France, and however great the enthusiasm which has 
arisen in the minds of its cultivators, they still look upon the new 
colony of Algiers as the country in which, both on account of climate, 
soil and the peculiar adaptedness of the plant, the most remarkable 
results can be obtained. There, it will be recollected, that M. 
Hardy, the chief of the government nursery, at Hamma, in his report 
to Marshal Vaillaint, certifies to having allowed his canes to stand upon 
the ground where they grew, first having removed the tufts and leaves, 
throughout the whole winter, the climate being so very mild. The 
immense importance of such an aid to the manufacture will be seen 
on a moment's reflection, for he may pursue his manufacture throughout 
the whole year without interruption, and thus not be obliged to greatly 
increase his expenditures for labor and considerable machinery to 
harvest and work up his crop in the short space of time which is 
absolutely required by the changes of the American climate. 
M. Bourdais, a large distiller at Constantine, in the province of 
Algiers, has written a pamphlet called, “ Guide to the Distiller of the 
Sorgho Sucré,” in which he gives the result of his extended experi- 
ments. He seems to have been a careful experimenter, and his book is 
entirely practical; indeed, he says himself, “All the eloquence of our 
writmgs, rests upon the figures offered.” We quote his language, as 
follows : 
