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and in every case, the most suitable method of extraction to be 
employed. 
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Of the other aspects of the culture of the Sorgho, I shall not speak 
at present, but having confined myself to the particular department of 
alcohol manufacture, on which much light was needed, I shall esteem 
myself happy, gentlemen, if I can contribute to extend the culture of 
a plant which, for many reasons, seems to be one of the most precious 
which Providence has ever placed at our disposal. 
COUNT DE DAVID BEAUREGARD, 
President of the Agricultural Assembly of Toulon. 
Touton, Dec. 2, 1856. 
ON THE SUGAR SORGHO AND THE IMPHEE. 
BY DR. TURREL, SECRETARY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF TOULON. 
[From the Bulletin of the Imperial Acclimation Society.] 
Tue question of the sugar sorgho has taken an importance in agri- 
culture, not only because of the yield in alcohol of its sweet stalks, but, 
still further, because of the coloring matter of its seed, and of its pro- 
duction of seeds which are capabie of serving as means of food for 
man, and for fattening cattle. 
It is, then, perfectly natural that persons should occupy themselves 
with this cultivation ; but, however, we would not wish that an incon- 
siderate haste should make us lose sight of the conditions on which it 
is dependent for being largely remunerative. These conditions seem 
to us essentially to be— 
1. A combination of rural industry and agriculture. 
2. Large cultivation. 
3. The remoteness of sufficient markets for usual crops. 
The cultivation of the sorgho as a source for the production of al- 
cohol, cannot be undertaken without a manufactory connected with the 
