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els of seed per acre, and says that '^ 108 pounds of seed yielded 66 

 pounds of flour :" the flour v.as used in his family from November to 

 the following August. 



For griddle-cakes it is nearly equal to buckwheat i some of his neighbors 

 consider it superior}, and mixed equally with buckwheat no difference could be 

 detected. 



For ginger-cakes it is excellent. As feed for cattle, horses, and hojrs, I know 

 it has no equal. There is no grain that will make a horse gain in flesh faster. 

 For milch-cows a farmer can not estimate its value till he has tried it. It is 

 especially valuable for young stock, and calves, and for hogs. I know that it 

 is worth more per bushel than corn, and when I say more I mean that there is 

 a great difference. 



In the spring of 1S81, we killed a hog that had been fattened wholly on cane 

 seed. The meat was as hard and sweet as I ever tasted. This hog was fed on 

 nothing but cane seed and water, yet it took on fltfsh faster than any hog I 

 ever fed. Some farmers complain of the expense of harvesting it. Now, does 

 it pay to pick up an ear of corn after it is husked and thrown on the ground f 

 One head of cane seed will yield as much feed as an average sized ear. 



Mr. A. L. Talcott, Secretary Jefferson Sugar Manufacturino- Com- 

 pany, Jefferson, O., writes : 



I have seen a number of questions regarding the use of cane seed flour for 

 griddle-cakes, that can be fully answered from the experience of this company. 

 Cane seed is worth more for flour than f i r any thing else. It is a great im- 

 provement on buckwheat, as it is 6ner food, and more nutritious. We own a 

 large flouring mill, and have given the question a thorough test, both in 1881 

 and 1882. The flour is put up in 12 pound sacks, and retailed by our grocers at 

 50 cts. per sack (same as buckwheat flour). We have also mixed it with oats 

 and ground it up into chop feed. It is as good as corn for feed. 



Professor Geo. H. Cook, Director Xew Jersey Experimental Station, 

 New Brunswick, X. J., reports that 



The value of the crop i sorghum) is considered to be mainly in the sugar, 

 but the seed is found to be about equal to Indian corn in feeding value, and the 

 crop per acre is not less than that of other common cereals. There are no 

 good feeding experiments to show what may be the value of stalks from which 

 the juice has been extracted. The field for enterprise in this direction is a 

 large and inviting one. 



Col. Colman, of St. Louis, President of the Mississippi Valley Cane 

 Growers' Association, in his address to the sorghum growers of Wis- 

 consin, says : 



Where is our advantage in the northern cane? It produces seed, and the ex- 

 perience of the farmers all through our section is, that the amount of seed ob- 

 tained from an acre of cane is equivalent to the amount of corn raised upon the 

 same area of ground, and the seed is just as good for fattening hogs and steers, 

 and feeding your horses, sheep, and fowls. In Kansas they pay ten cents a 



