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SORGHUM, 



CHAPTEE XII. 



(a.) Statistics of production of sorghum in the United States. 



(6.) Production of sujiar from sortiluim. 



(c.) Sorghum compared with other leading crops of United States. 



{d.) Marketing of syrups. 



(e.) Central factories. 



PRODUCTION AND PROFITS OF SORGHUM CULTIVATION. 



The Departmeut of Agriculture received the following returns, as to 

 the crop of 1882, from the several states : 



state. 



Arkansas 



Alabama 



Dakota 



Georgia 



Indiana 



Illinois.. 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Missouri 



Minnesota 



Michigan 



Mississippi 



Maryland 



New' Jersey — 

 New York. . .. 



Nebraska 



Nortli Carolina 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania. . 

 South Carolina. 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Virginia 



West Virginia. . 

 Wisconsin 



28 states . 



This is but a small number of the counties in the states enumerated, 

 and undoubtedly some of the best sugar-producing counties have been 

 omitted. 



The census of 1880 thus far contains accurate statistics from only 

 four states, viz : 



