PRODUCTION AND PROFITS OF SORGHUM CULTIVATION. 411 



Years. 



Syrup. 



1S5S 

 m)2. 

 18' e 

 ].Sfi7 

 ].Sfi9 

 1875 



5,606 



21,452 

 25,796 

 26,243 

 15,768 



Gnlion.i. 

 410,776 



1,443,605 

 2,0!)4,5.57 

 2,'.<)2,:;93 

 1,380,908 



Pounds. 



21,496 



8,386 



14,697 



ILT.IXOIS. 

 (No oflapial returns of sugar.) 



For twenty-five years past, the average yield of syrup, varying from 16,000,- 

 000 gallons per annum to 5,000,000 or 6,000 000, has probably avera<:ed about 

 11,000.000 gallons, valued at 65 cents to 40 cents. For syrup, fodder, and ail 

 purposes, the average value of the crop may have approximated $8,000,000 per 

 annum. 



Mr. J. A. Field, of St. Louis, Mo., in December, 1882, sent out 

 several hundred circulars of inquiry as to the cultivation and manu- 

 facture of sorghum, and received replies from the following states, viz.: 

 Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Kew Jersey, Virginia, North 

 Carolina, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, 

 Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, 

 Kansas, Missouri, Texas, and two provinces, viz., Quebec and Ontario, 

 Canada : in all, 21 states, 1 territory, and 2 provinces. 



All our reports are for the manufacture of svrup. We have, therefore, no in- 

 formation pertaining to the granulation of sugar from these sources. 



