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set down at about 160 gallons. With such culture as is usuallr given to it, the 

 yield will be about 100. It mar be set down as a fact that, wherever it has been 

 planted in the state, it has succeeded, no matter how poor the soil was. It 

 promises to be one of the very best crops for our sandr lands, for, though the 

 yield per acre will not be large, the syrup will be of fine quality. Land on the 

 experimental farm, which produced 50 bushels of corn per acre, this year gave 

 200 gallons of thick syrup. 



The following tables give details as to the crop, the products, cost 

 of cidtivation, and profits, from .several cultivators and manufacturers, 

 and the accuracv of most of them have been established bv affidavits i 



