424 SORGHUM. 



Frenrh beets: 



Siu'iir pounds 3,600 



MoiasA-es gallons 156 



Sorghum-cane: 



Sugar (average) pounds . j?,'^!^ 



Molasses (estimated) gallons) . . . . | ^ 



AGRICULTURAL EXPENSE. 



Average cost of working per acre: 



Louisiana caue (estimated) ?14 00 



Freucli beets 14 00 



Sorghum-cane • 11 50 to 17 iJO 



VALUE OF RESULTS. 

 Louisiana cane: 



Sugar $140 00 



Molasses ''-00 



212 00 



French beets: 



sugar 189 00 



Molasses 16 38 



205 38 



Sorghum-cane: 



o , , 5?113 36 



Sugar (iiverage) | 54 00 



167 36 



( $1S9 7'^ 

 Molasses (estimated) j ' ^g (j^ 



*237 72 



MAEKETES'G OF SORGHUM SYRUPS. 



The amount of sorghum sugar thus far produced, has had no appre- 

 ciable etiect upon the general market, and has been readily sold at 

 fair prices in tlie local markets. 



Tlie production of syrups, however, has already reached such pro- 

 portions as to have almost entirely supplied the demand in certain 

 sections, and there is a great diversity in the prices received. The 

 prices vary from 70 to 75 cents in certain places, to even 40 cents or 

 less per gallon. It is without doubt true, that the quality varies as 

 greatly as the price, and it is therefore a matter of great practical im- 

 portance, not only to secure a good yield of cane, but a superior pro- 

 duct from it — since the difference in cost of manufacture is at the 

 most trifling between the best and poorest grades of syrup found in 

 the market. To those who hope to establish a sure and permanent 

 market for their syrup, it is of the greatest importance to secure a uni- 

 form product. Tliis is more diffcult to the small manufacturer than 

 the large, as usually the large works are able to retain the supervision 



*ln considering Mr. Johnson's paper, the committee of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences remark that "Mr. Johnson's estimate omitted the value of the seed of sorghum, 

 an Item which it is important to state, and which, in tli3 opinion of many cultivators, 

 i-? fully equal to the cost of cultivation, or more. Evidence ou this point abounds in 

 this report." 



