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  generally 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  counties, 
  rarely, 
  

   however, 
  beyond 
  an 
  acre 
  or 
  two 
  on 
  a 
  farm, 
  although 
  

   there 
  are 
  some 
  plantations 
  of 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  as 
  on 
  

   the 
  tide-waters 
  of 
  the 
  gulf, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  observed 
  

   on 
  Back 
  Bay, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  

   City. 
  

  

  The 
  Upland 
  variety 
  is 
  chiefly 
  cultivated, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  

   some 
  cases 
  partially 
  irrigated. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  principally 
  cleaned 
  by 
  pounding 
  by 
  hand. 
  A 
  

   mill 
  was 
  met 
  with, 
  however, 
  in 
  Marion 
  County, 
  where 
  

   both 
  the 
  hulling 
  and 
  winnowing 
  were 
  very 
  effectually 
  

   performed 
  by 
  water-power, 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  adequate 
  to 
  the 
  

   wants 
  of 
  a 
  considerable 
  neighborhood. 
  The 
  flavor 
  of 
  

   the 
  newly-prepared 
  rice 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  those 
  counties 
  is 
  

   much 
  richer 
  and 
  sweeter 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  we 
  ordinarily 
  

   purchase. 
  

  

  SUGAR-CANE. 
  

  

  The 
  sugar-cane 
  is 
  cultivated 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  extent 
  in 
  

   some 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  By 
  the 
  census 
  returns, 
  it 
  

   appears 
  that 
  the 
  crop 
  of 
  1849 
  was 
  equal 
  to 
  388 
  hogs- 
  

   heads, 
  and 
  about 
  18,000 
  gallons 
  of 
  molasses. 
  

  

  Molasses 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  latitude 
  

   33° 
  40' 
  north, 
  in 
  Chickasaw 
  County, 
  where 
  an 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  three 
  years 
  has 
  encouraged 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  sugar 
  

   can 
  be 
  profitably 
  produced 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  

   local 
  demand. 
  

  

  Sugar 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  Hinds 
  County 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  

   scale 
  for 
  experiment, 
  and 
  small 
  patches 
  of 
  the 
  cane 
  be- 
  

   come 
  more 
  common 
  as 
  we 
  approach 
  the 
  sea-shore. 
  

  

  East 
  of 
  Pearl 
  River, 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  Covington 
  County, 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  substantial 
  planters 
  make 
  all 
  the 
  sugar 
  

  

  