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among which at present is cassava, and when the search is set 

 up in earnest for the finding of the most profitable plant for 

 the production of alcohol, there is little doubt that the industry 

 will speedily establish itself upon a paying basis. 



The use of machinery and mechanical power upon the farm 

 is rapidly transforming it into a factory with regular and rea- 

 sonable hours of labor, assured profits, and all that movement 

 and play of intellectual force which mark the management of 

 industrial trade. 



