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It is somewhat difficult to come at the expense I was at 

 in manufacturing the acre of stalks into sugar, so much 

 was done by way of experiment. But as one hundred 

 pounds were tnade in one day, 1 shall take that as my 

 guide, and call it a day's work for two hands to make one 

 hundred weight. 



The amount above brought forward, $24 02 



To 12 days' work making sugar at 6s. per diem, 9 00 



To use of horse and wagon 6 days at 3s. per diem,... 2 25 

 To 3-4 cord of wood at 12s. per cord, 1 12 



The whole expense of manufacturing the 600 pounds is $36 40 

 Or a fraction more than six cents per pound. 



Some credit might b^ given for fodder, as a large 

 amount of leaves or blades might be saved, with a little 

 extra labor while stripping them. The stalks, after being 

 ground, are worth something ; horses and cattle eat them 

 very greedily when they are fresh from the mill. 



REMARKS AND SUGGESTIONS, BY WAY OF RECAPITULATION. 



1. If good crystallized sugar, of pleasant flavor, shall 

 be produced from the corn-stalk, I can see no good reason 

 why its manufacture shall not become as universal as the 

 raising of corn. Every neighborhood can as easily be 

 supplied with its apparatus to make sugar, as to make 

 cider. 



2. Corn should be grown so thick as to produce no 

 ears. Some variety of corn that grows very large, like 

 the " Ohio" or " Rocky Mountain," might be best ; this 

 latter is well adapted in some respects, as it is very little 

 inclined to ears or leaves ; cutting the tassel will not 

 prevent earing, unless they are all cut and kept cut. 

 The cutting of the stalk may commence as soon as the 

 tassel is ripe. If the weather is warm, grind immediate- 

 ly ; but if cool, or early in the morning, a little delay is 

 not thought to be injurious. 



