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it, so as to displace the molasses, which w r ill drop 

 from the apex of the inverted cone. The sugar is 

 now as refined as loaf sugar. 



The methods here described are common and 

 cheap ones, such as any farmer may employ. It 

 may be advantageous, when operations of considerable 

 extent are contemplated, to arrange a regular system 

 of shallow, evaporating pans, for the concentration 

 of the syrup. A very large proportion of our farm- 

 ers will doubtless be satisfied with the production of 

 good syrup from this plant. They may obtain it by 

 following the method above described, or, they may 

 omit the lime, and make an agreeable, but slightly 

 addumis syrup, that will be of a lighter color than 

 that w r hich has been limed. This syrup is not liable 

 to crystalizc, owing to the presence of acid matter. 

 The unripe canes can bo employed in making molasses 

 and alcohol, but, as before stated, will not yield true 

 c me- sugar. 



SUGAR CANE SACCHARINE OFFICINARUM. 



The present condition of the West India Islands, 

 and particularly the Island of Cuba, makes it inter- 

 esting to look into the culture of the true sugar cane, 

 and sec if it cannot be cultivated profitably in higher 

 latitudes than at present. 



Louisiana took the lead in the cultivation of this 

 plant ; as early as 1726 it was cultivated near New 

 Orleans, but sugar was not made in that State until 

 the year 1760, and so late as the year 1818, the 

 entire crop of the State amounted to only 25,000 

 hogsheads. The product of sugar in Louisiana in 

 1845 reached the enormous quantity of 207,337.000 



