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only in an imperfect way what can be obtained ; still they are of 

 value, I think, to those looking up the subject. 



S. Hanson, of Whitewater, one of the oldest and most experi- 

 enced growers in the state, reports 18 gallons from ten rods of 

 ground and 200 gallons per acre from larger pieces. 



Joseph H. Osborn, Oshkosh, reports the highest yield, 226 gal- 

 lons, with an average of 150. 



N. D. Comstock, Arcadia, Trempealeau county, estimates the 

 average at 125 gallons. 



Maxon and Almony, Milton Junction, Eock county, estimate 

 the average at 150 gallons. 



J. H. Rhodes, Sextonville, Richland county, raised on one acre 

 170 gallons. 



O. S. Powell, of River Falls, Pierce county, estimates the aver- 

 age crop at 100 gallons. 



H. T. "Webster, Iveene, Portage county, obtained 40 'gallons 

 from twenty -eight rods of ground. 



J. D. Sherwood, Dartford, Green Lake county, reports one- 

 third of an acre yielding 12,538 pounds of stalks, from which 

 79.14 gallons of syrup were made. 



A. J. Decker, Fond du Lac, considers 125 gallons the average. 



Mr. S. Nason, of Nasonville, Wood county, where cane was 

 grown this season for the first time, reports 800 gallons from four 

 acres. 



Evan Erickson, Stevenstown, La Crosse county, obtained 1,050 

 gallons from five acres. 



The average yield of syrup on good ground in a favorable 

 season may be set down at about 160 gallons. With such culture 

 as is usually given to it the yield will be about 100. It may be 

 set down as a fact that wherever it has been planted in the state, 

 it has succeeded no matter how poor the soil was. It promises to 

 be one of the very best crops for our sandy lands, for though the 

 yield per acre will not be large, the syrup will be of fine quality. 

 Land on the experimental farm which produced fifty bushels of 

 corn per acre this year gave two hundred gallons of thick syrup. 



