1858.] SENATE— No. 4. 147 



wheat, grown by Moses Stebbins, of South Deerfield ; he sows his 

 wheat in August, and has been successful in his crops for manj 

 years ; his price for seed is $2,50 per bushel. 



For the judges, 



B. V. French, Chairman. 



Mr. Hyde, in making his application to the committee, pre- 

 sented the following 



STATEMENT: 



My cane was planted the 20th of May, the larger part ; the remain- 

 der the 22d day of May. Manured the same as for corn, a shovelful 

 of compost mud and horse manure in a hill. One and a half pounds 

 of seed used — came up very well. It was hoed the 15th of June for 

 the first time, and hoed twice in all, being about two inches high 

 when first hoed. I used the cultivator among it. I sowed some in 

 hills for sirup making, and prefer to have it in hills. The number of 

 hills to half an acre is 2,400, with an average of four stalks to a hill. 

 The hills were near both ways, three feet one way by about two and 

 one-half to three feet the other. The cane was in bloom about Sept. 

 20th to 25th. I made sirup on or about the 15th. It was dark 

 colored Vnd not good. Selected canes from this field would furnish 

 a pint of juice. The whole yield of the half acre was 90 gallons. I 

 will give some of the experiments. On Sept. 25th the cane was in 

 blossom, and 15 canes weighed 25J- lbs. ; Begasse or waste, 9 lbs. ; 

 juice, 16 lbs. ; loss, ^ a lb. The juice measured 7^ quarts ; yield gf 

 sirup 1^ pints. 



Oct. 1st. — 50 canes weighed 80 lbs. ; juice, 49 lbs. ; Begasse or 

 waste, 30 lbs. ; loss, 1 lb. ; yield of juice, 5^ gallons ; weight about 

 9 lbs. to a gallon; made only two quarts of thick sirup. 



Oct. 19th. — One gallon of juice from cane in the "dough state," 

 gave 1^ pints of sirup of as light color as honey. 



Average yield of sirup to the gallon of juice, from fresh cane as 

 cut from the field, one pint. 



Oct. 17th. — I made paper from the begasse or waste, and continued 

 five days, at an expense of about $60. It made thick paper board, 

 as well as paper. 



I should have stated, that the amount of dry fodder, leaves and 

 tops from the half acre was, by actual weight, 1,590 lbs. Average 

 height of my sugar cane 11 feet, though much of it reached 13 feet. 



My experiment with the cane for green fodder, was as follows : I 

 sowed sugar cane side by side with Burr's sweet corn, on poor sandy 



