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rine matter, which in every case undergoes this test. Thus the 

 farmer is incited to produce a first-class syrup. By planting varie- 

 ties of cane that mature at different times, the farmer can take 

 advantage of the seasons, and thus get in a much larger crop, with 

 less crowding for labor than if it all ripened at once. 



From investigations made by Gen. Le Dae, there is but little 

 difference in the amount of sugar or syrup between the Louisiana 

 cane and sorghum, and it requires substantially the same machinery 

 to convert it into sugar. 



Dr. Wilhelm, of Minnesota, a celebrated chemist, has made dis- 

 coveries of materials that free the juice of all acids and vegetable 

 matters that have operated so far to make the taste of sorghum so 

 objectionable to many persons. He and Messrs. Blakely, a capital- 

 ist, and Mr. Jolly, the inventor of the machines, have a manufac- 

 tory of the machines, and they, in selling machines, agree to 

 impart the secret of these chemical agents to purchasers, as well as 

 to teach them the art of refining the sugar and syrup. By aid of 

 these processes every grade of Louisiana sugar and syrup is made, 

 and they compare most favorably with them. The polariscope 

 shows a grade of ninety- five to ninety-eight per cent, the crystals 

 are sharp and well defined, and the cubes are perfect, and this is 

 all that is claimed for the best Louisiana sugar. The syrup will 

 yield about seventy to eighty-five per cent of its bulk or weight in 

 sugar. A ton of good cane will make one hundred pounds of 

 sugar, and six gallons of syrup, according to the testimony of ex- 

 perts. If this be so, the profits of sugar making are enormous, as 

 any one can see by a small calculation. The world has never yet 

 had a supply equal to the demand, hence its high price. But if 

 this business is pursued to its i'ull capacity, the supply will stimulate 

 a greater consumption, as any family man knows. In short, there 

 is no danger of glutting tht market. It may drive beets out of 

 the trade, but it will always let the supply be as great as it may, 

 command a remunerative price. The people of the United States 

 every year send out one hundred millions of dollars to buy foreign 

 sweets. The effect of keeping this immense sum at home, and 

 distributing it among the farmers, will be felt materially. This 

 economic view alone is a great inducement to this department to 

 stimulate the production oi sugar. 



Nor is the production of sugar and syrup confined to sorghum. 



