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sugar from sorghum as a highly profitable pursuit. And such 

 being the conclusion, there is no good reason why our citizens shall 

 not enjoy the benefits arising therefrom. Our State is peculiarly 

 well suited to the culture of sorghum. The seasons are long, giv- 

 ing a sufficiency of time to work it up, and the reward is certainly 

 stimulating. It is the opinion of the Department that more than 

 one refinery should not be erected for the present, for it requires 

 many small machines to keep one running. But there should be 

 no limit to the others. More of the cane should be raised, and 

 every one that raises it in sufficient quantity should provide himtelf 

 with a mill and an evaporator. It would be a good idea for a 

 number of men in each county to set up a centrifugal, and make 

 sugar enough, at least, for home consumption. 



Mr. E. S. Jones, of Pulaski, Tennessee, has met with considera- 

 ble success in the manufacture of sugar. According to his experi- 

 ence the juice of the orange cane contains from 10 to 12 by 

 Baume's instrument. This is from 2 to 4 sweeter than is ob- 

 tained from any other variety of sorghum planted in Tennessee. 

 The old varieties of sorghum require from eight to ten gallons of 

 raw juice to make one gallon of syrup, while with the early amber 

 and early orange it only requires from five to six gallons of juice to 

 inspissate a gallon of syrup. This is a great advantage, as no more 

 work is required to cultivate an acre of the one than of the other. 

 Mr. Jones thinks the older varieties of sorghum have become im- 

 paired by hybridization with broom corn and other congenital 

 plants. 



The sugar which Mr. Jones makes is equal to Coffee A and C, 

 and is free from the objectionable sorghum taste. 



With the introduction of sorghum into Tennessee agriculture, it 

 does seem that the last desideratum of the farmer is supplied. With 

 a climate the most salubrious and equable, a soil the most various 

 and comprehensive, it sends into the market, annually, grain and 

 hay of every description. Her cattle and sheep are sent in large 

 numbers into Northern cities, while her mules and horses supply 

 the teams of the South. Fruits and vegetables anticipate the 

 gardens of the North, and now she is able to draw a plant from 

 Africa or Asia to supply her people with an ample quantity of 

 home-made syrups and sugars. 



