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but pure syrup, a thing much rarer. Millions of gallons 

 of adulterated honey are sold every year, as well as other 

 impure syrups. By this refining process pure syrups of de- 

 lightful flavor are made so cheaply they can undersell even 

 the adulterations so common in all stores. The United 

 States make 315,000,000 gallons of syrups from sorghum 

 and Louisiana cane, while the country consumes twice that 

 amount. It has its growth in the laboratories of the adul- 

 terator, instead of the sugar mills of the country. It will 

 add no little to the healthfulness of the people when this 

 vile trade is arrested, which can only be done by making a 

 pure syrup that will undersell the fabricated article. Sor- 

 ghum presents the only solution to this difficulty, and it is 

 to be hoped the time is not far distant when it will be ac- 

 complished. It will require a large increase in the cultiva- 

 tion of cane. If the erection of mills has the same effect 

 in Tennessee as it had in Minnesota, the increase in the 

 amount grown will be enormous. It will be the same here, 

 doubtless, as there are large amounts of land devoted to 

 products that often fail, such as cotton, tobacco, and wheat. 

 Sorghum never fails. When it gets a start it will grow 

 with or without care. 



The farmers of Minnesota grow early amber to the exclu- 

 sion of all other varieties, and they think no other kind 

 will succeed. But Gen. Le Due has established the fact 

 that no material difference exists between them, one variety 

 being as good as another. It may be well enough to try 

 the early amber, however, and possibly the experience of 

 Tennesseans may discover a difference. The amber is a 

 sport or hybrid of some of the African varieties. 



Above is stated the difference of the various machines. 

 Supposing that only one refinery will be established, it will 

 be of interest to farmers to know the best process of pre- 

 paring cane for sale to the refinery. The ordinary mill and 

 evaporating pan only are required. Let the syrup be 

 boiled in the pans as usual, until it is of the ordinary thick- 



