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yield, hut this arises from the difference in soil and treat- 

 ment. But even taking a point far helow the lowest esti- 

 mate and it will be seen that the yield is very great. The 

 man who takes the initiative in this business will probably 

 work without competition for a few years. In that time he 

 will reap rich rewards, for there is no doubt of the profit- 

 ableness of this special industry. When the matter of 

 making sorghum sugar was first agitated, this department 

 held aloof from recommending it to the citizens of the Stsite. 

 lit is the policy of the Bureau to act conservatively, and to 

 do nothing and to recommend nothing that will cause the 

 people to lose money. The attention of this Department 

 has been drawn to it constantly by prominent gentlemen, 

 among them the late Col. Sam. D. Morgan, and now, by 

 actual observation, it can conscientiously recommend the 

 production of 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 Forghum. The seasons are long, giving 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 re- 

 finery 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 himself 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 

 considerable success in the manufacture of sugar. Accord- 

 ing to his experience the juice of the orange cane contains 

 from 10 to 12 by Baume's instrument. This is from 2 to 

 4 sweeter than is obtained from any other variety of sor- 

 ghum planted in Tennessee. The old varieties of sorghum 



