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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 impared 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 agri- 

 culture, it does seem that the last desideratum of the farmer 

 is supplied. With a climate the most salubrious and equa- 

 ble, 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 North- 

 ern 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. 



BEGGARS' LICE (Oynoglossum Morisoni.) 



Although this is nothing more than a weed, and a very 

 troublesome one when it comes in contact with sheep's wool, 

 yet it performs a very important function in the economy 

 of nature, as it constitutes one of the main dependencies 

 for food in certain sections of the State for stock. During 

 the winter months the seeds adhere to the mouths of cattle, 

 causing their mouths to look like warty excrescences adher- 

 ing to them. The seeds are full of gluten and starch, and 

 deer get fat on them in the season. This weed has seeds 

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