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Mr. Kinsley, that his cane was ground in a machine of his own 

 manufacture, and with the work of which the Committee were well 

 pleased. He is receiving large orders for them from the South 

 and West. 



We have the pleasure herewith to introduce an extract from a 

 letter to the Committee from J. F. C. Hyde, Esq. Mr. Hyde 

 was one of the first to introduce the cultivation of Chinese Sugar 

 Cane in this section. He has been a strenuous advocate for its 

 culture, and we are glad to find the opinion of your Committee 

 agrees with the experience of Mr. H., who says : — 



" I will say briefly that my half acre of Sugar Cane yielded 

 only ninety gallons of sirup. Did not ripen, — sirup not as good 

 as usual, — no sugar made except some grape sugar, — unripe cane 

 will produce grape sugar ; ripe cane, the cane sugar ; consider it 

 an unprofitable crop for the vicinity of a good market for vegeta- 

 bles. The " begasse," or waste, is worth about $15 per ton for 

 manufacturing into paper. Have no doubt that sugar can be pro- 

 duced from ripe cane. If it should not yield sugar, the sirup is 

 valuable. I have great confidence in it as a crop for the West. 

 For fodder, I esteem it highly, though I confess it costs more per 

 ton to raise than corn fodder ; it is slow coming on in the spring, 

 and it is a great deal of Avork to keep it free of weeds." 



For the Committee, 



EBEN WIGHT. 



REPORT ON ESSAYS. 



The Committee on Essays would report that but two Essays 

 were presented for their notice. Rev. John L. Russell of Salem, 

 furnished a valuable paper upon " The Artificial Planting of Trees," 

 which contained much valuable information upon a matter of great 

 practical importance, and for which the first premium of $10.00 

 was awarded. An Essay upon Bees did not, in the opinion of the 

 Committee, present any original views or general information of 

 sufficient interest or value to render it worthy of publication. 



For the Committee, 



MARSHALL P. WILDER. 



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