enthusiasts), and that this be worth eight cents per 

 pound, we would then have 640 pounds of sugar at 

 eight cents, which would be equal to $51.20, leaving, 

 we will say, 320 pounds of molasses, or forty gallons, 

 which we will admit as worth twenty cents per gallon, 

 giving a total for the receipts of about $60.00. As for 

 the cost of obtaining the syrup by improved methods, 

 we will admit that it is represented by thirty-five 

 cents per gallon of syrup obtained, or, in other 

 words, seven cents per pound ; consequently the cost 

 of manufacture on a large scale of 640 pounds of sugar 

 is 640 X 7 $44.80. We will then have for the net profit 

 $60.00 $44. 80= $15. 20, or about the same as is real- 

 ized in selling the syrup alone. 



In conclusion we would say, that we agree 

 with the writer upon sorghum who says, " That the 

 great object should be, first, to obtain that variety of 

 cane which has proved most successful in crystalliza- 

 tion, reject the unripe or inferior canes, cut and use 

 only about two-thirds of the stalks, cutting off at 

 six or eight inches above the ground " (this has to be 

 done, and is yet to be). If the worthless portions are 

 to be taken off and thrown away, there remains but 

 little of the original stalk, thus rendering the problem 

 still more difficult from a financial point of view. 



