of which could easily be extracted 1,800 pounds of 

 excellent sugar. We find in the Agricultual Report of 

 1877 that Mr. Stewart argued that the limit of sugar 

 to be obtained from an acre of land was 3,000 pounds. 

 This would represent over double the amount 

 realized on an average Southern sugar cane planta- 

 tion. The farmers were to utilize the stalks, and 

 each man was to be independent of his neighboring 

 grocery. Was this ever realized ? Not to our knowl- 

 edge. If we should even admit that the factory said 

 to have been established in Iowa is now working on a 

 paying basis, it must not be forgotten that the corn- 

 stalks must be utilized immediately after cutting ; and 

 the manufacture of sugar (as in the sorghum utiliza- 

 tion), when it exists, be carried on within restricted 

 limits. Do not all the arguments we have expounded 

 relating to sorghum also hold good in regard to corn- 

 stalk utilization ? 



If we should admit that the cornstalk be success- 

 fully and profitably utilized, it would have for effect 

 the ruin of the soil, as comparatively nothing would 

 be returned to the ground ; while in the sugar beet 

 cultivation the leaves and neck are left, and these 

 contain a large amount of what has been extracted 

 by the plant in growing. 



