circumstances as to period of crystallization and per- 

 centage of juice utilized. 



The sorghum reports and treatises are in many 

 respects interesting. As a study of botany we find, 

 for example, how the seed grows, how the sugar is 

 formed, etc., but the most interesting of all is over- 

 looked, how the sugar is to be extracted. In theory, 

 we are told how this may be done. Advice is given 

 to follow closely sugar-cane methods, but no practical 

 results are mentioned. In the subsequent pages we 

 have considered every source, for example, water- 

 melons, pumpkins, white and sweet potatoes, etc., 

 and we are convinced that the sugar beet alone can 

 supply the North with sugar, and it is the only profit- 

 able Northern sugar-yielding plant. We trust that our 

 readers will realize this, and concentrate their efforts 

 in the direction indicated. 



