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from the new cane that have been spent in 

 France on the sugar-beet culture, and manufac- 

 ture of sugar therefrom, surprising and very 

 gratifying results will follow. For, not only will 

 it, in my opinion, take the place of the old 

 varieties of cane in Louisiana, and thus render 

 the crop of that state much larger and more sure, 

 but it will be grown in almost every state and 

 territory in our widely-extended country, either 

 for the production of sugar or syrup, for both of 

 which I shall attempt to show it is adapted. 

 Now, what do these facts concerning the sugar 

 crop show ? Do they not show most conclusively 

 that we must, if possible, increase in some way 

 the annual production of sugar ? — and the ques- 

 tion is, how shall it be done ? The only remedy 

 is to find saccharine plants adapted to the tem- 

 perate zone, so that they may be profitably 

 employed in the production of sugar. If this can 

 be done, and the farmers of each state raise and 

 make their own sugar and molasses with the 

 same ease with which they grow wheat and other 

 grain, and manufacture it into flour, then these 

 articles will be so extensively raised that the 

 supply will be adequate to the demand, and 

 prices will be reduced as they should be, so that 

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