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grown for sugar making. In regard to the syrup, 

 I can speak with great confidence from observa- 

 tion and experience, as well as from the results 

 that have attended experiments in different parts 

 of the Union. The juice yields from a fifth to a 

 fourth of its bulk in good syrup ; and such syrup 

 as will make one wish at once for the griddle - 

 cakes on which to test it. In proof of its qual- 

 ity, we give the following from the Daily Even- 

 ing Traveller: 



''Massachusetts Molasses. — We are indebted 

 to J. F. C. Hyde, of Newton Centre, for a 

 specimen of molasses which he has manufactured 

 from the Chinese sugar-cane grown upon his 

 farm in that town. It is equal to the best syrup ; 

 in color of a light brown, and of an excellent 

 flavor.'' 



If any further proof is necessary, I will give 

 the words of an eminent merchant of Boston, 

 who tested the syrup made by me, — a gentleman 

 who is fully competent to judge, it having been 

 a great part of his business to import and sell 

 sugars and molasses. He said, after testing it, 

 that it had " a peculiar fruity, cane flavor, and 

 was a most splendid article," and wanted to 

 know where I obtained it ; and that it was hard 



for him to believe I made it from cane grown in 



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