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wooden rollers, may be erected for less than 

 twenty- five dollars, and a sugar-boiler that will 

 make thirty gallons of syrup a day may be pur- 

 chased in Augusta for less than sixty dollars. 

 This millet will, of course, mix with any other 

 variety of the millet family planted near it. I 

 have now stated the chief particulars of my 

 experiment. A single experiment — especially 

 one in agriculture — is rarely conclusive. I may 

 err myself, and cause others to err, were I to ex- 

 press with any emphasis the opinion I entertain 

 of the value of this recently-introduced plant." 



We learn by this experiment, though tried at 

 the South, much that is of importance to those 

 who are entering upon the cultivation of this 

 sugar-cane. 



Among those things, we propose to notice 

 briefly, first, the quantity of seed used to '' half 

 an acre, — about a pint." This, according to my 

 experience, is a small pattern, though I have no 

 doubt, if it were evenly distributed with a seed- 

 sower, it might answer. But it is always better 

 to plant more than you want, and thin out, than 

 to plant so thin that you will fail to get a crop. 

 We lear 1 further that it was planted in drills, 

 one seed every three inches. I believe this to be 

 the best way to raise it — iu drills — either for 



