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I used the lime my syrup was very much better 

 than that made without the lime. We are 

 further told, in regard to the seed or grain, the 

 amount from each head being a gill, and weigh- 

 ing at the rate of thirty- eight pounds to the 

 bushel ; which goes to confirm the position I took 

 in a former part of this work, that it would 

 almost, if not quite, pay for raising for the grain. 

 I also agree with the writer in saying that the 

 stalks should be cut up with a hay or stalk cut- 

 ter, or in some other way ; for the stalk is hard, 

 and cannot be so readily eaten as when cut. 

 Again, it is said that a sugar-mill, with wooden 

 rollers, can be procured " for less than twenty- 

 five dollars, and a sugar-boiler that will make 

 thirty gallons of syrup per day for sixty dollars." 

 Now, it is doubtful if such a wooden mill will be 

 a proper one, such as it would be economy to use, 

 even though it should seem to answer the purpose 

 tolerably well. Sugar-mills, such as are manu- 

 factured to send to the West Indies, are made at 

 South Boston, and all complete cost from three to 

 five hundred dollars ; though, if this cane should 

 succeed, I am in hopes we shall have cheap, 

 portable mills, one of which might answer for a 

 small neighborhood. Boilers can probably be 

 obtained cheaper here than at the vSouth, though 



