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subject much study and investigation ; so that, 

 calmly viewing all the facts which I have been 

 able to collect, I no longer entertain a doubt 

 that this plant is well worthy of the attention 

 and study of the farmers and planters of the 

 South. If the opinions I shall express should 

 seem to some too wild and extravagant, I trust 

 they will receive them as the honest and candid 

 sentiments of one who has carefully examined 

 the subject, and be led to investigate and exper- 

 iment for themselves. Should I thus be enabled 

 to arouse the attention of Southern farmers to 

 the importance of this plant, my object will 

 have been accomplished, and my labor well 

 expended. 



" The Chinese sugar-cane seems to adapt itself 

 to all the vicissitudes of our varied climate and 

 soil, and with a facility unsurpassed by corn or 

 wheat. In Cherokee, Ga., it flourishes in a high 

 degree of perfection upon soil high and low, rich 

 and comparatively poor, producing heavy crops 

 of stalk, leaf, and seed. The experiments of 

 Mr. Peters (which are already published in many 

 of our agricultural papers) present an example 

 of most successful culture. I have found it to 

 grow with me, in all respects, as vigorously as 

 corn, with precisely similar treatment. In Al- 

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