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the sugar white, he may do so by the process of 

 claying, or liquoring. We were several years 

 engaged in sugar-refining, making sugar, etc., 

 and shall be fully prepared to give all the neces- 

 sary particulars both for large and small manu- 

 facture, should the experience of next year 

 prove the practicability of Northern sugar- 

 making. 



"From the experiments made in Georgia we 

 cannot but believe that in the Middle States, at 

 least, this new industry may possibly be profita- 

 bly prosecuted. In the large way, the expense 

 of manufacture need not be so great as named by 

 Mr. Peters, — ten to fifteen cents per gallon. 

 Indeed, from our experiments with the stalks for 

 feeding purposes, we think the unripe portions 

 of the canes, or those not in the best order for 

 sugar-making, added to the begass, or pressed 

 canes, and cut up in the ordinary way, would be 

 worth as much for fodder as the cost of the sugar- 

 making, in such localities as can supply them- 

 selves cheaply with fuel, etc. 



" It will be remembered, that while the Hon. 

 H. L. Ellsworth was Commissioner of Patents, at 

 Washington, he was much interested in the man- 

 ufacture of sugar from corn-stalks ; and in con- 

 sequence of the excitement at that time we 



