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economical uses, its value for feeding to animals 

 alone, in every section of the Union where it will 

 thrive, cannot be surpassed by any other crop, 

 as a greater amount of nutritious fodder cannot 

 be obtained so cheap on a given space within so 

 short a period of time. Without wishing to pre- 

 sent the question in an extravagant light, it may 

 be stated that this crop is susceptible of being 

 cultivated within the territory of the United 

 States to an extent equal to that of Indian corn, 

 say, 25,000,000 acres per annum ; and estimat- 

 ing the average yield of dry or cured fodder to 

 the acre at two tons, the yearly amount produced 

 would be 50,000,000 tons, which, to keep within 

 bounds, would be worth at least $500,000,000, 

 besides the profit derived from the animals in 

 milk, flesh, labor, and wool." 



The above article is from the gentleman who 

 introduced this sugar-cane into this country, and 

 from this fact, as well as his connection with the 

 Patent Office, is competent to judge of its merits. 

 The evidence given by him is fully sufficient to 

 induce every farmer to try it for fodder, if for 

 no other purpose. 



A writer in the Chicago Free Press expresses 

 the opinion that ^'in 1860 the Southern planter 

 will have no sale for his sugar in the State of 



