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this would involve a large outlay for a mill, or 

 mills, kettles, &c., which would be indispensable 

 on a large place. The cHmate of Louisiana 

 allows the planter from sixty to ninety days to 

 secure his crop ; and even this often proves too 

 short, for the frosts come on, and put a stop to 

 the sugar operations. 



I find the following in the Massachusetts 

 Ploughman, in regard to the new cane, and the 

 syrup manufactured therefrom. It is from Mr. 

 Foster Bryant, of Mansfield, Mass., a gentleman 

 well known to the public : 



' ' To THE Editor of the Ploughman. — Sir : 

 With this I send you a sample of syrup obtained 

 from the Sorgho Sucre. I received a package of 

 seeds from the Patent Office, which I planted in 

 hills three feet apart in a single row, and on 

 land varying from the capacity of 14 hills to a 

 bushel of potatoes up to 60. On the good land 

 the plants attained the height of ten feet, while 

 on the poorest the height did not exceed three 

 feet six inches. I suffered six stalks in a hill 

 to grow. Hoed but twice ; planted in the mid- 

 dle of May ; land moderately manured broad- 

 cast, but not in the hill. I could not obtain 

 rollers to crush the stalks, and therefore resorted 

 to the expedient of splitting and boiling in water. 



