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school, cultivated it for a long time, and then gave it up, and it 

 was entirely lost. This sugar cane belongs to the north of China. 

 It has been called the Holeus Saccliaratus. 



The taste of the alcohol obtained from it resembles tafia, is 

 very agreeable, and a wine is made of it much like Normandy 

 cider. 



Mons. Louis Vilmorin pressed out the juice of this cane by a 

 cider press, at the rate of about fifty per cent. He concentrated 

 it by evaporation. 



[Rapport du Comite Speciale sur Le-Rapport De La Societe D' Agriculture du Bas 



Canada, &c.] 



Printed hy order of the Legislative Jissem^ly. 



This work has just been presented to the Institute by Mons. 

 L. A. Huguet Latour, N. P., of Montreal, who has made us dona- 

 tions of many works of value. 



We translate with pleasure from this authentic work some 

 views of the agricultural doings, capabilities, &c. 



HORSES. 



The bdst race which we have for raising here is the pure Cana- 

 dian. This horse is unrivalled for beauty of form, proportion of 

 limbs, cheap and easy keeping. They sell well in the United 

 States. Although they are smaller than other races, they are in 

 demand for ship yards to haul timber, &c. By selecting the lar- 

 gest and best stallions, we have obtained from largest mares 

 horses of a size surpassed by few of other races. It has been too 

 general a custom to feed our colts during the second and third win- 

 ter with inferior forage — the remains of that from the racks of other 

 horses, or with grain husks, and Avhat is very bad, deprive them 

 of oats. This practice will not do. They should have oats and 

 the best and tenderest hay; all vermin kept oif them, for they 

 are subject to it, and they should be kept clean and neat. They 

 rec^uire much care and good handling, free air and action, and he 

 loves a thick litter often renewed. Before the fatal potato 

 disease here we raised thousands of minots (39 quarts each,) of 

 them, and fed to our stock. It took the place of oats with all 

 our animals except the horse. Now we resort to roots, the turnip 

 and carrot — the latter taking the place of oats advantageously, 

 and at a cost infinitely less. Our fine race of Norman cows 

 flourish here. They are small and better for the beef. Calves 

 should suck three months. 



The Agricultural society of Lower Canada, attach the greatest 

 importance to the action of proper schools of agriculture and model 



