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the application tliat gave Mr. S. his plums. For my part, I have 

 long regarded the cm'culio as a pest within -control of the farmer and 

 fruit-grower. The remedy is for everybody to destroy all apples, 

 plums, and other fruit that fall to the ground on account of the cur- 

 culio sting. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — For my part, I am obliged to the gentleman 

 from Vermont who has sent ns this recipe, and I thank the gentle- 

 man who has read it to the Club. I shall try it, for the acids that 

 come from coal tar are known to be th^best we have for the protec- 

 tion of our orchards. As to Dr. Trimble's idea that hogs can rid us 

 of curculio, I reject it. The hogs are worse than the curculio. 



Dr. I. P. Trimble. — I had no idea of imposing my opinions on the 

 Club. I was appealed to for my view, and I gave it. The hog 

 remedy has been tried and found to work. The ftxrmers of Western 

 New York know of it and have used it. The result is the}'' give us 

 all the apples we have, and are getting rich in the fruit business. 



Claeipting or SoKonuM Syrup. 



Mr. Clough, of Cincinnati, Ohio. — Sorghum has become a great and 

 a permanent interest in the West. In 1866 its production amounted 

 to 35,000,000 of gallons. This was slightly in excess of the immedi- 

 ate local demand, and in the year following, last 3'ear, considerably 

 less was planted. ]^ow the surplus of 186G, together with the pro- 

 duct of 1 867, is nearly exhausted, and sorghum at the present time 

 commands a higher price and. is in greater demand than ever before 

 since its introduction into the country. This year it will be very 

 generally and extensively cultivated. The product of sorghum is 

 from 100 to 200 gallons to the acre. Land that will produce fifty 

 bushels of corn Avill produce at least 150 gallons of sorghum. The 

 fee or toll charged by farmers for manufacturing syrup for their 

 neighbors is one-third of the product, so that the grower who has his 

 syrup manufactured " on the shares " realizes at the rate of two gal- 

 lons of syrup from the same land, and we may also say, for about the 

 same outlay in labor that would produce one bushel of corn ; thus 

 when two gallons of syrup will sell for more than a bushel of corn, 

 cane is the most profitable crop. At present the price of syrup per 

 single gallon is more than the price of corn per bushel, and this is 

 generally the case. 



Sorghum has not heretofore been cultivated as a commercial crop. 

 It is mostly consumed in the obscure homes and handets where it is 



