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day was all that could be desired in point of weatlier, and seven or 

 eight cheese factories were speedily visited, and notes taken of the 

 utensils and methods employed in cheese making. When a person has 

 seen one of these factories, especially if it be on a large scale, like that 

 of Mr. Hopkins', at Brownsville, he has really seen almost all that's 

 worth knowing. In the absence of the master, Mrs. Hopkins enter- 

 tained us right royally, and set before us a sumptuous repast. 



From Brownsville to Mr. Butler's place, near Mount Elgin, is but 

 a short drive, and we accomplished the distance almost too shortly. 

 Mr. Butler is one of the oldest residents of this part of Oxford. If my 

 memory serves me rightly, he has been settled there for nearly sixty 

 years. A most enterprising farmer is the said Mr. John Butler. In 

 carrying out his farming plans he uses quite a number of strings to his 

 bow, and apparently almost all equally well. He is second to none in 

 the neighborhood as a fruit grower, and if I may judge from the 

 sample and quality set before us, he is no mean horticulturist. Then 

 he makes capital cheese — famed all over for the excellence of their 

 quality. Being a Devonshire man, it might be expected that he knew 

 somewhat of apples, pears and cream. However that may be, he makes 

 good cider, and is handy in compounding generally. Mr. Butler's 

 Sorgum factory was, however, the great attraction to us. Under the 

 head of " Sugar Cane," on page 11 of the Canadian Hoticulturist 

 for January, 1880, will be found an interesting paper on Sorgum by a 

 prominent member of the Board of Directors of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association of Ontario, P. E. Bucke, Ottawa. Should any of our 

 readers have overlooked this paper, they will perhaps permit us to call 

 their attention to it. There they will learn the distinction between 

 Sorgo, the Chinese Sugar Cane, and the Imphees, or African Sugar 

 Cane ; and also the origin of the Early Amber, the best variety, which 

 originated in Minnesota. We found the manufacture of various 

 varieties of the Sorgum in full blast. There was a sample of the Early 

 Amber, from which great and good results were expected. The promi- 

 nent object was the pressing mill, for grinding or pressing the cane. 

 This machine was in every respect like a mill for thrashing corn. 

 Two cylinders, separated frpm one another by a certain limited space, 

 received the cane, a trough or pan caught the juice, and the bagasse 

 or refuse stalks which have passed through the mill were removed to 

 a short distance for feeding purposes. Two evaporators were at work. 



