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Jan. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
weeks in succession, taking from five to fifteen off of 
each hill. 
I made a three-roller mill to grind my cane, after 
the plan of a cider mill, but having but one row of 
cogs at the top of the rollers. It worked well with one 
horse, pressing the juice out tolerably clean by putting 
the cane through twice. Anxious to know whether my 
cane would make molasses or not, and whether my mill 
would answer the purpose, about the middle of Sep¬ 
tember, when the heads were out, I cut 250 canes, 
which made 25 gallons juice—10 canes made one gal¬ 
lon juice—25 gallons juice made 14 quarts molasses, a 
good article. By this time I began to think my cane 
was no humbug. On the 14th October the seed began 
to get black. I cut 250 canes; cut the tops off and 
stripped their blades; then run them through the mill 
—got 20 gallons juice, which made four gallons thic^ 
syrup, far superior to the first boiling. I then conclu¬ 
ded to let the balance of my cane stand until the seed 
ripened; but a few nights after my last making, Jack 
Frost came and spoiled all my seed that was not yet 
ripe, and fodder too; so I had to go to work and work 
up my cane. Although the seed and fodder were spoil¬ 
ed, I found it had not spoiled the cane for making 
molasses, but rather increased the quantity and quality. 
I finished making up my cane 29 th October, and from 
51 rods we had 72 gallons of syrup — a better article 
than I paid SI .12 a gallon for. I sold several gallons, 
for which I got SI per gallon, and the balance we have, 
which will save me buying molasses for one year, which 
is no small item in my family. I think every farmer 
ought to raise his own sugar cane, and make their own 
molasses, for it certainly pays a larger profit than any 
thing that can be grown on the same quantity of 
ground. 
I tried to make sugar from some syrup, but it would 
not grain. Gr. H. Balsley, Sr. Connelisville , Fay¬ 
ette Co ., Fa. ■- 
Messrs. Editors —About the middle of May I re¬ 
ceive a package of Sugar Cane seed from the Patent 
Office, which I planted in ordinary corn land, two f* et 
one way and four the other. It came up feebly, and 
grew delicately for several weeks, after which it grew 
most luxuriantly, some attaining the height of ten or 
twelve feet when it formed its head, which perfectly 
matured against the first frost. I cut one hundred 
canes of that which had ripened first, from which, when 
pressed, I obtained 26 pints of juice. This, after going 
through the process of clarification and boiling, made 
six pints of fine light colored syrup, superior in quality 
to the best New Orleans molasses; which was a yield 
of one pint of syrup to four and a half of juice, and 
also a pint of juice to every four canes. Thus allowing 
a pint of juice to every four canes, or one hill, and at 
the above mentioned distances, an acre will contain five 
thousand four hundred and forty-five hills, which being 
divided by five, leaves one thousand and eighty pints, 
or about one hundred and thirty-five gallons per acre ; 
making a remunerative yield to the farmer even at 
twenty-five cents per gallon. Several of my enterpris¬ 
ing neighbors have also tested it, and and are well 
satisfied with the result of their experiments. 
One of the principal officers of the Agricultural 
Bureau at Washington, has given information that out 
of several thousand reports, not one shows a failure. 
This will be gratifying to all, and proves conclusively 
that it is no “ Morus multicaulis,” Rohan potato, or 
humbug. Senseney Wright. Middletown , Va 
I planted about 200 hills on light sandy land, and 
when it came up-it was such miserable looking little 
stuff, that I thought surely it must be a failure with 
me, and then the cut worms got at it and eat up about 
a fourth of it. I hoed the remainder once and plowed 
it once, which was all the work done to it, and now for 
the result. 
I made about nine gallons of good molasses from it, 
which I prefer to the best Orleans molasses, and I am 
well satisfied that I lost full one-third of the juice for 
want of a better mill. I am very confident that it 
will succeed to a charm as far as molasses is concerned. 
I intend to plant about two acres next spring. A. A. 
Cole. Flowerville , Ind. 
Cure for Inflammatory Xilieiimntism. 
Messrs. Editors —I have been a sufferer from that 
most painful of all diseases, the inflammatory rheuma¬ 
tism, and at times wholly unable to move, dress or feed 
myself. After applying all kinds of liniment outward¬ 
ly, and all kinds of medicines inwardly, without re¬ 
ceiving any benefit, I put myself under hydropathic 
treatment and diet, and have had no rheumatism since, 
and have the perfect use of all my limbs. f. M. i. 
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