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414 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
but we would encourage every farmer to plant some of the 
sugar cane, knowing— 
1st, That it is more valuable than corn for fall and winter 
fodder, especially when grown thick, say from four to eight 
pounds per acre of seed. 
2d. That it is next to corn in its fattening qualities for swine, 
who feed greedily upon it through the winter. 
3d. That it has yielded 200 gallons per acre of syrup, in 
this State, and may do so again, 
4th. That it will supply a great want in the present and 
future of the Middle and Northern States, by affording an ex¬ 
cellent and pure article of sugar for the preservation of our 
hardy small fruits and pie plant, which we can produce almost 
without cost, and which will become thereby articles of every 
day consumption the year round ; and still further, to supply the 
vast demands of domestic cookery. 
J. C. Plumb. 
Madison, March 1, 1860. 
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