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Sorghum.

--The Prairie Farmer estimates that 2,500 barrels of sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane syrup, have been made in La Salle county, this year or enough to supply every family in the county with sweets for 12 months to come, saving the farmers $36,000 in this one item. The yield is 200 to 250 gallons per Farmers are advised to save all the well-ripened seeds from the sweetest cane.

The Daily Dispatch: December 5, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 5, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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