Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-13
CULTURE OF THE sUCARCANr.

TIE following remarks furnished Us by peutle,an
o, .s cry ia wees-but, for ronp We hly irrn
iseu 20 ~! men over uli to-day We opinion thar
thse remarks viii have tendency to assist in some decree
,e ianuahle'w ofthe Corporation ofsavnnah r,pt
tnc euul OF sugar cane IN the vicinity ofhis pl.e-Ib
experiment stated below, may be relied upon n, corrc
"The address from the NIayor and C;5,o,r" ,io
70 the HebnbRoG1 of the 23d Jan last TO The land
holders M TIE vicinity of Savannah for the enconr.
9gement OF the culture Of sugar cane must he pr,,
Srns t. every we'll wishcr of our city.
ne following observations may assist in some
small degree The same object. That an acre of SUI
gar cane may be calculated to produce from On ~
$4,000 sugar canes that 5000 canes ofthe
s!@e OF those grown in low land produced GOO gal
Gus oiia% juice, which boiled to sugar weighed
- Us rom winch deduct for drawing and weigh
. oi oarrei 10 lbs. will leave 600 lbs. net or
po'nG OF sugar 10 the gallon of Juice The return
,nr 5yOO canes or 280n lbs. of net sugar ner acre
i's ne'og an actual and fair experiment the u,.t
% % interest IN this culture be no longer ,loubt
e. III has also been proved that fine sugar cane
can oe made, though the juice has been frozen and
the THERMOMETERS at ten degrees below frcezino
POINT. 81 that cane properly put I'D n,y he ,ngJe
into sugar from the middle of October tn The MI
me OF Slarch' That one acre of sugar cane will
P'aut twenty acres OF land, which would lie suIfiei
,nt nr the ifst soeson to teach The negroes IN onk
sugar, and get their haads in fDrthe ensuing GRO,
when can thcn be extended al pleasure; that lO01
cane tops viii plant an of land which NAV he
Sht 'or twenty dollars all therefore that vyonJd
- v" "NsoFNJ % to uiaW piece of rice land intend.
ga icr sugar cane very deep in the gate of tLa
u"nS' winch drains the land, haze a small slidine
gate, say one foot square (or such size as ,r,1,2
not overflow the land) which should be ken, or,,,
uat the water may flow 10 and out with the III
and keep the water in the ditch from eett;,, no, -,
utgl. ~ ~ 'S"' '''Sh"-
~ squsre oil land 81 prepared by next Nov
ish"nh recommend the Corporation to rI.,t IN
cane orthe proprietor, If he is not himself syiT;c
emu simulated by interest and the health of M.
Hiniy' 4 Sood picture might be drawn in s,n,,l,r,
o 'hF argument, 10 shew what Savannah !, -
What It might soon become" ~'"
BALrINcnr, February G.
EEirEef ~ letter from an .g,aericol .N,,,,ay mr.
Jcs'y ~ as fr7ejid iH Bulfi1ro,e. lofci J1oJt
sifitoH, AoUeHber 10, 1916
hen last Rrctc yon from Cibreltsr had
nnt The eas, idea that roy next would he Gros ~;
pert OF Tie hederfan, an, rs had lei IN bsi;,
we should iiave sailed Immediately for Fr,sn =.
WINTER but W. proceeded from i;ibraIt., for AZ
i'Ga where We only rcrnninel three doss aud ,,;l
* 'h 81. inc @sit mt--thc commodore, with fine
Hcre'lhps Tor Fort Maiion, and the Cons,sIl.,;o,
ID .He Ontario, Tor AlgieFs, with dcspatcl,es rom
~ our arrival Oft hgiers, on the 1s, ;,s, NJ,
oiHtr our consul, came off from lie sl,or5 al;
Famed us, ulst he regency was very f,vor,sl, -
P"th towards Us; but that The Deg Iiwse;C 80 ~.
~ '-'aIshcd wiiAies.ect 70 tie przc bsip M. lin,