Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-12-20
Chinese Sugar Cane.

= article, upon the subject Of experimen
d made BY gentlemen of Missouri, Gcorgi
and the New England States, in the Gu
Be ture and manufacture Of Sugar and NJ
~lasses, from the Japan and Chinese Cam
(So'yho Sucre) and we SEE that til
% sutjec. isbeginring to occupy the after
t. ton Of nearly the entire public press
The Republicans article strongly recon
fmends the culture Of the Ch;aese cane
: throughout the United States, as an al
tlcle likely soon 70 be reckoned as on
of the staple productions Of The countr,
-remnnera,ing in a high degree, III,
agrlcultnra'lst, and 'couferripg upon til,
poor, an everlasting blessing in the wa,
OF "cheap sweetness" Let the Louisi
ana sugar planter hear him:
The experiments in New England
England have convinced parties there,
that it may be cultivated as easily and
successfully as corn. Taking the three
attitudes Of Massachusetts,, Middle Ms
sour and Georgia. it would seem that
the climate ann soil of every portion OF
the United States, are adapted TO the
culture of this important staple, and may
yet be reported. with wheat aud corn, A.
the staples Of States heretofore regarded
as physically incapacitated for he grow
ing Of Sugar"
That it may be caltjpate2 as easily as
corn, is certainly mos true. Tie best
way to cuitirate it, is to sow it broad
cast. No kind of grass will interfere
with it. 1t vii become one solid cz,.e
broke. Great care should be taken,
however, that it be kept from spreadur
that it be not allowed to enter the field,
intended Tor the producing Of other
crops, as it will soon take entire posses
Of the ground. Tie sugar plan
rers in this region are exceedingly eau
tIous, that the seed Of the Chinese cane.
be not Introduced Oh their plantations.
The encouragement offered to the New |
farmers and small planters, in
the more Northern States, to engage IL
culture Of this important siapls, is
pictured BY The Republican in his wise
"The high rates at which sugar has
ruled, for some time past, and the poor
prospect Of an abatement for many
months, If not years, to come, indicate to
sgricuItera'ists, that here is an inviting
opportunity to enter largely into ttIe
Of an article, wLicl, yields literally
0 the hand OF the farmer or planter, and
'romlses him a generous remuneration.
'hile some hope might be INDUCED ty
Of relief from the r~uinous
'ricss we now pay for our sugars. Tie
.1trodactlon Of now machinery d~ispenses
'Ith the necessity Of retaining a large
'rce Tor growing the cane and mauut4c~
lF'ng the sugar, and places those who
ave not from Que hundred to q thou
negroes, on an equal footing with
who Lave, with less expense to Ell
ounter.'
We recommend the Louisiana sugar
to 60 abroad and learn what
improvement is, which has been in
odnced in the machinery used in the
and manufacturing Of "Sorgbo
ucre," (which dispenses with the ne t
Of retaining q large force and
lat places these who have not from /
nc hundred to a thousand negroes, on .
n equal footing with those who have" :
hese are suggestions worthy the atten>
on Of our sugar planters.
Now, laying all joking aside, this is :
| stuff. That a sort Of Sugar can be |
.anufactnred from the Chinese cane, We /
axe 40 doubt, SO it might Of 0 stalks, {
ID We risk little in expressing the opin- ,
., that the latter will yield more and :
stter sugar. Our sugar planters have /
ken the pains to grow this C'"
me and run it through the
it to the sugar point
I'VE thrown it aside, as fit F..
'mber the ground, to the det
her products Of more prof,
to think of It's ever beco
the staple productions of an
it is impossible because ii aco