Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-02-11

~ Il not u escssiasy 81 youf Gtase "A
esltafsl 6scissy 10y ~ abb tosnppdy you.
+ Pk9ssfin1, Ghoess warn. mellow soil.
such q you would coaGdsntly expees to srov
q lsAst, nay bushsIs Of Indian eosn the acre
P1ow early, pillow deep AID tboroughiy. Plant
- carly - you could venture 70 plant corr. II
yon have bot bed, start little eeed ID one
corner Of IT. II you plant considerably, put in
your seed ct different times-say, In this lati-
tuds, one quarter each on the lst, 10th and 10th
Of Nay and lst Of June respectively. Plant flor
70 hs, SIX seeds TO the hill. and It distan-
ces Of four feet each way. Try some i've feet
apart east and west, fso a. 70 let in the sun be-
tween the rows, and some in drilis-aay four or
nye feat apart. II you have seed in abundance,
SOW little in drills two feet apart, the seeds in
the drill but two or three inches apart. Cover
lightly, - the seed rots II covered deeply. Keen
the hens at distance, or Il will come up too
soon.
8. 7stiage.-The Sorghum comes up looking
very puny much like broom corn or bran grass
II you set biockhead TO weed it, he will probs-
ply pull u up, and report that it never Eermina
go cultivate like Indian corn, only faithfully
y sucken start, majority say sinch them or
pall them oG-that d in growing for seed This
need not be done in growing for sugar.
4. Harvesting. Whenever the seed shall be
ha I'd and black, cut OF the upper part of the
stalks, ssy three feet long, and hang them up
IKE broom.corn, in dry chamber, suspended
from the ceiling, 80 as to be out Of the way OF
rats, &C. Now cut up your stalks, pull of the
leaves, and sstisfy yourself thst al manner Of
stock viii eat them; and put the rest Of the
stalks through any kind Of 3 crushing mill that
may be handy cider-mill would be better than
nothing the juice and instantly warm 1t
over slow fire in . large kettle, skimming of
The scum 50 long as any shall rise Then boil
the juice about four-fifths away, as If it we're
maple sap. Use little lime or lime-water to
ncntralize the phosphoric acid, which otherwise
will give slightly acid but not unpleasant taste
% the syrup. Save some syrup without thus
isutrslizng the acre, as you may like it better
hat way. Don't waste the scum, but throw il
o the pigs, where it will make at least excel.
ent manure. Feed the pumice or crushed stalks
o your cattle; and, having thus cleared the
round, be ready to plant or SOW extensively
,cxt Spring.
5. Foddsr.-Wc estimate that, whenever seed
hall be sufficiently abundant, any rich, warm
and will produce third more fodder per acre
sown with Sorghum than If sown with Indian
'orn, and the Sorghum is twenty-five per cent
more nutritious than the corn. But all that can
70 effected this year is to grow supply of seed,
md prove that this plant is valuable both for
'yrup and Fodder. Next year will be soon
nough for most cultivators to think of sowing
or fodder or grinding for sugar.
One word of caution to experimenters -
DON'T run the thing into the ground. The Sorg.
Ium will prove valuable addition to our crops,
we don't render it odlous by some Multicaulis
oolery. But wheat, Indian corn and clover are
ot going out Of fashion for some years yet.