The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-10-17
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e s WD.SsyO LII AlNtVCM.
candidate 5ot populas. favor a,,onr 4, ,ho ~
/ | farming consssaDity. Whether II Il Is be-s
come staple prodacs OF lie ssii "a e..
tribute mafsrmaly 70 ati,eaa aTionlssenl 1919
/ ef lhs country, m inpsrfapt, auesaioa thst
l viii give. interest 70 the practical rAsuIfs
obtaiAed BY this years cu1tSvatiea. II iavss
eS1criinented IN i small WY with tAe sstiele.
and psoposs to place the rssnlt % sseoed. /,
IN april ! planted . few papers Of Tie seed
obtained from the patent Office, upon soil
partially cxhausted, and treaked Il In eycyv
| respect khe cOiafnos eosh, except that Il re-
ceised less caltisation thar the farmer usu-i
ally bestsxs upon. that crop. i grew yig-
orously 10 the height Of ten and twely E feet.
and the stalks were from three. onnrtefs al
an inch TO an inch II diametef a. e. base-
Early in Augast the seed pen;ele, heena to !
appear, and BY the Doth it was in : condition.
& to grind. With . hand d-mill used By erocer.
70 crush their sugars, / expressed fhe mira
from quantity Of the stalk and boiled Il :
upon an ordinary cooking stove till 1 obtain /.
Cd . clear, pleasant favored article Of syruu
that would compare fayorably with the New
Orleans sugar- house brand. ai ~ sszl
The cane yields juice very abundsntDy. ana B
six gallons will give one 81 thick syfup.-,i
From the nesrest approximats est;mate
am able to make, the product OF an acre Of
this quality Of cane have described would I!
not taii short OF one hundred gallons Of J
smerchantabie molasses. Ihavenot attempt
co g make sugar, though a large per cent.
aot the saccharine matter IS susceptible Of
scrystaiization. y safs sst8GGs - J
/ My limited experience confirms me in the
combustion that the Chinese sugar cane il
well adapted to this climate and NAV prove
q profitable crop for general cultiyation.-s
The present high prices Of sugar will prove
sufiicient stimulus to give Il a fair trial. q
and the numerous reports that will be fur #,
nisned the press, Of experiments under every
variety OF circumstances, will establish its
rank among the agricultural resources of ar
the country. 5ea III. II. PHIIIIps. So
rron theFsyetvine Tenn Observer, Aug. y. - .g
We hove in our Office sample Of svysp
made from the Chinese sugar cane, by our
countrymen, Messrs. John Washburn and
Pani ingle. To onr taste it is much better :
than that which comes from the South--of
better quality and heavier. Five gallons OF
the JUICE witt produce one Of syrup, By boil
ing one hour and half. Without promul-
eating any extravagant notions, we can bat
beiieve that the introduction Of the Chinese
sugar cane into America is vastly important b
to our political economy, and We think the /,
uay not lar distant when its manufacture
INTO sugar. and distillation into the yariou,
alcoholic compounds, will be largely UNDER
taken IN Lincoln county. While we would
not advise any one to go into an eytravagant
system OF cultivation, We would advise all
farmers to try it in their gardens or fields,
ana one trlai will go further to convince them
Q. the value OF the sugar cane than any ad-
wee Whatever. Experiments in making SUI
gar may be made through the use of the old
fashioned cider mill, which will answer until 5
ialriy satisfied that the manufacture from
tue ohinese sugar eane would be proftable-
. From the New Orleans bulletin Of Sept 3
We arc indebted to Col. J. B. Ives. Of
Terreaux Bocufs, Parish of st. Bernard. for
sample of syrup from the Sorgho Sucre,
or chinese sugar cane. 1t has rich favor.
slightly acid, and very much resembles sugar
house molasses. Col. Ives informs us that
ne has sent sixty-6ve barrels of this syrup
made by him to Mr.. G. de Blance, and that
he snail make this season from two to three
hundred barrels Of it. 1t yields about three
barrels 10 the arpent-a little less than an
acre-to the cutting, and may be cut twice
. SS"As ~ august dHu november. MAKING
six barrels to the arpent year. Col. Ives
says 1t costs but little to raise this cane
i've acres being cultivated with about the
same labor it would take to cultivate one
acre OF sugar cane. One great peculiarity
about 1t Is that it makes excellent fodder for
cattle. The cane, before the juice is press
Cd ont, and the residum and bagasse arc !
good, and are deyoured BY stock with yo-
raclty. 1t can also be dried like corustalks
with ali its saccharine matter retained. Col.
Ives is decidedly of the opinion that it is a a,g
valuable crop for Southern planters to Gull
.lyate an adjunct to the cane and corn
crops, unlike each in some respects and like
both in others, and possessing properties
which neither does. At the same time hs
has no fears of its ever superceding the reg
hlar IT. cultivation OF the sugar cane In LOUIS
ana. He has made sugar out of It Of good
color and grain, and when the Louisiana su-s
gar cane fails and the price of the article is .a
very high, this sorghum saccharatuu will
help out the planters most opportunely. 1t .
will also doubtless be cultivated, and syrup
and sugar be made Of it in small quantities
when the price of sugar is high in the West
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