Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-04-24

some practical directions to the prospect
i've cultivator, as follows -
1. SEED.-f there be a seed-store
within your reach, your easiest way is to
send and get what seed you want In |
planting to raise seed, the object of the
first year, pound viii suffice for an acre,
and ought not to cost more than dollar.
But beware of imposters and swindlers,
for bushels of broom-corn and kindred
seeds, viii be palmed off as that of the
Sorghum. When you cannot readily OBJ
tain seed in this way, write to your Mem
Der of Congress, asking him to send you
a paper, and he will generally be able to
do. If not, the Secretary of your State
Agricultural Society may be able to make
the required supply.
2. PLANTING.-Choose a warm, mel
low soil, such as you would confidently
expect to grow at least 80 bushels of
Indian corn to the acre. Plough early,
deep and thoroughly. Plant as early as
you could venture to plant Indian corn.
If you have hot-bed, start a little seed
in one corner of it. If you plant con-
siderably, put in your seed at different
times, say, in this latitude, one quarter
each on the LIST, 10th and 10Th of May,
and LIST of June, respectively. Plant for
seed, in hills, six seeds to the hill, and at
distances four feet each way. Try some
five feet apart east and west, so as to let
in the sun between the rows, and some in
drills, say four or five feet apart east and
west, with the seed six inches apart in the
drill, and thin the plants to one foot apart.
If you have seed in abundance, sow a
little in drills two feet apart, the seeds in
the drill but two or three inches apart.
Cover lightly, as the seed rots if covered
deeply. Keep the hens at distance or
1t VIII come up to soon.
8. TmLAGE.-The Sorghum comes up
looking very puny-much like broom
corn or barn-grass. IF you set block
head to weed it, he will probably pull
them up and report that it never germi-
mated. Cultivate like Indian corn-only
faithfully. IF suckers start, majority
say pinch them or pull them of-that is,
in growing for seed. This need not be
done in growing for sugar.
4. Observation-Disclosures the seed
shall be hard and black, cut off the upper
part of the stalks, say three feet long
and hang them up like broom-corn, in g
dry chamber, suspended from the ceiling
so as to be out of the way of rats, &c
Now cut up your stalks, pull off the
leaves, and satisfy yourself that all man
ner of stock will eat them; cut up few
of the stalks as you would corn stalks
and try little experiment with them
and put the rest of the stalks through
any kind of crushing mill that may b
handy-a cider mill would be better thai
nothing-catch the juice and instantI
warm it over a slow fire in large kettle
skimming off the scum so long as an
u shall rise. Then boil the juice abou
u four fifths away, as if it were maple saT
7, Use lime or lime water to neutralise tn
10 phosphoric acid, which otherwise wi
ps give slightly acid but not unpleasar
IN taste to the sirup. Save some siru
Us actthom the neutralising acid, as you ma
ar like it better that way. Don't waste IL
ed scum, but throw it to the pigs, where
IN will make at least excellent manure
I'd, Feed the pumice or crushed stalks to yor
NJ cattle; and, having thus cleared ii
ar- ground, be ready to plant or sow extel
nd sively next Spring.
- 5. FoDDER.-W estimate that, whe
so ever seed shall be sufficiently abundar
lat any rich, warm land will produce thi
'us more fodder per acre if sown with Scr
ct hum, than if sown with Indian corn, al
lily that the Sorghum is at least twenty-fi
ha- per cent. more nutritious than the cor
- But all that can be effected this year
ter to grow good supply of seed, and pro
ov- that this plant is valuable both for sir
= and fodder. Next year will be so
IAN enough for most cultivators to think
FOR sowing for fodder or grinding for sugar.
2 to One word of caution to experiments
, of Don't run the thing into the ground.
tho The Sorghum will prove valuable ad
ton to our crops, if we don't render
Oh Odious by some Multicaulis foolery. I
ces. wheat, Indian corn, and clover are
ida going out of fashion for some years We
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