Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-02-26
THE FARMER.
sasAi cane d, IuinSi,.

SNNH NhANN ia AlhhiA'h"
The following communication, is copied
FROM the Grnysyilc (lll) Herald We
would recommend n careful pcru.1l OF 1t:
being requested by many To publish =
statement, through tho columns of yolr pa.
per, of my experience with and the Waite
of the Chinese Sugar Cane, | therefore
send You the following stateincn, which
you will please insert:
"On the IS Of May, | planted about
half an acre of ground, one year old. \
portion of the soil was low and wet IN the
spring; in fact | covered the seed with
mud the other part was high and sandy:
the consequence was when the dry season
set in, tho wet part baked hard. and the
high burnt up for want Of rain. nlowcd
il when about ten inches high, and that
was all the working it got, with the cN-
ccplion Of a Sigh, hociug previous to the
blowing; my object was to ascertain the
amount Of Sacharine matter contained IN
the stalks, IN supposed enough wouid
grow to make the experiment. Many Of
the stalks grew from sixteen to twenty
feet high, (in the low ground it only grow
twelve feet.) Having made a mill on
which to grind it, | commenced on the ~
Of September. The cant then received
two or three frosts, which slightly injured
the taste of the water. am convinced
that the amount of stalks b used can be
grown on less than n quarter Of an acre.
The amount of the water obtained from
the peicc was go gallons, from which !
made forly-fve gallons, Which IN fa'Dr
and beautiful bright rel color, is far su-
perior 10 am m]oldsSes obtained from The
South. did not try to grain any of 1t,
MS it will not grain after being frosted ::
but I am convinced there will be no liili-
Guilty in granting it if tried previous To
frost. IL it is planted by the middle of
May, it will ripcn by tho end of August,
and remain in good condition until frost,
and if cut up aud put in sheds, Gin appre-
hension of frost) it will keep well for n
month or more.
| will give q statement of what may be-
made per acre, Judging from the amount
of water obtained from each stalk. One
of my nelghbors, Mr., A. began, obtained
from seven choice stalks one gallon Of
water, and in ano.hcr trial made 10y Mr..
Mc'Clerry, ST., and myself, we pressed
from ten stukls, one gallon and a quart.
Tho number of stalks in a hill should be
from folh' to six. In my calculations, |
only estimate ono quart of water 10 the
hill, allowing sixteen hills per square rod,
which will make $3.50 hills to the acre,
aud this, at one quart per hill, will make
$40 gallons Of water, which will make
s1l0 gallons of molusses. Valued nj rs
cents per gallon, i, would amount,o $50, 80
per acre, aud | do not hesitate in saying
that the amounts may be doubled. | would
urge upon the farmers of the western
country to try it. You will not only save,
but make money by the operation. | am
well convinced that in 1860, the southern
planter will have no sale for his sugar in
the State of Illinois. From present indi-
cations there will be 100 acres raised in
Wabash county, rcyt year, which will
save the county $4,000. The time to
m working the cane is when the
seeds have changed from green TO a dark
red hue, although it will remain good I'M
til fairly matured.
Should any person wish to make the eX'
pertinent, | have some seed 10 spare
one quar-, viii plant an acre.
J.. NJ. GRoM.
s7.l M Gedry's BilG, WABASH county, III