Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-03-26
THE
Chincsc Smenr Cnnc.

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merely bu, 10 every individual, whatever y
his k%btation or pursuit. The man ct pow >
4. quite as much IL not more deeply u
Interested in !, than the man Of opulence,
because wealth can command Injuries ut
any cost, while u high price for common 4
necessity Of every day life, Ike sugar, ,
mus, I've Ind at whatever price blythe poor
mr. else ,rreat Inconvenience, II not suiltr'
ing, will ensue.
The onrnvings show the cane IN a
full grown state and the mill by which
The iuicc Is TO be expressed. From De-
A.. Ba,iery's account Of ii, VIC give a few con-
densed extracts, which will give our read
crs a good idea of the subject
Ihaye witnessed the growth Of the cnae
by the acre, aud production of syrup by
barrels. Calmly viewing all the facts
which | have been able to collect, no Ion,
ger entertain q doubt that this plant IS well
worthy of the attention and study OF the
farmers, ard Planters of the South.
The Chincsc sugar-cane seems to adapt
itself to all the yicissitudes Of our varied
climate and soil, with n facility unsurpas.
,ed nv corn or wheat In Cherokee Geor-
cla it'aourishes in a high degree of per-
lection upon soils high and low, rich ana
commri,iyely poor, producing heavy crops
of sink, Ienf and seed. ! have found 1t
grow with me, in all respects, MS vlgours
WAS corn, with p ecisely similar treatment
In Allegany county Md, a correspondent
writes for the American Farmer; ii think
it we'll adapted even TO our MOUNTAINOUS
country, and it promisesto be more va'ua-
bic than any other article we call grow Tor
proyender. | believe it will produce six
or eirht tons of dried provender to the
mere. The present, writer has met many
intelligent and en,erprising farmers Of
PENNSYLVANIA, Maryland, Virginia, New
Jersey and New York in attendance at the
late National fair at Philadelphia. Many
of them had witnessed its growth in their
respective States with entire success. One
rentlman of New Jersey had grown Il
6nlf acre Of the cane this season. 1t has
been successfully grown in Illinois also,
and one gallon Of the juice is 50 d to have
Welded, BY boiling, a quart Of syrup OF
GOOD quality. There is every reason TO
conclude that the, cane may be easily and
successfully grown in all parts OF our
country. u s..
.HHU.. .... 81. cuITupr.
-, IAN o,l,;,o,od ~
.1lLe' inc g,'otu po 49,, ns tho crow
irf so'n' sI" rni AL norni,
ted to stand until fully inatured and dry
By all means permit no Broom Corn, Dou'
IN. Corn or n,her plants of the same fam
;IvT 10 grow near your Cane. 1t readily
,n,er,,eyas with these varieties, and eff
ac,unliv ruins YOUR seed for the production
of syrup. For the samo reason. grea
care should be Observed in procuring rell
able seed, as well as in keeping them SO
The space between the rows may be three
feet. and the seed put in, say Two or three
every six inches. When well up, the stout
es, s,nd health est should alone be allow
ed 10 remain when OF sufficient size the
should be suckered down TO one cane fo
each root. In other respects, the success:
full grower of corn will not be at Il loss
the cultivation of this plant. | have foun
a suitable time for planting to be lmm'
.diately after the corn crop, although e'
celient results have been oolalhea |
planting as late as the 10Th OF May,
Cherokee Georgia. 1t VIII douo'leSs'
desirable to make severai successive p,o'
tings, that they mature gradually anu
give more tne Tor harvesting ,ne crop,
The Ian IN my oplnioh' shou'uo Dc P'ep'
cd IN all respects lot CORN
HARVESTING.
.-r Vban The stalk shall have attained
full size and The seed have passed fro
the DOUGH stage 10 a harder texture, I
cane may be considered sufficiently N
.