Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-01-01
CHINESE SUGAR CANE.

CHINESE SUGAR CANE.
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This new plant continues TO attract
the attention Of intelligent sgricu.lur-
a!ists. and we have no doubt that in 1857
the crop will be one hundred fold greater
than that Of the past summer The state
ments Of Col Richard Peters. OF Atlanta,
fGeorgin. already given to our readers.
has afforded sufficient grounds for be-
lieving that in the South this produc
tive plant will not only give large re-
turns for fodder, but prove Of great value
in the manufacture Of sugar and syrup
We are happy TO know that in the Nor
them States il will do the same whore
properly attended to. Two years since
we saw few stalks OF the Sorghum at
the Fs:rfield county agricultural exhibi
ton al Norwalk. W hich had perfected the
seed-ihe height was zen feet. IL ives
again exhibited at the same place this
autumn. and highly spoken of by several
gentlemen who regarded il as an eminent
ly valunble fodder-crop. far superior to
Tho best varieties OF Indian corn for soil
ing purposes. We also saw some plants
al The Boston exhibition, and several
other places. giving full evidence OF the
fitness of our climate for its produc-
tion.
Mr.. Alfred Vail. of Morristown, grew
a small quantity OF the cane the pas, sea.
son. from which he made syrup; but in
consequence OF having neglected gather
ing il al the proper time. the frost affec.
ted the juice. rendering il eighty acid
and unfi. for consumption. The plants
wero healthy. and grew to the usual
height IL attaius at the South and in
France. MIR Greedy recsnily made
sta ,cment in the Tribune, i'm regard to a
crop produced on his own farm. in which
he speaks in the highest terms Of the
fodder uses OF This plant, also confident
ly predicting good results to accrue from
its growth as sugar plant perhaps at
The North. certainly at the South. We
have seen the product OF half en- acre of
poor land belonging to the Westchester
Farm School. The stalks attained IN.
extraordinary height Of thirteen feet and
were completely charged with saccha.
rine juices. from which fair guilty of
crude syrup was manufactured without
the aid Of the apparatus necessary for
conducting experiments of this kind sc-
curately. That pos.ion planted at the
proper width between the hills perfected
its seeds although planted later than com.
mon corn and al the same time with the
new Mexican flint rn-bo,h these new
plants ripenins their seeds perfectly at
the sume time. The stalks Of Sorgh,. on
which seeds were perfected. contained
juice almos. ss rich in ssccharine matter
as the younger canes. Indeed. up to
this date the proprie,ors assure US that
their cattle eat the cut stalks with nridi-
ty. A team Of farm horses have been
kept in very fine condition on the
stalks Of this plant without the addition
Of grain. The tendency 10 produce fat
would of course prcciujeits use as food
from fast road horses. Cows select the
Sorsho stalks from corn stalks of. the
same age and consume them. butts and
all. increasing the yield Of milk over
that produced by any other green food.
Mr.. Redmond, Of the Southern Cultiva
for, says they consider the crop equal to
any ordinary crop OF corn--thst j.. The
blades and refuse give as much material
for fodder as is yielded by crop oftwsn-
ty bushels Of corn 10 the acre, the syrup
and sugar being cIear gain the only ex
pense being Ii; irs manufacture and sale.
We will close the present article with
short translation from the French pa pers.
read By Judge Meigs bef1e the Ameri
can Farmers Institute Club. In OR next
article we shall speak Of the mode of
preparing the soil; planting the CROP, sni
attending its after growth. In the mean
time we should be glsd to hear from cur
SUBSCRIBERS on the subject Of this i'm poi
tsut plant. - sNt
Z Chinese Sugar Csne-Anothsr article
translated from The French. says the
seed Of the Sorghum is a very valuable
grain for man or beast. The hulls are
good for dyeins purposes. The stalks
prove exceedingly rich in sacchariae.
An excellent syrup is obtained by boil
ing the stalks. end clarifying as follows:
Chop the stalks into small pieces. and
boil long time in clear water, over
quick fire; press out the Juice and boil
again, and aid little lime to raise the
scum. which skim of and clarity By Ia
eggs to lao pounds Of Juice. or By any
other abuminious substs nce; lime in
powder 4 ID. to l40 pounds juice is suf-
ficieat This syrup will keep a. we'll O.
ordinary preserved fruits. asssfg
As,Nrco< Juour.- W. A. 49,