The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-05

the past tew years, tncre mas peeu q Senetat
waking up ; on the science Of Agriculture. The ques.
S1Cns asked BY progressive minds were these How
Snas / improve my stock /? How renovate these fruit
les sosn- out fields How improve the quality and
Quantity Of wheat, oats, corn, and potatoes raised? Is
there mo. better variety Of each one of them. than | now
have 2 What is the best method Of cultivation and
hissestin9 2 Such have been a few Of the earnest en-
ouiries sent forth into the world, and as a very natural
resalsfhcsee- enquiries are being fully answered. Al
though men have had the benefit Of the experience OF
past ages, they have been Obliged to contend With the
whims and notions of prejudice, but keeping straight
on@in ahe path Of scientific investigation they have con,
lqqaasrreeas, ana are now displaying to the world an i'm
proved system Of agriculture. Aas vs4asaa 81 '-st
-sgAmongs the many celebrated plants, seeds, roots, and
esasses which have come to us from abroad, the Chinese
Htugars Cane has taken the highest place in our notice.
SThe benefits which it seems calculated to confer upon
us are, national; from the fact that it may be grown
with great profit in nearly all sections of the United
States. 1t ought really to do away with that sectional
monopoly in sugar and molasses-large ingredients in
tie cnliaary seconomy-for if we can raise those neces-
saries here, how much better win it be than to depend
upon slave labor for their supply!-4'-~
That it is eminently calculated to be widely known,
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ead as widely cultivated as known, is predicted by all
who have ever had anything to do with it. Fields
which last year in Illinois were burdened with wheat or
corn, or OAR, ill this year be cultivated for The 'Cane,
and the crushing and refining business will 60 on there
on a scale little less than that carried on in the South
ern States. = We hail the day when we shall not be
eompelledta pay SIPS per gallon for good syrup, or
16 and 90 cents for good sugar per pound. Farmers
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will raise their own sugar, and such OF them who DO not
raise it, will get it For a mere moiety of what they have
topay now. ~r mztnnHuv
MonE OF urL,rn1vyArioN-Th is similar to the cul-
,tiyation of the common Indian Corn. Indeed, says
an Ilinoisan, sit has as wide a range for profitable
growth as Indian Corn We have no doubt it is very
SniruNch like it as respects soil, manuring and cultivating'
We prefer drills running north and south, 81 to 4 feet
apart, the seeds pretty thick, to be thinned out to 6 or
s. inches when well started. On large scale it is per-
haps better to put in hills like corn, to admit of blowing
or cultivating both ways. It comes up like grass or
cats, and grows slowly at first, but pushes a head rapid
ly in Inly and August.'-[American Agriculturist.
The solicit Minnesota is certainly we'll adapted to
raising the Cane. 1t is quick in terminating seeds
unlike clay surface soils, it does not long contain hu'
nudity. year | planted a half pound OF the seed
in a black friable loan. 1t came up in a week, and IN
txa.veeks,th the pigeon grass had outstrippea it, When
Icame to hoe it, 1 got down on all tours to search for
it. It.may be easily detected from grass by the bright
puple spots in the blade. 1t does not grow fast until
the latter part Of June, when it begins to shoot up, and
grows more in two weeks than all before. | planted
lkecorn. One stalk will have three or four shoots,
each bearing seed, and some of. them attaining the size
Of the parent stem. l fed the stalks to cattle, and they
atesssbeaMR with greater relish than hay; evidently from
the great amount Of sugar in tie fodder. Cattle never
'99sst1fed Of sweet, and we need not speak of its need in
the fate7sns Process. saA
It is quite common for one farmer to wait for another
in making experiments, with the design ostensibIy OF
engagisgy if h~issandshE1r o Gccs1fan~ This is not
fair IN the whole. Every farmer ought to be 50 deeply
interested in the great principles Of bis occupation, as
to be willing to bear a part Of the expenses incurred in
zeaAipgtrials of new things. fAtgthis time we have thas
experience Of hundreds on the Chinese Sugar Cane, SC
let us be- noanorec heard saying, Il will wait until my
neighbor has tried it.,,sas ssnA xs4s sssEa
Remember it is to be had Of Mr.. Burbank, of Min
niger City at Hastings where he has a depot of the
seed, and at the house Of L.sNs CesaiJman, Spring
Lake. Price, one dollar per pound: Cheaper in large
quantities dMr. Burbank proposes to bring up crush
ing mill, 50 that the planters can make their own mo
lasses at any. rate, if not their own sugar.
IAWss1E orchards.
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