The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-28
To tho Agricultural osublic-Chincs csc, Sugar
Cane. -ns III ~

To the Agricultural osubllc-Chlncsej Sugar
lane. -ss I'd o. !
The production of this new plant, has already become
a matter of Importance to the people Of the United
States. But two or three years have elapsed since its
introduction into this country, and it is now cultivated
in every section. This alone declares its Importance
1t is no longer a matter of experiment, or speculation
hut a fixed fact, and it is hardly necessary fur us to ash
the question, What is IL? for the following question
Of establishment would inevitably follow, What /! dom
you know what the "Chinese Sugar Cane" is?'
Viewed in any and every light in which any CROP
may be viewed, the Chinese Sugar Cane or Sorghum
is perhaps the most profitable crop a man can raise. The
new plant : Imply the seed Of which is lately import
ed by certain Eastern spectators, may possibly outstriE
it, but that is in the future and we may have to wai
years before that fact becomes known. This kind ".
know, and it behooves every farmer always and every
where to sstrike while the iron is hot and burning! :
As a forage crop it is unsurpassed The usual amoun'
raised from ore acre j. Eve tons. So rich is it in sac
carhine matter that cattle and hogs greedily devouu
leaves and stalks. Hnr ca are more fond If it than o
hay, and the eeed-of which it produces abundantly i
aid to be equal if not superior to oats for feeding. Th'
Iced ground, and mixed with the cut stalks, fed t.
horses il said to be better than by AMI oats. Two
suIUko " S0SOuO u4oRV ~ kuO'CUIbu0utly u VVAkC CtVp
viz the large amount that may be raised per acre an
its containing that very element largely, which may b.
rapidly converted into muscle or fat Tor the workiu,
anin,al-sugar.
If this were all, it must command our serious atten
ton; but it has gained its celebrity mainly from it, con
v~ertibility into sugar and syrup. Experiments hav
fully shown that large quantities Of sugar may be ex
'racted from the expressed juice. They prove that on
hun lred gallons Of good syrup have been obtained fr"n
oue acre-its quality being equal to the best common
sugar cane syrup. These are all fixed facts. expert
ments made by the most approved sgriculturists, VIII
could have no motive to send out to the world falls
statements 4 ,tsa9o E
There need be no fears regarding its culture here il
Minnesota. That also has been tested successfully
We have had various accounts from different sections "
the State concerning its culture last year 1t must b
recollected that last year was . very unfavorable one t.
its growth. AMI yet some few who tried it grew ripe seed
/ planted six rows on the 10Th Of May in a foul place
(unintentinnally } It germinatrd more rapidly tina,
corn, but the pigeon grass perfectly matted the ground
aud | succeeded in rescuing tw" rows only from its in
.ence and Notwithstanding the GOODNESS of the seas y.
the drleterious influence Of the pigeon grass, and the
early frosts, some IF it attained = hight of eigh, feet, anc
twn weeks more would have ripened the seed s., salts
factory were the results to me, that l shall plant a smal
plat Of it again this season ~ .so.
Mr. Burbank, Of Niniuger City, has just return d
from illinois with q large quantity If seed. which he ].
"aering on very liberal terms, Zee his advertise ment,9,
and will be an inducement {. farmers to plant . small
lot. One pound and . half yill plant an acre, AMI til.
may be Obtained for a dollar and . half. Duu't wal,
10, your neighbur to make the experiment. D, it your
self: It may be obtained at Hss'ings, Nininger, aud ii
my house on spring Lake. MIR. Burbank proposes t.
b!.px up a sugar mill for the express benefit If thos
Who grow this cane in Dakota county aud adjoining
coun;ies, so that farmers may grow their own sweet,
and 10 be independent Of speculative mouop ,ly on that
score. @essssS as vsE9H8 al. 8s& esx@T a
In next weeks Agricultural department. will be found
an article IN the mode Of culture. s1s1 81
easl "a Yours, L. n COUNrRyMAN.