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

NAV / improve nv stock ? How renoyate these fruit
less worn out fields ? How improve the quality and
quantity Of wheat, oats, corr, and potatoes raised s! Is
there no. better variety Of each one of them, than nov
have |? What is the best method of cultivation and
HARVESTING z Such have been a few OF the earnest en-
ouiries sent forth into the world, and as a very natural
rssul tSsthcse enquiries are being fully answered. Al
though men 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
ca,in the path Of scientific investigation they have con-
qaereo, and are now displaying to tie world an i'm
proved system Of agriculture.
.g.Amoug the many celebrated plants, seeds, roots, and
grasses which have come to US from abroad, the Chinese
Sugar Cane has taken the highest place in our notice.
The 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 10 sugar and molasses-large ingredients IN
the culinary economy-for if we can raise those neces-
saries here, how much better will it be than to depend
upon slave labor for their supply -
That it is eminently calculated to be widely known,
end as widely cultivated as known, is predicted by all
who have ever had anything to do with it. Fields
which last year in Illinois we're burdened with wheat or
corn, or oats, will this year be cultivated fer the Game,
and the crushing and refining business will go on there
on q scale little less than that carried on in the South
ern States. We hail the day when we shall not be
compelled to pay sl.25 per gallon for good syrup, Or
l6 and 90 cents for good sugar per pound Farmers
will raise their own sugar, and such of them VINO do not
raise it, vii get it FOR a mere moiety of what they have
to pay now. ~.4r.
MopE OF CuLTIvATIoN-This is similar to the cui-
,iyation of the common Indian Corn. Indeed, says
an Illinoisan, st has as wide q range for profitable
growth as Indian Corn We have no doubt it is very
much 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 we'll started. On a large scale it is per-
haps better to put in hills like corn, to admit of blowing
OF cultiyating both ways. 1t comes up like grass or
cats, and grows slowly at first, but pushes a head rapid
" in July and August [American Agriculturlst.
The soil of Minnesota is certainly we'll adapted to
raising the Cane. 1t is quick ia terminating seeds /;
unlike clay surface soils, it does not long contain hui
nudity Last year [ planted a half pound OF the seed
in a black friable loan. 1t came up in a week, and IN
two weeks the pigeon grass had outstripped IT. When
/ came to hoe il, | got down on all tours to search for
it. It.may be easily detected from grass by the bright
puplc spots 10 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
like corn. One stalk will have three or four shoots,
each bearing seed, aud some of them attaining the size
Of the parent stem. l fed the stalks to cattle, and they
atesthemn with greater relish than hay evidently from
the great amount Of sugar i'll tie fodder. Cattle never
get tired Of sweet, and we need not speak of its need IN
the ~fateHinse process. y ~ - =
It is quite common for one farmer to wait for another
in making experiments, with the design ostensibly of
engaging, if his nejghbor Is successful This is not
fair On the whole. Every farmer ought to be SO deeply
interested in the great principles Of his occupation, as
to be willing to bear a part of the expenses incurred in
making trials of new things. At this time we have the
experience Of hundreds on the Chinese Sugar Cane, so
let us be no more heard saying, Il will wait until my
neighbor has tried it, sns seA v>st st,E8>
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 In. Countryman, Spring
Lake. Price, one dollar per pound. Cheaper in large
quantities. Mr.. Burbank proposes to bring up a crush
ing mill, SO that the planters can make their own mo
lasaes at any rate, if not their own sugar.
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1t is gratifying to relate that some Of our enterpris.
ing farmers are making preparations'to plant ont fruit
trees on quite an extensive scale. Let every farmer be
wide awake on the subject of fruit. IF We are living
'away up in latitude 44o North we are not going to
live on. pork and beans alone. We can have fruit,
andFtlat of our own raising. Young apple trees have
we'll survived the past two or three hard winters, and
grow rapidly. There are a few bearing apple trees in
the Territory, and the fuit IS good. -sgr
Grated fruit trees Of superior quality may be had. Of
fruit growers in Illinois and Iowa or Missouri, but ut
would prefer those produced here if they can be had,
and have no doubt that Ford Il Co., between St. Pau
and ST. Anthony, have large quantities to sell Of trees
syfTsa here That which is already acclimated, is Ger
taialyy more 10 be relied, on than, the production Of anoth
,er latitude not acclima.ed. Plums and cherries are in
digenous to the country. There is no reason why the
largest improved varieties, therefore, will not grow here
as welt as the common kind.
Nothing can be more pleasant about the farm thar
an orehard-be it large or small--of the best fruit, sucl
assarpks, cherries, 'plums, and pears, with a side orchard
Of currants, gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries, anc
Strawberries. They take up but little ground, require
comparatively little attention, and yield a great deal o
pleasure and profit. Fruit to is necessary to us stupit
meat eaters Without it, and this proper vegetables
we could mot resist the scorbutic influences of ANNA
food, and would soon become altogether a savage race
1 assert ii; fruit is a great corrective in the dietary
.scsaomy,, and we cannot be too vigilant in its produc
tion. sT~s q q 2-ls2f~1 A@~Ms &@taf~taFet a@
VS. vent to. lie posted on the Fruit Culture il
Miapesoa. Cannot same Of our Oldest pioneers giv'
EouersAections on this subject that shall be interest
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We msy.talk aud lecture from this tins to doom
day about the necessity Of improving our hogs and cat
a tie a16horses, but The matter will rest as it is. and W.
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