The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-18
thin.sr sugar Cane.

We find in the Cha,iicld Rfpu5lmn, II
letter from W. =. UNDERWOOD, of Rich.
land, Fillmore county, giving his experience
IN cultiya,ing the Chinese Sugar Cane. Mr..
w. says:
planted ~ rods, about the 10th of MAY, on
an elevated spot, 10 az to escape frost. Rows
feet apart, aud two feet In the row, 2 and 8
seeds IN bill. shall plant az thick sgain, but
pull on all suckers.
think upland will grow better cane than
bottom land. the size OF the stalks being of less
importance than the quality Of juice. Ny cane
escaped all frost iii the first week In October
before II was frozen any. ] cut and threw Il
into large piles. and worked IL up the mex,
week. By stripping canes while standing
would save much time clasp the cane with
thumb and fore finger, and drawing the hapj
down the stalk once, will break nearly every
Leaf the first time
think this might be done week or two
previous to cutting without injury, where there
was too mu~b TO strip on short notice u a
freeze, Chat some complain of | found the
bliter taste confined to The soft part Of the cane
at the top and sicker., 40 threw away all the
tops, two 10 three feet, and soft suckers run
canes through a two roller mil only once !;
strained the JUICE, then boiled down az fast as
possible Ia Il sheet iron boiling pan, removing
the scum az fast M II rose. and used nothing 10
clarifyH think IL injuries it 10 stop boiling to
change 1t 10 another butler.
gotta little over one barrel full ofsyrup Ike
the ssmple sent.
Mr.. Isaac A. IIRD0Fs Of Illinois, prac-
teal ogficul,urs,, 10 "A letter 10 Gov Bis
SILL makes the following observations upon
the culture Of the cane, and the conversion
Of the matter continued in IL, iDto sugars
and syrups:
The cane being very heavy article. aud in.
convenient 20 transport and liable, also, 70
sour q long ca rpntr, IL - 20 be expected that
tie greA, bulk " II be worked up by the farmer
al home and shipped 10 TciBsfs for sale. or eG
changed for sagArs ~ refined syrups. Fixtures
Ter then use are now IN success' operate on,
costing bat small sum. Those ~ the former
class viii not exceed the coat Of Touring IN lie
IN your state. ard, like Them. may he OF any
desred capacity. There are how IN most "
your pUhcipal towns engines and boilers a,
tschsd ~ steam saw mills, or ohef factories
only partially employed, that can be ma % use
fgi 10 working up this rev crop. Hefnsfi
viii be .siabi ,bsj a. all che principal depot. u
trade for iIeir cost need not exceed q 'e~
thpusand dolisu As the syrgp becomes rl.n
y and cheap. the dtmspd tor tie superior Will
necessarily follow, giving employ men, 70 men
and capital.
The past season has b'en one - Serr IN.
favorable chsracnr for the production dvIich
,arch.uns plsht, Dry and bot weather are
requisite for such retui,s
The JUICE from VII, the syTpp was made.
WHICH herewith sepd yon, marked only o deg.
n esgme," tgp1d cabe marks 10 deg. ard
som.Gmss ~ dtg) requiring not only much
more .KpusBrs 20 the FIRE end attn sNhste
tbs,h detrimental 20 al sugars sn9 sJfBpsJ bat
more dITigu.iy d! GefgcsilOo. IL tbs ae used
10 DETECTING agent bat lime, and AIDED Il oniy
- ne.irslrs tts aei = present. ia the cane.
With ell Affapg"t agpsrsius. where the hf
0, steam u-.d IN boiling IL .asceptb's - srirs
control, there WI be found 20 use for o;Esr
sgsnts
The eh.ss8'Hcsty % ell country experiment
srs 10 syrup max ng. sI.t. Ia Their siou boil.
~. Fix hours sgch would blAs ksn AID
sn,s ,tsT n. clesr.s, maple sap, Of even Dis.
.o.ys4 i9af sugar
oar farmer. have NJ; learned by sIp.rirnsr,
u. best sOl 2sd ma bsf = cgiuVsing tbs
cane. Tie plan. 10 ar eIcf.0ibgiy hardy Gre.
ara eli bssF u.n.pisn'ing tstisf ihas ,obateo
aEd q p.ss,sG tbps 10 fidss. "a if.sh ground.
xitsr the o'3insry tine ~ corn ps1tVy ssy
from the t-tth 20 III. twsat..th - J0Je. the
pl.nls then beng from four 20 s,sh, inches
l. sA, oil Os'gr0~ the weeds. ssDsrstd ~ he