The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-02-24
SORGHUM sUCRE.

Edtfos$ Southern Cuifirator ~ have, foi
two years, been deeply interested in tile
Sorghum 'Sucre have read, believe, nearly
or quite all the pros and cons in regard to
its cultivation in the South. In the spring
Of 1856, the Hon. G.. Mason, Commissioner
of Patents, had the kindness to forward me
paper'of the seed-I presume there was a
tablespoonful. planted it three feet BY
eighteen linches in the drill, and from this
produced my seed for the crop of 1857. With
my two. years experience with the article, |
have arrived at the following conclusions,
namely:
l. For a forage plant--there is no better.
The Sorghum being both corn and fodder
green food and dry food for any and all kinds
Of stocks!
snds.Ror syrup, It is, when properly man
aged, superior, il anything, TO the sugar
house.
s. For sugar-bona fde Sucre-if allowed
to get thoroughly ripe in the first instance,
aud neSf 1.-The juice j. thoroughly lined and
allOwed1J. stand for 10 hours before boiling,
and thensskimmed and boiled to the granula-
ting point BY an adept, sugar will be made
can bemade-for have made sugar from
the crop Of. s57, and that @sfhout fair or
fall experiment; and, moreover, do not
pretend to be even an approach to an adept
in sugar making.
4. The best Of vinegar can be made from
the skimmings Of the Kettle and the refuse or
bagass.
5. The seed is, when hulled in a hominy
mortar, iirst-rate substitute for rice, SO one
Of INV neighbOrs has informed me.
o. The brush after the seed is taken off,
which accomplish by a simple sluck-
hackle," makes good cloth brushes and tou gh
hearth and other brooms.
:. Rum can be made Of good quality from
the juice fenniented By the mixture of one
gallon Of the syrup to every ten gallons OF
the juice, and then distilled.
Sth, and last. After YOU have squeezed ali
the juice out Of the cane, there lies before
YOU large heap Of bagass-yOu can send il
TO the paper mill-let your hogs and cattle
work their best upon il; or leaving il alone
in its glory for a tWelyemonth, YOU will
have. as an Irishman would say, "jist the
purtiest heap Of manure for your root crops
you ever saw awaiting an application"
| have read, with amusement, several
newspaper notices during the past year of the
poisoning properties Of the cane and seed. |
am reminded Of an aneedote that, think,
applies very well. II is a true one. A gem
tleman owning some fine cattle, and priding
himself very much thereon, proposed to a
witty relative Of his to 20 with him TO his
meadow one morning to see his herd. Upon
arriving at the place, large COW was OBJ
served " stiff aud stark and very low in
ilesh," whereupOn the owner aforesaid re-
marked, poor thing I'm so sorry lor her
she was the best COW | had-died, no
doubt, from something she has eat" " Pooh 4
said his friend, lit is - sight more
likely something she hasn't eat has killed
herr
30 il is with the death or poisoning Of
stock with the Chinese Cane or seed-thc
want Of these articles has been the death ol
many 4 poor horse, COW and hUg in this
country-and not the use of them. Green
food iermenting IN the stomach will kill
horses and men too--and this il the secret
Of the poisoning so reported. Ny horses,
cows. pigs aud fowls. have eaten the cane and
seed IN all stages of liz growth. and have
yet to see anything but the very best results
therefrOm
One word MORE have carefully laid
away lot Of cane 10 plant in trenches next
spring. a an experiment. | believe that
there will be a growth from the "cycs" as
10 the other cane. Why not : =
Yours respectfully,
u. ]. ROBINSON.
0gleihr0ps county, Ca, Dse.. 1857.
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