M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-04-05
Sgritultar.al.
From the Clio cultAatOr.
Sugar cane Culture

Al the last meeting IN Col rs OF
the Sorghum Growers AssocAtion, a
resolution was adopted requesting eaEh
member thereof, and%hose interested,
tofmpart their experience il, tbe ,cul-
:, &fation, manufacture, etc, Of the Chi
q 6ese Sugar Cane. There are many
- pefs6ns throughout the country that
we, bGTatNowIedge OF, that to great.
er oEless extent have been expert.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS above, that we would
T be glad1Naker, from: We hope they
will slSPfivAege, and we
mightsSystsfeir duty, for the cncour.
agement Of others TO let Us hear from
them. As have been interrogated
& by parties from different sections, re-
questing my views on ths Sorghum, |
will commence series Of communica.
tions on that subject, L6ping at the
time to hear from Others.
First, will say that | have. .expri-
.mented on small scale Tor the. .last
/three years, and although IN those
seasons we failed to see full develop.
fment OF the crop-ihousands of acres
OF corn net even ripening-yet under
all the unfavorable circumstances tine
Sorghum paid better than majority
Of the other crops that we raise, as an
article for the table and provender for
s6ckt | fancy hear some one say:
II have tried it, and it did not pay
me- l don't doubt that in tue least,
In odrmost prosperous SEASONS we find
men ib every section that don't make
itpay in anything. Some probably
have plpntH it on half plowed, foul
land, gdd the crop was choked ont;
Others on wet, land. anG drowned out;
others oE~heavy, thin soil, where the
crop cghld not grow, others covered
the sekdso' deep that it wis impossible
for tito come to light; others planted
poor seed, and some did not half cul-
tivate hence the failure. .. ..,
In the FIST place, procure dry,
rich, clean soil--clover or other sWard
land, or land that has been we'll titled
sn1 maumed in previous crops. Early
IN the season plow deep, and turn over
well with good plow. If is clay
land, hI all means suusoil it--tha is,
with subsoil plow follow in the fur.
row ytthe first pow. Some may say:
81 nave not two teams, one to follow
behind the other" That may all be
true. Experiments have proved to
denomination that it will pay any far.
lner in case of that kind, to exchange
work with his neighbor. Next pro-
cure q good harrow, and when the
ground is dry, thoroughly pulverize it.
Next procure good seed--bctter pay
q high price for good seed, than Lave
poor seed as gift. Some say one
quart of seed is enough for an acre
i would rather put on between half
gallon and gallon than less. wod
rather pull up two or three stalks than
replant one., Some advise to plant it
thin, and let it stoolout would
rather have one good main stalk than
three suckers. There ought to be
about three stalks on the ground where
you would have one Of Indian corn.-+
Iprefer drilling in preference to hills,
i consider the best method to get 4
good and paying crop, is to plant in
rows, from three to three and u hall
feet apart, say two stalks every nine
or ten inches, or three stalks every IA
Is inches: that gives room to work be-
tween it with hoe, if needed. The
seed should be planted as near the top
ofthe ground as possible. lfplanted
by hand, the ground should be mark
ked off very shallow with light i'm.
plement that will make 2 or more rows
at a time. The seed should be soak.
ed "a hours in warm water, then roll.
ed in plaster. One inch OF dirt is plen.
ty to put upon the seeI. | use a one
horse corn drill, and have better sue
cess than my neig ghbors that plant by
hand. The time for planting is as
early in May as can be done, when the
ground is dry and warm. 1t is use
less to plant when the ground is cold.
On the cultivation, etc, hereafter.
Es A. II. WRENN.
Mt. Gilead, March, 1860.