The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-05-06

sandy loan VIII 90 pest. lts1ould oe wen
manured. Manure warns tho soil, and warmth
is highly nee csssary, at panting-n fact, the
cane will not grow until the ground is warm .
BY doing this the cane turns out more syrup,
and Of better quality. He planted last year
half an acre in light sandy loan, and the lat.
ter yielded double the amount Of syrup, a d
Of better quality.
G. w. Ingrsbam, Of Jackson county, Mich
igan, said that his experience thus far proved
that cane raised on a light, warm soil pro
duced the best syrup, and also the best sugar.
No evaporator will exclude all the vegetable
matter; but Il the cane could always be ripe,
thoroughly SO, think the cane raised in the
heavy soil would be as good. Let the cane
be thoroughly ripe, and its granulatiug quail.
ties are greatly increased. Green cane, Of
Course, contains more vegetable matter, and,
Consequently, more grape sugar, or glucose
The cate, in my opinion, should have an ear
ly start and get thoroughly ripened. II this
be so, although it may grow on heavy soil, 1t
will make good syrup and grauulate well.
o. NJ. Brainard, Of Marion county, Iowa,
thoug' the best soil for syrup or sugar was
sandy gravel, or hazel soil. On rich, low soil
good syrup can be produced, provided it has
been cropped nunb'r of years. There is
grape sugar in rick soils La specimen Of which
he exhibited 10 the Convention that prevents
grannlation: This grape sugar is also found
in soils lately manured, together with por.
tons of vegetable albumen. These, combined
in the juice, will make black, bitter syrup, but
will not granulale into sugar. Therefore, light
soil will produce grained sugar, il rightly
manufactured. Soil manured with horse ma.
nure will produce acidty in the ryrup, ard it
contains a large quantity Of potene or vege,a
bic albumen, and will never granulate. Cane
planted wide apart will grow very heavy and
thick in the stalk but will not g'anulate
near as well as when planted thicker and pro.
duces thinner stalks. A stalk three-fourths
Of an inch through has rs much saccharlne
matter, and OF course far less vegetable, a one
two inches through, providing they are the
main stalks. Rich ground requires the cane
to be planted thick-l5 to 20 stalks in the
hll-io make good syrup. I he thicker you
plant it in this kind Of soil the less eetsble
nu-c, which some persons have been in the
habit of using, contains large amount OF pl-
tene il. it. and Therefore should never be used,
unless you like bitter and rank syrup.
The Convention here adjourned until niue
o'clock TO morrow morning.
SECOND DAY.
THURSDAY, April II.
After the reading and approving Of the
minutes Of the previous days proceedings the
subject under the second head WAS taken up,
viz:
sEcoSp-BEsT SEEDS.
Mr.. D. D. Tooker said lie deemed il Of he
first importance to plant none bu' the best
seed. Most Of the seed now 10 marka, is dam
aged and will not gsrminate, or is impure
from carelessness in cultivation SO that it hy b.
ridizes with other plants of he same genus,
but not saccharinc. Even Michigan grown
seed is not Away. reliable, owing to imperfect
maturity. | have been in the habi, of send
ing to Southern Ohio for seed for myself and
ueighhors, and with seed from that point, have
not failed to get 4 GOOD stand Of cane during
my five years experience. prepare the seed
for planting by soaking it in warm water TWEEN,
ty four hours, and keeping it moist aud warm
until it sprouts BY this method | gain at
least ten DAYS in its early growth and muturi.
ty Of the cane, which in this latitude is an
item Of no small consideration. Seed will
maintain its vitality for several years, if kept
dry. | have planted seed tw 70 years old AMI
got as good a crop as by anv other.
Mr.. Wilson, Of RaiSin, Michigan, thought
in addition to soaking it in warm water, it
should be rolled in plaster. The plaster will
givo it a good start.
Mr.. s. w. STANDARD, Of Ohio, wanted TO
know if Chinese cane would hybridzs with
Indian corn. lie would like to hear the vi,ws
Of gentlemen.
Mr.. Ingraham said plants Of the same flow.
cring would mix. Imphee, doury corn and
broom corn would mix, because their flowers
were Of Tho same kind. Our maize or Indian
corn will not mix with sorghum BY aviola.
ton Of nature, sometimes a potatoe will grow
on an apple tree aad from the same operation
an ear of corn might grow on sorghum sak,
not otherwise.
John Service was satisfied sorghum would
bybridize with maize, rs well as with millet
and broom corn. One Of my neighbors had u
field Of French eight.rowcd corn planted near
his sorghum, and he found two perfect ears of
this corn on a sorghum stalk. His own expe.
rence was tha, it would mig. The ears OF
corn he speaks Of were five or six inches long,
aud looked like rico corn.
Mr.. T6oker had seen sorghum suckers that
looked like ears Of corn.
Mr.. Stan lart had planted sorghum and
corn ne each otbcr and never knew It to
mix.
Mr.. Miller, Of Indiana, said the early I'm.
phcc raised in Southern Illinois and Missouri,
hc regarded as preferable, because it ripcned
earlier, and was of quicker growth. He said
if you did not plant it near broom corn good
seed could lie obtained from it.
Mr.. Ambrose had planted tho Chinese un-
I'll last year, when he tried the lmphee, and it
proved of superior quality, aud made excel
lent syrup. Yet he was not yet sure that j,
was the best. H. thought tho Impbec stalks
were the fullest Of saccharne matter. He had
obtained a quantity Of African seed from
Frame, and should try it this year.
o. n. Bralnard said he planted the first
year near broom corn. 1t came up with broom
corn, and it was poor. And the next year
the corn from this seed was pitby and con.
,aued no saccharine matter. He was satisfied
that it would mix with Indian corn--or that
corn 80 deterioa,es it as to, in few years, de
stroy its sacchariue qualities.
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