The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-04-30

Sood syrup. The thicker you plant it
this kind of soil the less vegetable matt
or glucose it will contain. Hog manur
which some persons have been in the hab
OF using, contains large amount Of potter
in it, and therefore should never be usec
unless you like bitter and rank syrup.
The convention then adjourned until
o'clock the next morning.
SECOND DAY.
After the reading and approving Of Tn
minutes of the previous days proceeding.
the subject under the second head was la
ken up, viz:
SECOND BEST SEEDS.
D. D. Tooker said he deemed it Of tn
first Importance to plant none but the bes
seed. Most of the seed now in market
damaged and will not germinatc, or is i'm
pure from carelessness in cultivation So tha
it hybridizes with other plants of the sam
genus, but not saccharine Even Michiya,
grown seed is not always reliable, owing t
imperfect maturity. have been in tn
habit of sending to southern Ohio for see,
for myself and neighbors, and with see.
from that poin', have not failed to get
good stand of cane during my five year
experience. prepare the seed for plant
ing by soaking it in warm water twenty
four hours, and keeping it moist and warn
until it sprouts. BY this method gain a
least tn days in its early growth and ma
turity o. the cane, which in this latitude i,
an item of no small consideration. Sert
will maintain its vitality for several Years
if kept dry. have planted seed two year
old and got as good crop as by any
other.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Rasin, thought. in aldi
ton to soaking it in warm water, it shoult
be rolled in plaster. The plaster will Civ,
it good start.
S. W. STANDARD, Of Ohio, wanted to know
If Chinese cane would hybriiize with Indi
an corn. lie would like to hear the views
Of gen,lcmcn.
Mr.. Insraham said plants o: the same
towering would mix. Imphee, doury corn
and broom corn would mix, because thei,
flowers We're Of the same kind Our maiz
or Indian corn will not mix with sorghum
by violation OF nature, som, times potato
will grow on an apple tree, and from the
s,me operation an ear of corn might be
grown on sorghum stalk, not otherwise
John Service was satisfied sorghum wo' d
hybrldize with maize, as well as with mil
lot and broom corn. One Of my nqis ishbors
had field Of French eisht-rowcd corn
planted near his sorghum, and he found
two perfect ears of this corn on a sorghum
stalk. His own experience was that it
would mix. The ears of corn he speaks
Of were five or SIX inches long, and looked
like rice corn.
Mr. Tooker had seen sorghum suckers
that looked like ears Of corn.
Mr.. STANDARD had planted sorghum and
corn near each other, and never knew it to
mix
Mr.. Miller, Of Indiana, said the early I'm
phce raised in southern Illinois and Mis-
souri,, ne regarded as preferable, because it
opened earlier, and was of quicker growth
He said if you did not plant it near broom
corn good seed could be obtained from it,
MIR. Ambrose had planted the Chinese
until last year, when he tried the lmphee,
md it proved Of superior quality, and made
excellent syrup. Yet he was not yet sure
that it was the best. He thought the I'm
Dhee stalks were the fullest Of saccharine
natter. lie had obtained quantity of
\ frican seed from France, and should try
I this year.
O. n. Brainard said he planted the first
ear near broom corn. 1t came np with
'room corn, and it was poor. And the
iext year the corn from this seed was
'ithy and contained no saccharinc matter.
lie was satisfied that it would mix with
indian corn--or that corn so deteriorates
As to, in few years, destroy its saccha-
inc qualities.
Mr. John Richards said sorghum seed in
his latitude would inevitably deteriorate,
because the climate was an unnatural one
Or its growth. He thought the Chinese
he best adapted to our climate. ue tho't
he imphcc made the handsomest syrup,
'ut the great difficulty is in the endless va.
ietv, and it is consequently unsafe to cul-
lvate. lie thought our s.ed must be- re-
ewed from natural sugar cane climate
very few years, in order to keep up the
ualty. He favored the idea that sorghum
'ould by ybrisiz. with Indian corn.
W. B. Cory, of Lima, Ind, favored the
LA that !nphee was the best for sugar
nd the Chinese for syrup. lie had grown
9th for live years. lie found that Chinese
eed weighed from 30 to "a pounds to the
ushel, while lmphee would weigh ~
ounds to the bushel, and there was about
hat difference in the value of the two.
'he lmphee would start at least five DAYS
ooner and show heavier blade. lie had
aiscd cane side by side with maize and
pund no deterioration, but is sure that it
ybridzes with broom corn. lie is satisfied
hat Inphee makes the best sugar. The
ind have used is the N cazanah, and it
ill mature in 30 days. Had made some
yrup from lmphee which Mr.. Belchrr, by
na'ysis, pronounced to contain Is per
ent. sugar.
Z. n. Brainard exhibited some specimens
t sugar made from lmphcu. 1t is made
'i,hout difficulty. You simply boil it the
anne as for syrup, and let it stand short
me and draw off the molasscs and you
ave good dry sugar. There is no grape
ugar in it. The lnphee from which !
,ade the sugar was gathered in August
hen the Chinese cane was IN bloom. We
hould use the kind that natures the quick
st. II the \ 'rcan docs SO, Use that Mr.
'tlcher, the Chicago 'etiner, says it is best,
ecause it makes the finest sugar. think
you plant Imphre or Sorghum side 10y
de with corn it will b. entirely destroyed
ithin five years.
Mr.. Brainard here read the resolutions
lopted 10y the Board of the Illinois Agri
ultural Society, in relation to the sending
an agent to France and China for the
urpose OF procuring pure seed, and the
ction OF that committee was confirmed by
lis convention.
Then came proposition
3-PREPARATIoN OF SOFT.
Mr. STANDARD thought the soil should be
repaired in about the same way as for corn
[e would take light soil and ridge it. The
ows should be three feet apart. and the
ills twelve or fifteen inches. No extra
lltvation is necessary.
John Richards thought the soil should
e well cultivated, and we'll cleared OF
eeds.
Ar. Ambrose would thoroughly pulver,
'e the soil and clear it of weeds.
Mr.. Brsnard would plow deep and throw
into riS~,s R;}ro, ,.,l ~, ha,