Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-11

The first inquiry with the farmer will be
what part of my farm will be best adapted
to these plants ~ 1t is no part of my object
to give an analytical description of the soil,
but merely the kind which my experience
has taught me to be the most preferable
These plants have originally grown upon a
light, brown, soil, therefore, they will seek
such soil TO supply their natural wants, and
| have obtained the best favored syrup grown
from this kind Of soil The fiat clay, or low
land soil, will produce a very heavy rank
cane, and to all appearance, looking much
more flattering; but when you come to test
the strength Of the jnice, it will take 10 to IA
gallons to make one of syrup. This cane
you will find full of woody, spongy fibre ;
but from your sandy soil you can make a
gallon of syrup from five to six gallons of
juice.
A new virgin soil, one would suppose,
would be the best for this plant, but we are
deceived here. Although it produces lux
uriant growth Of vegetation, yet this soil is
equally dcleterious to.the saccharine qualities
from which chrystalizatio is produced.
A high, rolling timber soil, no matter if it
is thin and poor, the roots of these plants
strike down deep into the earth, and feels for
the silk, that gives them the greatest natu-
raj support, and often you find that from
five to seven gallons Of juice will make a gal
Ion Of syrup. aaa ~
The clay soil, or rolling land is very good
If you stir deep, and let the root of the
plant take its natural course, it will find that
sustenance that it best likes, so that it will
yield a fulson granulation. If you think
your land too weak, 80 bushels of lime and
one-half bushel of salt to the acre will doub-
ly pay the expense. Ashes, also, will aid
the cane very much. In the production of
sugar | use no horse manure. Tt is too hot
and full of ammonia, and destroys in fact the
saccharine qualities Of the cane. Notwith-
standing, any of our soil will yield good
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PLANTING.
sprout my seed in a weak solution of
chloride of lime twenty-four hours. Then I
bag the seed and cover in warm earth till it
sprouts through the bag. Plant in April or
by the15th of May, and in ninety days you
can begin to work the crop. Plant north and
south, four feet one way, and ten or twelve
the other way. never sucker the cane
If the cane should happen to be cut on the
ground by frost, it will retard the crop some
what, but cut off the dead part, and it will
still make a good crop. The roots of this
plant run deep and gets a stronghold of life
before it makes its appearance above ground.
Without sprouts, it takes the seed from 4
to weeks to get above ground after planting.
| have seen the root four to five inches long
before it showed life above ground 1t is a
hardy plant, and you can transport the stalk
and no fear of loss, and whenever you can
make corn crop you may make crop of
cane. The Chinese will run naturally to
Nroom corn whether there is any within five
| Niles of or it not. And as to all the tribes of
cNe have seen, they undoubtedly have
teNency to hybridize with each other But
now remember, they say there are sixteen
dliiant kinds of the Tmphee. do not yet
beiieN that the lmphee will run to broom
corn Vover your seed very light lest it rots.
CULTIVATION.
Snbsaing is undoubtedly the best partic.
ularly asNe roots do not expand on the sur
lace; butNs have said, they run deep in
the ground therefore stir the earth as deep
as possible. SIf this is done, the plant need
no killing I've corn. 1t stands any drouth
without lnnJuN, and in fact dry season is
the best, for Wat juice you get then, will be
strong. As we said before, | never cut
or pull sucks The small stalks are as
sweet as the largpne.
[To b coSrrSuED.