, 1863-04-14

There Is Il heavy duty On the imported now,
and Louisiana syrups are minus, and will our
100, 000 barrels Or 4,000, ,Oo0 galions supply the
dcn,and? l think not, Can it be raised At
tht above price on large scale : II is Il con-
Gtded Fact thai it only costs five dollars per
acre 10 grow it, anlit yields, When Well rAistl,
from 2to TO 3o0 gallons per acre, which is only
two and Il ltalf cents per Guiiou. Gathering
and manufacturing is very simple aud cls :
with the Improved machiue=, aud only costs
five cehts per gallon. The syrup after it is
rclil.ed, brings the highest price, or more
than tile foreign urticle OF syrup. There is
NJ crop raised That pays better, und there lus
never been j failure of the crop when well
ctsitftatsd. Any good upland or dry roll will
grow 1t. Stable manurcd lands injure the
quality Of the syrup. The soil should be pull
yetlseu yrry deep, Us the roots are very strong
and peuvtrate to the bottom. The ground
should hot be prepared until just before
plaHtiDg, so that Lie weeds will not get the
start ut the canes. The easiest way TO raise .
la1ge crop Is to drill in the seed. A corn
planter, With drill attached, did good bus
lness last Year. Set tlcm to drill Ypry sl,al.
low, not over one inch deep. Roll the 1icld
soon as planted. Be sure aud have pure seed
If possible, us it ii no more work to raise q
full crop than half Il one. Put the SEED iu a
bag aud soak In WARM water over night, then
bury In warm soil, or straw pile, until the
sprouts start. Drill in rows about four feet
may blow it doTn before I1pe. Put about 80
pounds Of seed .l'er acre. II thu seed is very
plump use more. Du not plaut in this way
until warm weather. Seed planted. last
sy'lson, from tue 18th Of April to tue 18th Of
May, did mol ripcn rs soon rs seed planted
tiom 18th Of May to the 18th Of June.
We generally hare cold rain about the
first Of May, that injuries thu c:.ue, anI if the
seed Is just terminating, y, it will kill it. When
the canes get up about two inches high, Illr-
TOW the ground over cro=swise of the drills.
The roots arc SO strong it will not injur,, the
canes, but will kill all the weeds; and when
the canes are up four to six inches high, 1ar-
70" with the row, With two ho1se harrow,
Knocking out the forward tooth; then ploW
or cultivate once, and the cane will take care
OF Itself Another good way to raise it and
plant carly, il to plow the soil deep, then take
stirring ploW and tlEuW two furrows to.
gctl.cr, "nd plant un the ridge, two and 4 half
by three and llalf feet 1t can be planted
earlier this way than the other, is tie cold
rains do not affect it, and the seed being up
high and dry, the water settles between the
rows. 1t can be rlowcd ont when thu canes
arc small, rs they are NIT liable to ret cover
cd up, being 80 high Plant ten TO fifteen
seeds in the hill, ,;6 there is .as much sa.c!l1-
riMe matter in Il small main stalk us in a large
one; consequently We can raise three times
az much per acre Us when planted thin. Do
not get llunibugged with some new variety
of seed with a great name, as t do
not brlieye VT will ali get rich raising sugar,
but Elay raising syrup. The canes should not
bc Ilowcd among late III the SEASON, rs tue
roots that take the saccharinc matter will be
cut utt, and: the cane ruined for syrup. The
seed from the cane will lmy for growing the
crop, if well secured. 1t weighs about - lbs.
to the bushel, and makes good feed for hovs
or cattle, and yields about Is bushels per acre.
Sorghum ti3s had to stand on its own meits.
There hts 10 article coMe into general use
in SO short time, that has had So much to
contend with as the so5gho. Mention it is rs
a tblc syrup. and 1t WAS sucered ut by almost
every one, ESPECIALLY the grocery gentry, stat
ing that 1t would never comc init general uses
as it had such Il peculiar taste. Did they
Know that it w25 in its crude state and in its
infancy, that we live III an age Of improvement.
This same sorgho is now refined and on their
tables branded Us golden ami amber syrups,
and admired by every one, when it should be
marked Western CAM syrups, but such are
the Tvrjudices Of some Of our penple Take
the crude Southern syrup, before it is refined,
,4 and @ how much much, more nor Palatahle is that pecu-
through and into 1t waist deep: Has 1t bet
tcr favor than The so.glo made By our Nor.
thrsn brothers? l think the peculiar taste is
i,i thc sorgho%s favor. Some may try to keep
it from being introduced 10 meet their trades
and purses, but it is bound to succeed and
corue into general nsc, and drive ali other syr-
ups out Of the market Thousands of dol
lars are now being expended in sorgho
machinery, which calls for a great number Of
mechanics, and gives them tho benefit instead
Of scndiug it to other countries for syrup to
btnctit the few, In fact the machines are
now 70 slmplified through Yankee Ingenuity,
that every flrner cln becoMe an independent
sugar planter Il he wishes. The coming year
every farmer abu1d raise some If the s0rgho,
it is taking the place Of sugar to large ex-
tent-lt being a good substitute for brown
sugars in cooking. Families formerly. using
five gallons If syrup for year now use forty
gallons Of the sorGho. Farmers Of tile North
west do your duty, and We will bccome indie.
pendent ot any. foreign powers for sugar or
syrup, and keep Our money ut home, aud be a
more independent people than ever before,
o. y. MAISEnp, Chicago.