Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-05-27
From the Southern C.hirntor.
The Chinese Sugar Cane.
IT'S CULTURE, ANF CONFEDERATE
SYRUP.


IT'S CULTURE, ANF CONFEDERATE
SYRUP.
The Chinese Sugar Cane, during This Var,
which will lust t,co gears longer, is destined
TO plsy an important part in Southern Agr!.
cul;ure, aud to furnish ogc people and army
with the only Syrup within our reach.
The extravagant pretenticas Claimed ior 1t, IN
lS55-'56, wien first introduced, aud when
novelty gave point and einphaslS to enthusi-
asm. maynow be considered obSoete; and,
hcuceiurih, this plant will rank, according to
IFS intrinsic merit, for its iorsge a:d Syrup
properties. During The blockade, it. will pay
better than any crop grown, except Tobacco,
and furnish Weld {" Syrup nearly equal 10
,Lat ofiLe West India Sugar Cane. There
fore. its proper culture and manufacture into
Syrup should be generally known.
lst. Its Cuture.-lt convenient, select q
rich sandy luam, or such lands as are Com
mo,ly kuown as Hammocks, Or alluyia sandy
bottoms. Where tins cant be done. any laad
viii do. which will make corr, with precisely
similar results, US to yield, except. that in no
case, are hard stiff clayey la' dS suite 10 th'S
plant. It's true, and bear ii i'll mind, that
your land planted will yield as many @al'ons
nj iSorgho Syup per ac'e, US 1t would per&s
o., c0rn.
Break up your land broad cast with turn
p'ows, open burrows four feet apart with
scooter, drill one peck Of seed t. tie acre
continuously il these rows, and cover wi'e
scoo,ers, BY running up one side and dnwn
the other. In eiyAt days kn"ck of tile dr,
rows wi!h boards, il painted III March, or II
fre dcys il III April, and, at any time, aiier a
hard aim Le!orc the earth 5akeS THIS will
ensure a goal sfaad. have l2G acres. most.
iv planted This way On the d.. and y; %.
lIarcir. and lie stand is efcc|;ent, tie plants
conins UP in II tn IL days, a''er flooding
rains and much cold weather.
Where *e"l are very scarce, lay eft the
drills four feet apart. droi Il to 10 seed every
foot apart. and cover with the Joo. Lightly.
If you plant in April o- May and the ground
is damp, svak The seed "a hours before plant
ing. ;.
As the Chinese Sugar aEiet matrrea its
seed aud stalks in fee mo"iis you may plant
from thc 20tI. Of .Eorch TO the 18Th of Nay
bat as in case wlh all cereals, in ;!iis latitude,
the earlier the better.
The First working is bcil delicate and i'm
portant. The plant now IS small, resembles
grass, and o.! SLOW growth. Gear in mind,
our object; now is to clean Tie Gfiils, and gel
q good stand, upon which your success for
large crop essentially depends Here the
cnl,iva,or must use his good sense and judg-
ntent, and either put the hoes before the
plows. if v:ry grassy and the plants small. or
the plows b. fore the hoes ifnot grassy, as the
condition of the land may indicate.
! In this way, he must hoe and plow it out
to a stand, say 10 two or three stalks every
II or l6. ihchea, Or to one stalk every inches.
| insis, that this is the proper culture, as
against the old mode Of planting in checks
and giving greater distance. have proved
it bv experience, and, BESIDES all the charac-
,cristic analogics of the entire millet family
sanction this culture.
rainy days, when the land is wet. This is
better than rcplanting. After this, say in $
days. give one deep and thorough plowing-
and once or twice afterwards, sweep, and lay
the crop by, when wais'-high,
ond. Tie Manufacture of S0rylo6r C6ntcae.
rate Swwp-My directions are for farmers
aid planters who have moi. cannot, AID would
not get the elaborate apparatus cf srgac-
housc but there are essential fixtures, &c.,
which must be had, to wit: mHl, Lc!iefs, o
bniling dippcr Of wood Of five gallon capacity,
with long handle, y common dipper, and
perforated ladies' or skimmcrs.
The MW.-Get one mill for 80 acres, ,rl
two lor a hundred acres or moro Ms .i,e
Is inches n !liameter, ani "A long, for The
cylinders. They shuud be OF cast iron tie
foundries wilpnake them to order.
The Joilcrs.-They should be proportioned
in size and number to the size of the crop
say one for 90 acres, ',ro or three for so acres,
aid FIVE or SIX Tor 100 acres, ,nrre ar Iacs
As many rs ire or his eau lie put in oao
"bai,ery," und he oreraled by one furnace
running under Ill. The capacity of tie bell
rrs cal. be greatly increased, by tasterirg a
wooden rim, s or !" inches high around ,hs;l
top. The brick work Of the furnace should
not reach higher on Tie inside thau miatruA
Of the hoiers, otherwise the syrup will b.
turm hy the fire.
TIE cane should not be cnt until y;pe, which
may be known by tic seeds heconnC of ?
ou,l tish b'aci,, and the stalks streaktd will
rel on yclowish ground 1t is well TO know
and recoect that The canes, il left s!anina
on the land where they graw, with oil rAei
leaves Or Fodder on them, will .ccp good ur
til the crop * manufactured, If you sill bare
ly cpt of all the liee seed. IL you pull th,
G,,ldcr the c.nts will dry up, it being The
m,ulh ard lanGs fjhe partS.
Tie gathering q tie canes.-Pull tie fol-
d.r as you do Corn i1fder, zach day as yo,
grind your canes. Cut the stalks ,closestt til,
GROUND with Sharp hoes, and haul them to th'