, 1864-10-29
NORTHWESTERN SOB
GHUM CONVENTION.
fecond Days Proceedings.
Summary Of the Discus
SlOuS.

C1UllS.
| LFrom Our Own Cot1espondentl
| ). ROCKFORD. Oct. p, 1854.
MORNING SESSION.
Tie Northwestern Sorghum Convention
met ,agsin this morning, 1t niue o'clock.
I The attendance WAS larger tran yesterday, and
| there Ras quite an accession to the eamples
! OF sugar ard eyrups. The subject OF seeds
/ wes ega3n ciscuescd-the subject having
BEEN ao1ourned from yesterday.
Mr. Blinn, of Rockford, preferred the
White Imphce to any other. He could get
| from seven to eight gallons Of syrup from
| the Eame amount Of this cane that he could
| get from five to st1 gallons from other cane.
He had made one hundred and twelve gal
lons4of syrup this year from sixty rods Of
ground. The seed he used came from Mis-
sour, and he thinks it superior quality Of
the White 1mphee. 1t Is not so early as 9th.
er kinds, and In this respect might prove OBJ
jecuolable. Early dosts Prove injurious
to 1t. :
Mr. Moss had some Of the same kind Of
cane he called the Little Yellow Imphee.
BE had planted 1t for three successive years.
1t IL not tall nor an early csne. It does
|
with much saccharine juice, Early frosts
! make it almost totally worthless. It may
net be safe TO cultivate 1t In the North on
this sccount. -
cane, and made 80 gallons OF syrup from q
| rods OF cane. LAst year the frost cut 1t OIL
He WAS for planting this cane, 1t 1t could be
matnted; but he thought, with the previous
gentleman, that It was too late variety to
| NJ. Pettit said this eamc cane WIS almost
universally raised In the Cedar Valley, Iowa.
+ BIZ. Seward thought there were strong OBJ
1ections to the White Imphee; 1T did not
produce first quality Of syrup; It was late IN
chtnch. bug.
Mr. Latshaw eaid that something should
| 60 from this Convention to the world in re-
gard to this matter Of seed. We migh hi dis
| CUES the matter for any length of time with
qut reaching trae conclusion, He then re-
lated his experience for the past seven years.
The past has been good season for cane.
lbe object is to get cane that will lripen safely
and producelthe best syrup. The cane he had
used Has the old Chintse, which came from
kansas. The past year, from e Of an acre Of
syrup. or is gallons. II this kind Il caae
is watched it can be kept pure, and 1t Was
the best thst could be planted, because it Is
four weeks earlier than the White Imphee.
AL soEghums Will hybridize unlees they are
cloFely watched. Small Chinese cane Wuen
grown, under favorable circumstances wonld
always make good syrnp-as good as. any
other. Old Chinese would prove the best, II
the adulterated stalk, which can be easily
detected, are taken out. This should be done
as soon as it blossomed. You can also Sept
rate broom corn as soon as It appears, by the
spreading tops. When discovered it should
Ill: Moss wanted to get at the fact whether
the degenerac5 Of cane is climatic or hybrid
izat,on.
Mr. Latahan said thes eed wou1d run out
| when there MAS no broom corn near. He
thought all cane would more or less degener.
ate unless carefully watched Ifit WAS care
fully watched there would be no difficulty
with eeeu. He was for sticking to the small
Chinese, and the big Chinese or Kansas.
He would advise the, planting Of
late canes may freeze, aud in that casa We
should have the earller ones tor use, aud vies
sr7sa. ae Would not grow cane on prairie
soil. Vhere u something In the prairie soil
which affects the sap. He could detect it in
the boiling. It would bubble .Karsas A.
Of their cleaner soil They have the sandy
and clay soil, which makes the cane grow
quicker and better.
Charles Foster, Of Winnebago, had made up
bis mind that there were three causes which
changed the character and destroyed sugar
can not reduce the deterioration to one
cause. Transmission may be named as anoth-
er cause Of deterioration The plant viii
partake of the nature OF the soil, and you
must select the coil with that idea- Select q
good piece Of soil By trying three or tour
them. In this way sou can ascertain which
is the best adapted to .yonr purposes. He
thought clay. sandy soil the best; virgin
soil Is also good. It should be free
from al rank weeds; TIE difficulty
poibts develop different preferences Tor seed
| ard modes Of cultivation. And here Is tho
mistake. Hence the discrepancy in their
opinions. What may be good eetd, or q
good mode OF cultivation 10 one part Of the
recommendation WAS to select a high, roll
| ing candy or c1sy, or mixed eaud or clay,
prairie, free from any adulterous plants, and
keep It clean. In this way with fair seed and
exhibited some eeed from Missouri, white
lmphee, which had produced handsome re-
sults.' The seed WIS as good as the original,
although 1t had been planted three successive
Mr. Klmball, Of Rockford, had raised cane
from the came description Of sted, and be
liked it. It was Of strong growth, and easily
distinguished from grass when it came up.
The winds DO not iSjure It, while they Dc
other qualities. His ,yicld was sbont 200
| EA4tDAe ~ LIE aClE% nE IAtuEE pfElCICEU kuG
darE syrups to the light, because; according
to his experience, they exhibited greater
density. This description OF cane retained
its qualities while other kinds gave out.
At this stage Of the proceedings, the Com
mfttee On Organization reported the names
Of E. 81. Seward, Of McHenry, and D. 8.
Pardee, of Wirnebago, as Vice Presidents
OF tie Convention, and the report was ac'
cepted.
| The following resolution, offered BY .aIr.
Moss, Was unanimously adopted:
| Rtsolrkd1 That this convention recommend the
planting Of both earty and late yate1es Of cane to
| 1engthfn the tessou Of mauuactuse; also tht
| carefpl and systematic experimenting with differ
| EFT varieties Of African cane but for genera
| and extentive cultivation, ne recommend tht
pure Chinese Sorrhum.
This closed the discussion On seed.
CULTIVATION.
The subject Of cultivation Was then taker
Mr.. Seward thought clay soil mixed Witl
eand+ With aspes added as q fertilizer, VA
the best. Ashes had tendency to destro,
the vegetable taste in the syrup. He believed
in thorough cultivation, By manurlng, etc.
MI. Kimball read letter from Nj. Had
ley, Of LaSalle, relating his experience will
the different kinds Of seed. The letter hal
a1readg appeared In the TR1BUHE.1
| Mr. Moss offered resolution rendering thi
thanks Of the convention to Mr.. Hadley TO-
his very able and interesting report. Adopted
The subject of cultivation was renewed.
i Nj. latshaW thought that clay sol mi1et