The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-21

~ hrmess Of Virginia cannot too highly

The hrmen Of Virginia cannot too highly
sueanaas The importance Of the crop Of Chi
neee eaeAr cane This cane wa first intro
Apced mto the North come ten or fifteen
ysazs aipce, md was seized upon by the abo'
lit,culees = . substitute for the eiavegrown
cans. ani lie fabrics Of molasscs and sugar.
L NJ uceed upon the attention Of farmers
throughout Yanksedom. and every stimuius
% isssxtsasive cultivation was applied w1n
neas zeal The New York Triba"e deve'ea
ID most iAna&ical columns to tho saojsei'
end dA3ay, Tor time, shouted . decia'~.,o"
q independence Of the South, base" A''o
aseAsr on sosyAsmA But Ysnkcedom Ane"
O. lnterests too we'll to hcarken TO the raw
iuks q the fool Of tho Tribune. anhee
S>rmers vent ON 20 cultivate corn and bacon
and 70 raise mules for Southern rlantes'
aaA - tAke their sugar ana mo'asses ;" .A
chanee. knowing that they would make IN
An,fslv moro in that way than they wou'd oy
enllovinx the Tsi6mne's advice and cultivat
iAe sorghum.
eanRsia.iy enough this product Of agricul-
tara which the Northern fanatic hailed as
10 means Of Northern independence Of
slav&srown sugar and molassee, and which
NJ rejected By the North, becomes most
inpoetant crop for the South. 1t has In a
measure met most serious want OF our
0eu9heEn people, cut OF a. they are from
the West Indies and from New Orleans
The past year It WAS but partially cultivated
b. the farming community, yet the supply
Of molasses It has yielded has been very
considerable and most opportune. 1t can
not be too earnestly pressed upon their at
teation. Its extensive cultivation will do
immense good, while those who cultivate 1t
viii very probably make more money from;
1t than any other crop-certainly in proper
ton 70 the ground appropriated to 1t.
We believe thus far the sap Of this cane
has not been successfully converted to su-
gar. Il does not readily granulate. Yet il
= believed BY many that, with the proper
apparatus and the employment Of some chemi
eal agent, Il may be converted to very fine
sugar. Certain It IL that it makes very ex-
cellent molassee, even with the crude prepa-
gAions for its manufacture thus far in use.
Y, hen the apparatus is improved, and expert
eGes comes to the aid of the manufacturers
y : shall no doubt have q fabric inferior TO
eone ever prodaced- ..
A farmer who cultivated half an acre OF
Ills crop last season assures US that he made
,ays hundred and dity gallons of good syrup
ifcn the stalks, besides saving the seeds,
=. itch are elegant food for stock, and the
>.lder.
M. C. 7. Norris, who has the necessary
.taehinesy and steam power for grinding the
me and boiling the syrup, has submitted q
.oposition TO the farmers along the line OF
- canal, to erect mill between this place
.u., Lynchburg for the manufacture Of the
=, asses on shares, he taking the cane from
Il canal bank, carrying it to the mill, and
~ umiug the molasses in his boats.
We believe there arc about two hundred
farmers along the canal. Suppose each
Of these farmers would agree to cultivate
:wmty acres In the cane, we should have
1000 acres In cane, which, yielding
only $50 gallons Of molasses to the acre,
would givea production of 10000 gallons
Of molasses. This, at only $40 per gallon,
would be worth 90, 100000.
Besides the molasses, the farmer would
have the seed, which from each stalk, is
worth Is much as the Indian corn per stalk;
much larger amount of fodder than the
ordinary corn yields. and the crushed cane,
liter the juice has been extracted.