The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-04-18
inland Farmers Club. af'' 7
April 18th. 1867.
President Fostef in, the
[inates OF last meeting read

Ihe suD)ecL IOr ulscuSniot, oc9
the "Cnlturo and Manufacture Of
Northern Sugar Cane" e
The President gave synopsis Of
the subjec... Mr.. Kerfoot said he
preferred drilling and planting on new
land, it required less hoeing. lie
thought sorghum thebestfor making
syrup; has manufactured the syrup
in different ways; prefers the Cooke
Evaporator; makes it q point to boil
fast and skim, from tho time, tho,
scum begins torise, until the syrup
is nearly finished. There was "a
great deal ofsyrup scorched in ma
'.',s, i'~ he'd ,...ssc noarly l.s00 &c
Tons last fail and only scorched or
pan full-dampens tho fire before;
removing the molasses from the PAN.
Mr.. Richards don't approve Of
planting on new land, it is less troub
10 to cultivate, but it viii not pro-
duce as much syrup to the. amount
Of sap as that raised on old land, and
when thined out it stands up better.
Mr.. Fletcher prefers as old and,
clean ground as is onsthe farm, pro
fers drilling and thinning to nix in.
ches inlthe row; would plant sorgh-
urn for molasscs and Otihetian for
sugar, the Otihetian will not succor,
strips with q wooden knife, Sprefers
tho Cooke Evaporator, both 70 makes
sugar and molasses.
Mr.. Marshall has had. but little OK
perience in the raising and manufac-
turing of sugar cane, and wanted to
know if thore was any better way
than planting the seed dry.
Mr.. Brown prefers the gray prairie
for cane it does better; natures ear
lier, and makes better favored syrup;
said he could raise more cane on tho
same ground by drilling, 49,
wsuld raise cane and mandg gtu;e
fmolassos to sell he would plant his
half acre to cabbage and buy his
molasses, thinks giving the half for
manufacturing too big 2 tariff.
Mr.. Wilson vets the. seed, thon
puts i -four or lime on it before plan
(ing 50 he may 500 it better. Pre-
fers the highest and dryest ground
TO plant On, the corp makes better
fnnSifa6r o WI onIow 1hatland. Plants
he best cane he had seen
Nd in the hill. Trims from
four 60 sk stalks in the hill. $50
Mr.. Brown said man lid reiso.
two Of corn, with less labor than
he could one Of cane, and not exhaust
the land as much as one acre Of cane.
Mr. Foster has; had some expert
ence In manufacturing on almost all
kinds Of machines, sandlhas made 24O
= W (. xstl -
gallons from one acre Of cane raised
onlpoor land we'll MANFRED. He has
manufactured cane grown on hat
prairie well manured, which produced
s gal. per load, while that he raised
on poor land we'll mapured produced
10 to IL gal, per load. Used Cooks
evaporator, thought it the best ia
use.
Mr.. Kerfoot wanted to know.why
cane grown on old land, should pro-
duce moro molasses than that raised
on fresh sod. stt9ts4s
Mr.. Foster could not tell why, but
there was less sap and more mohsses
in cane grown on, oldand high ground
all ground was better MANFRED.
Mr.. Kerfoot could not see that cane
exhausted land more than corn.
Mr.. Brown obtained more molasses
from cane grown on ground the Sec
ond year than he did the first.
On motion the Club adjourned
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