New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-03-14

make far moro money than by oottongrowing Is also
stated that the upland sugar Is OF superior qualify
81 think you will find in this subject rich and compar
atyely field Of usefulness Tor your PEN ad
great benefit TO Florida as well rs TO those VINO "ouu
like to emigrate there. might be the result oo.
M ScSS ase Sds Saf is dry sandy
with clay deep down: the most common CROWN; ions
leaf pine Pn pasr some OAKS esHry IN, nVy yo MID
astOnsh Northern farmer for they are sucent W no
wagon and horses, while gathering corn from pesDn a
twenty rods distant The most troublesome weed ne Calls
"beggar louise" 1t is one OF the sticktight family
Mr. H. thinks this weed may be used as green crop 10
pillow in for fertilizer, with fully great advantage as
Northern farmers clover He has made Il profitable
10 pillow in the dead weeds instead OF IoiowIng uhc
yesa custom OF burning the fields over before powing
aud sometimes burning the fence win the Weeaa AZ
first he obliged to burn because dne u he has
procured steel pow and after leyeing the weeus
with heavy brush drag plows in the whole g!eatV 20
his advantage Notwithstanding his neighDors sau was
There Is curious fact about this SOIL sandy 1t 49,
casiron plow will not scour-the steel will II is
probably owing to some ferrugnous property IN tne
TO adhere together with particles OF clay to the cast
iron notice that much OF the clay mas the appearance
of being eolored with oxyd OF IRON. ...o, NJ, uo,
With good cultivation, In favorable season, MI Hoi-
estimates fair crop OF corn at twenty bushels per
acre that vicinity II does not average s sest ana
although he thinks five feet wide enough. ana worried
o% u % a to the Il
worked twice more aud hoes used TO chop away ' os
other work SO it left to struggle with Its
enemies. such as would have totally overcome 1t
acre Wv The variety called Havana corn q hard:
inty small close husks and more PROOF against
wee any other sort These pests are terribly de-
striictvo in this climate The usually stored in
the shucks, and some persons believe sailing Dcnehch
Perhaps the from the second brood OF weev
The eggs OF the laid the soft the stalk
the advantage Of sort that grows the usks close
Is over the The stalks of the Havana corn do not
usually grow higher than six or feet OF course
manurng "a w0 understand the term. Is unknown here
Mr. Holden'B land had been "eow-pc'ined some elSht
wears ago before IL came into his possession Plant
ing has not been his business until lately, having
been exclusively devoted to cattle Officers in " the
last seminole war will remember him AS faithful
purveyor, though he never had written contract ne
has also furnished Government with nrge numbers OF
beeves since the Rebellion. .,
Since the war. Mr.. Holden has been experimenting
with sugarcane, upon such land "a have described
that i good, fair quality sandy pine lana snoh as gave
I7i bushels OF corn to the acre. ana ihs Is inc RESULT no
had the past season II acres OF Woheu ~
way and To the same amount as nc worked us
corn and planted the same distance apart IN
all the surface and vegetable matter wen under Is
usual to make beds for the cane He did lot ana cult
waited fiat. and not as much as wouu 1avo oHg n
liable. The season was Zoo wet 10 ne iaVohor, o'on
upon his high, dry upland Upon low, h0mmOoky' OF
swamp lands. with no more cultivation; bis crop would
have been an entire failure. He has January To- Just
finished grinding and has 20 flour barrels packed Il vi
beautiful sugar. Of light straw color ana coarse gram
worth 3c. per NJ the mill, and ii DOls OF 0toiS guVs
hlled with srup worth ,sc gon ,1 his ia
aud IL required himself three men ana Two boys zen
G Sag from the e eld The boiling is done in three open
kettles the largest 100 gallons The greatest product O
n
age strength Of Juice was 70 OF sirlp when re-
duced 10 the graulating point. -,
Just here will also mention m experiment made ms
Winter with grown upon pine land, nye mes barK
OF jacksonville The owner took 100 caues from the PIE
as they cne TO hand from which he obtained co gallons
Juice which made 10 gallons OF good commercial siiu
canes grown foot apart. in dnils seven feet
wide will give 6g2a per and these, AT tne
above rate afford 3.ii gallons OF slrup when wouiu
make 81 40 lbs OF sugar estimating 10 lbs. per gallon
TO estimate Mr. odeu's crop, let US consider the cane
when grown. exactly equivalent IN cost ana value 70
ready for market 81 bushe or ti7 80 per acre. Then
two aud quarter acres the equivalent OF the cane crop
would give $50 ga from which the value OF gathering
aud getting ready for market should he deducted Let
rs then estimate value OF the cane upon TWO
and quarter acres ready for harvesting 80; 90 Gays
work grinding $50; 10 days work OF mules $40 WOOD TOT
boiling, estimated, s25: barrels, $j0-tota, $3.50.
II any person can calculate the cost OF the crop
ready for market at $3.50. he must know how 10
cypler better than do. Now let us whether cane
growing and sussr-makng arc profitable al present
prices: .,,,, .o..
90 Dbls. Sugar, estimated 30 10 y bbl., 1900 No.,
atlJ '''' w
ii bbls strip. estimated at - gals each.
$50 gals, al lJc....... go 20