The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-27
The sa apgore Sugar Gaze.

We commend, as worthy of attention, the fol-
lowing translation from the Journal des Fabric ants
De Sucre:
" At the sitting of the l1th July last the Cham.
Der of Agriculture of Basse Terre heard the report
Of III. lie Dentu. member Of the commission,
charged TO examine the agricultural value of the
Palangore sugar cane. The following is the sum-
mary OF the observations of the commission "a
well as Of those collected from the proprietor and
manager OF the Grand Pare plantation. where the
experiments were made on the peculiar Qualities
o. yet little known in the West Indies, by which
his cane becomes specially noteworthy. 1.
Planted the full distance apart 1.-TWO metres by
Two metres,l which is an essential condition,
inanufed at the right times, the cane of Salan-
gore grows with such vigor, and in such thick
tufts that in five or ak months it forms so thick
p green covering to the ground that weeds cease
70 grow. This the commission observed in one of
the allotments OF which mention has been made
In the report the weddings are thus reduced in
Q notable manner. To obtain these results a
coed basket OF cattlepen manure should be put
10 each tuft. 3: The canes grow straight and
nm, as reported by M. Leonard Wraye; they do
not caban." TO make use of the technical ex-
preston. II violent gust Of wind entirely over
fbrow the tuft raising at the same time the earth
and roots. the canes nevertheless continue 70
grow even Ia this position, except In the case of
those which are farthest from the ground, and
Which perish for want of Sufficient nourishment,
T. When, by the vertical growth of the canes, the
earth, which up to that time was covered by the
sbeltert d by the dropping form of the leaves and
10 consequence of their abundance, a single strew.
iEg with litter sufces to cover the ground and to
Under the weeds from growing. s. The cane
from this time up 10 its being cut, requires moth.
lpg further than strewing with litter (epdiHdqe)
e.. There isnot great difference. perhaps none at
oil. between the age at which the Salangorc cane
strives at maturity, and that at which other canes
aTe generally cut. Z. The Salangore canes 60
through the period Of the .fscbe without injury.
4 The tufts vary from twenty five to forty canes.
In consequence Of the enormous quantity of
canes produced by each tuft the weight of canes
20 the heciare is much above that of an ordinary
hectare OF canes. In one case sixteen tufts of
games, which were far from being the finest 10 the
neld, were cut in square space Of IS metres. As,
snd they weighed 367 kilogrammes net from
which, in proportion. we should find in round
numbers, 100 eco kiogrsmmes to the hectare. To
ascertain the weight produced from a hectare of
ordinary canes, the minutes of the second constt.
uent ASSEMBLY of the sugar society, at Pointed
iiue, Of the llIh December, 1867, were consulted,
and the speech Of NJ Z. Souques. whose declara-
ton may be received as authoritative, contains
tbe following: In Guadeloupe, an average Of 49,
OD0 kilogrammes Of canes to the hectare Is OBJ
tanned, whilst at Grand Terre 80 900 only are
obtained; for his part. he declared the average of
the last five years at BEAUFORT factory has been
only ~, 600 kilogrammes to the hectsre. 10. The
bAgasse Of the salangore canes gives SO much
ttel. that only smah addition Of straw Is re-
qhiTed, and this quantity leaves as much upon the
ground for the use Of the pea a. other kinds Of
chnes. ii. The juice of the Salangore cane ia
spundeDt. IL. The sugar Is easily made without
ably other Ingredients than those employed in the
n Manufacture of sugar from other kinds of cane.
". The sugar Ia the best quality, of hard aud
biillisnt grain. IL. The yield per hectare is con-
81 eraby superior to that of other canes.'