The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-03-26
MORNING. MARCI 26, 1855
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GIA, ALABAMA AND TEGsNEssEriad
n The cultivationbaand smanufaetare OF
the Chinese and african Cane into
syrup sugar and its Various other pros
ducts. Thcgsorgo plants ofltle East In
dies, haze, been described BY botailists
from remote antiquity. The elder ltAny
IN fltc FIRST ceiftu1y, described a sergo
plant which lad been introduced into
Italy from tho Fast Indies bCfores his
day, and from his stimo to the prosent
botanists have noticed, mny species.-s
| But it scoms to have been reserved. 70
our day and generation, and to the IN
domtable eierg and practical acumcn
of our American people to fully develop
the many invaluable qualities of this re-
markabEo plant. 1t is butlittle more than
ten years since the Chinese sorgo was
| first introduced into this country, and at
a still later period tho valuable lmpheo
varieties wcrc introduced from Africa.
OF its properties or capabilities little
was knownat the time OF its introduce
ton but thatit was sugar cane hardy
enough to stand the seventies and sud
den changes of climate. Tho seed was
widelytdistributed by the Patent Office.
Many experimentedin small way With
out either kncwledge or suitable appa-
ratus In 1886 n paper on sorghum
was read before the American Institute,
in which the method oi treating the cane
was thus described; "Some parties
pound the stalks with rolling pins, ham
mers and mallcts, rinse out the sap with
their hands, from which syrup is obtain
ed by boiling in sauce pans and other
ike vessels other parties cut the
stalks in small pieces, which are buried
in water without brushing" 1t is not
strange that with such rude implements
many should become discouraged and
cry E'humbugt hnmbug p In Tie
same year lS56 scientific gentleman
thus discussed before the American IN
stitutc the properties of this plant -
"The seed is almost as good as oats; and
in that alone pays the cost of the crop
The stalks yield syrup, wine, brandy
vinegar and alcohol, and il Is IN the
nioaritiruo IN a,Itnipbbhie food, u il natural
form, for stock. This plant is a mag4
nilicent acquisition to our country. =
The value Of the productions of this
plan: since its introduction into the coaa
try cannot be less than two bundled
million Of dollars. Aglance at the pro
gress made in the cultivation of this
plant during the brief time that it has
been known here, fills one.with astonish-
mont. 1t required sixty years Of per-
sistent effort to establish the best sugar
enterprise of Europe. The cultivation
of tho Southern cane in Louisiana. did
not become a success until after many
years failure. But this new plant has
become one Of the most important OF
farm products in years SO few that they
can be counted upon your, fingers. II
would be difficult to name any other
farm product whose success has been
commensurate with this. In the pro-
gress of this branch of husbandry GER
tain facts have been fully and indisputa-
bly established, which were problems
ten years ago. 1t is establishedlfthat
sorghum is adapted to our soil and clmT
ate, and is even s'irer crop than wheat,
oats, cotton or Indian corn IS that its
quality does not deterioriaLe by acclima4A
ton, but may be constantly improved by
iudiciOus management. Ordinary farmT
crs can grow and manufacture upon
their own premises better article Of
syrup than they can purchase at less
than one dollar per gallon. 1This plant
! is not only sure one in the South butit
is a profitable one. An average yield
is one hundred gallons of syrup per
acre, whose yield of sugar is six pounds
to the gallon, leaving three pounds Of
syrup after the six pounds Of sugar have
been extracted. Such sugar to-day is
worth eighteen cents per pound. The
yield of sugar would be six hundred
pounds per acre, worth one hundred and
eight dollars, and remainder Of twenty
five gallons Of syrup after the sugar is
extracted. These facts being establish
ed, and taken in connection with the
fact that the war in Cuba viii prevont
the importation Of sugar and syEup in
1869 and 10, which win Increase the
value of sorghum sugar'dhd ls5'fnp from
90 to 100 per cent, present an lmpor-
tant consideration for Acknowledgements.
But great as has Been the progress Of
the last ten years, much remains TO be
done, and the next decade viii undoubt-
eddy show still greater progress. The
average 1uality Of tho syrup has inn
proved from year to year, but there is
! room for stIl farther iaaPro vemcrt4--
Some farmers make syrup as light coli
ored as Stewards refined, almost entire
ly free from the sorghum taste and near