The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-04-06
:for the farmer.
asow1rG SORGHUM.
piree,i... b, Practical Wan.

,.,v farmers may wish to plant sorghum
tbi. wear. We clip the following from C''H'@hs
Rvral World: -
7 rrrpare my ground by plowing. deep and
eio5-smasber while the soil is yet moist from the
49, Then mark both ways 81 feet; M fonl
f,,d drilling is the best. When marked ootn
,-av. small boys with wooden spoon large
.rough 10 hold a certain number Of seeds, 90 the
dropping; cover with the hoe; In TINS way ns ~
Iand would drill and thin TO an even stand.
Marc cane can be grown to the acre in this way
than 10 the former II
a. soon as the rows can be seen, We go thronsh
With the hoe cleaning y nicely, and thinning
now and then, when necessary, TO form nFe 10
seven plants to the hilii ai'er 'his' eui''N "'e
A. .oon as the cane is in the hard dough, strip
and Immediately cut, taking six rows at time
through the field, cutting and topping at the
sa,ue time dropping tops in pile at one rnd Oh
the cane pile Then, noon as possible, haul
the cut cane and pile it in bulk by the side OF
the track of the mill. never let it lay longer
than two days in the field. i always cover cane
we'll with bagasse after il is piled in bulk, anu
never let it get wet
stack ward and thresh with the other grain.
seII ms seed at the mills to grind with chop iced
The wed Weld is from 20 to 30 bushels TO the
acre according TO the kind of cane. / sell my
present seed crop for thirty cents per bushel. =,
Ialways follow my cane crop with oats OF NIL
let the next year, aud, fail-plow the stubble,
and am never troubled in the least by any vol
uuteer cane. 80
have one of those famous Buffalo mills, a
Pearl No. 3, which in mechanical construction,
strength aud quality of work, is not eqnalled, IN
ms opinion, by any other mill manufactured.
The Juice is run from the mill in gas pipes I'M
der ground into two tanks, Of 200 gallons each,
alternately; that is, as soon as one is fall To
about ls0 gallons, clarity il, and continue 10
grind, running the juice into the other tank
In clarifying, first adj the acid with lime
and lItmus test follow this with four or five
scoop shoyelfnls of clay into cold, green juice,
and thoroughly mix with hoe, until separa-
ton of the eoloring matter is visible also shown
in glass test cup. Now, the clay that Is not Ia
ken M by the Juice is seraped back 10 the end Of
the tank, and in a few minutes the lsO gallons
Of green juice is settled, being almost as clear a.
| water. With a swing pipe made OF tin, inser'
! ted in the bottom of the tank, i commence to
| draw of from the top, and by the time the cor
ruption is down. the clear juice is nearly drawn
| of, and run into supply tank of 400 gallons ia
pacity close to and just above the evaporation
! Nv pan is of my own make, II feet long by :
! feet wide, and divided into three apartments
I opened by gates The front apartment - open
] TO which is attached n cold pan two feet square
| on the same level with the bottom, riveted to
gether By means of gas pipe and faucet the
Juice is let in from the supply tank into the colo
| pan continuously, or as fast as the pan will TAX
| It, This apartment, in short, is the defecator
where the fine white scum that the clay will no
| take ont is taken off The rest OF the pan i
made on the Cook plan.
! run the syrup dIrect from the pan through I
! cooler one foot wide and fifteen feet long int
! barrels This cooler il four inches deep, with
/ tin bottom. turn off from 20 TO 30 gallons o
syrup every "a hours. Last year l made 90
| gallons, and the demand was not half supplied
This year planted more cane, but the seven
drouth cut the yield short one-half, and / soil
every gallon at so cents per gallon, before ha
finished making.
With the small yield of sorghum facing de
| mand far greater than last year, somebody mus
go hungry for good syrup. Yours truly,
/ Brown Co., Kan. ii. G. WILSON.