The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-04-27
GROWING SORGHUM.
Directions BY . Practical Man.

As many farmers may wish 10 plant
sorghum this year, we clip the follow
ing fsom Colman's Rardi World:
l prepare my ground by blowing
deep and even; then smooth the sur
face with plank clod-mashcr while
the soil is yet moist from the pillow
Then mark both WAYS 31-2 feet: in
foul land drilling is the best When
marked both ways, small boys with n
wooden spoon large enough 10 hold a
certain number Of seeds do The drop
ping: cover with the hoe. In this way
we are sure OF a good stand. On clean
and new land / would drill and thin TO
an even stand. More cane can he
grown 10 the acre in this way than in
the former.
As soon a. The rows can be seen, we
90 through with the hoe, cleaning it
nicely, and thinning now and then,
when necessary. TO form five 10 seven
plants TO the hill; after this cultivate
The same as for corn.
As soon as the cane is in the hard.
dough, strip and Immediately cut, TAX
ing six rows at lime through the field.
cutting and topping at the same time,
dropping tops in a pile at one end of
the cane pile. Then, as soon as posi-
BILE, haul the cut cane and pile il in
bulk by the side of the track Of the mill.
never let il lie longer than two days
IN The field. ! always cover cane w
with bagasse after il is piled in bulk.
and never LEI it get wet.
The seed, when cured. | haul and
stack in the stack yard aud thresh with
The other grain. sell nv seed at the
mills to grind with chop feed. The
seed yield is from 20 TO 80 bushels TO
The acre, according TO the kind Of cane.
sell my present seed crop for thirty
cents per bushel
L always follow my cane crop with
oats or millet the next year and fall
plow the stubble, and am never troubled
IN the least by any volunteer cane.
l have one of those famous Buffalo
mills, Pearl No. 5, which. in mcchan-
zeal construction, strength and quality
of work, is not equalled, in my opinion.
by any other mill manufactured.
The juice is run from the mill in pas
pipes under ground into two tanks of
200 gallons each alternately: that is. as
soon as one is full TO about lo0 gallons.
| clarity it. and continue to grind, run
ming the juice into the other tank.
In clarifying / first adjust the acid |
with lime and litmus test, following
this with four or five scoop-shovclfuls
of clay into cold, green juice, and thor
onghly mix with hoe, until separa-
ton of the coloring matter is visible.
also shown in glass test cup. Now
the clay that is not taken up by the
juice is scraped back TO the end of the
tank, and in few minutes the $50 cal
Ions Of green juice is settled, being al
most as clear rs water. With swing
pipe made of tin inserted in the bottom
of the tank, commence TO draw of
from The tank, and by the time the cor
ruption is down. the clear juice is nearly
drawn off and run into a supply tank
of 400 gallons capacity. close TO and Just
above the eyaporator.
Ny pan is of my own make, II feet
long by 8 feet wide. and divided into
three apartments opened by gates
The front apartment is open. to which
is attached n cold pan two feet square
on the same level with The bottom. riy-
cted together. BY means of a gas pipe
and faucet, The Juice is let in from the
supply tank into the cold pan continu-
ously, or as fast as the pan will take it.
This apartment, in short, is the defeca-
tor, where the fine white scum that the
clay viii not take ont is taken of. The
rest Of the pan is made on tho Cook
plan.
j run the syrup direct from the pan
through cooler one foot wide and
fifteen long into barrels The cooler is
our inches deep with Tin bottom
turn of from 20 TO so gallons OF syrup
very tweniy-four hours. Last year !
made GOO gallons, and the demand was
lot half supplied. This year planted
more cane, but the severe drouth cut
he yield short one-half. and | sold
very gallon at fifty cents per gallon |
'efore ! had finished making.
With the small Weld of sorghum fac
ng demand far greater than last year.
omebody must go hungry for good
yrup. Yours truly,
ii. G. WILSON. I
BRowN CO., KAN.