Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-09

1 NINONOhh IAehANN 49,
better seed than two, aud "a great 3
quantity. After the plant Is two feet
high 1t Is capable ct ,akirg care Of
itself, and grows rapidly. After
heavy ratrs, however, II Is sliil adv's
able TO work between the rows with
the horse cultiva'or, breaking up the
crust that has formed On the surface
of the ground, aud cpenlng ard loos
ening the soil to derive q greater ben.
eft from the atmos phere. l. will DO
seen that the cultivation IL as simple
as that Of Indian corn or OF the com
mon navy bean.
About the 1st of August the beans
begin to ripen. They are produced In
pods or husks, on spikes about eigh-
teen Inches long, and should be gath
cred Is soon "a the pods begin to turn
brown, to prevent loss by their pop
ping out on the field, as the beans
when ripe pop or burst from the pod
quite q distance. They are gathered
by cutting of the entire spike, Each
plant has q number of these, and they
are produced and rlpen In succession
till frost. Of course only those *.
hibiting brown pods should be cut.
These spikes are then thrown into q
wagon or a slide, passing through the
broad rows and hauled away to the
dry yard, which Is made on a piece Of
land near the bean field, sloping to the
south, so as to get as much heat as pos
sible from the sun to ripen the beans
and d them to burst from the
husks. Then roll the ground down
hard, and make q fence around the
yard by placing boards up against rails
laid on crotched sticks or posts;
. though the fence Is not necessary II
d the yard Is made large enough to leave
0 Q space outside the beans Of twelve to
. fifteen feet, as many of the beans will
Il pop that distance, and If the fence Ii
Q not built, or the space left, many OF
. the beans will be lost In the grass oil
l. field beyond the yard.
l. The spikes are occasionally turned
: over and exposed to the sun until al
the seeds have left the husks, wher
70 the old spikes are taken away and {
new supply added. The same process
g is gone through with the entire crop
( Great care should be taken to proven
T. the beans getting wet. Dirty beam
e command but q small price, and sprout
r ing beans are nearly WORTHLESS. Wher
le rsin Is anticipated rake the spikes init
}, a heap and cover them with straw O,
70 plank; sweep the beans up, clean then
10 with a tanning mill, sack them up ant
l. store them In a dry place. After tn
Is beans begin to ripen the field sfoult
% be gone over once or twice q week un
til lrest. In hot, dry weather the!
i rlpen more rapidly than In cool, we
70 weather. Farmers who raise but
n few acres Of castor beans will not, o
% course, 90 to the e1penRe of fitting VI
le a lighthouse, as the yard answers tn
ts purpose, but farmers who raise 6ft,
acres or more will save labor and ex
a pense by having a dry.house for pop
D. ping out the beans.
r Sugar from Sorghum.
- American Cultivator.
10 Sugar from sorghum, now In Its In
-. fancy In this country, seems to be al
- old-established industry In Japan
y According to Consul General Val
g Buren,, the sugar Is made from tina
= species OF the plant known as Chimes
= sorghum, which grows lu1urlant!y ii
- all The southern portions of the EN-
v pire south of the sixty sixth degree o
:, north latitude. The whole product o
the empire in 1878 was Ga 297, 81
pounds. Importation in 1873 wa
~ 81, 4S4 800 pounds. For 800 or 40
years the practice of graduating an
refining sogars has been known an,
. practiced. Sorghum Is not grown feor
- the seed, but from cuttings. In Ser
~ TENDER selected stocks are cut an
- and buried In trenches a foot deer
" Through winter from each Joint OF tn
!. stalk kprouts grow. In the eprini
these points Are cut off and set out l
rows Of fifteen to eighteen inches apart
~ and about the ssms distance fror
! each other In the rows. The groun
" has previously been thoroughly du
and pulverizsd by q lo~ng-bladed ma
o. took. The fertilizers used are ashes
s. fish, decomposed hay, straw and ses
- weed, or night. soil. The plants ar
thoroughly heed, hilled and irrigated
Va In October and November the leave
u are stripped off, the stalks are cut, an
the hard outer covering is removed
and the remaining portion is the
W ground between two rollers of stone {
hard wood. The cane juice Is boile
In Iron kettles Until the granu!atlo
takes place, when 1t Ia placed In bag
and pressed dry. The expressed syru
W. Is used as mola.ses. Dry, upland sol
~ are required for the successful growt
:; Of the cane, and the expenditure
labor and fertilizers Is az great, If NJ
greater, than for any other cror.
Iot Breeding Sows.
no The fatter a breeding SOW is ke]
the more liable she is to destroy h
pigs by lying on them or eating the
At. up. Sows left to run wild make goc
mothers, and will generally select
to warm, dry place to fsrrow. 1t Is for tn
re, reason that there Is SO much disat
be-. vantage In using full blooded boars
hi. improved breeds on large, coars
In boned native sows. The progeny 9
Ak. cures the good Qualities from Its air
mr. with q better constitution and mo
hardness than 1t could get from a ful
blood pedigree going back throul
on generations which have always hi
hot ample feed and little exercise.
alf The Wonderful Aslstein COW Ech
he The Pal adium.
me- Echo Is the name of the most wo
he derful (Holstein) cow on record,
or she has just produced Is, l20 poun'
led and s ounces of milk in one year, e
A ceeding by 115 pounds the yield
EN- Smith & Powel's "Anggle," whose a
bo nual racord was tho largeat known n