The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-30

The AdvisabIlsty Of Introducing II Into the
Northern states

The Advisabllity Of Int reducing II Into the
Northern states
II ID more than likely that in the
years to come the Northern farmers
will lind it to Their interest TO cultivate
enough cane ut least to supply their
own household necessities with strip
and do with il As they now and always
have done with wheat. take their grist
70 the mill The same argu ments
which are employed to show the impro-
priety. il not the impossibility. Of every
woman beng iaer dairymaid and sue
cessfully competing with the factory sys-
tenn may be employed here. and with
even more force; for there are fewer
skilled sirup makers than butter
makers, and the machinery is much
more costly. 1t Is an easy matter for
one TO figure on the quantity Of cane
necessary for his purpose and thus lay
i'm his year supply at little cost. then
will the central factory or mill he able
TO grind up for fifty with one set Of ma
chinery inst.ad Of the fifty doing it tor
themselves, and with . very much bet
ter chance Of securing well made ar
ticle
Nor j. this the only outlook for the
successful prosecution Of the Northern
cane industry. for ii the farmer can
grow few acres for his own use he
can grow more for sale to the factory.
Stripped and topped cane usually sells
for about $50 per ton at the mill An
acre Of cane will produce ten to fifteen
tons. and - well half . ton or more
Of good dry fodder and from fifteen 10
thirty bushels Of seed Of an equal value
for feeding purposes with corn The
crop i cultivated precisely as Is corn
and il i very generally conceded that
the seed and fodder are equal in value
to the cost Of putting in and harvesting
the crop. thus leaving the cane ut the
mill net profit II then ten tons are
produced at - 80 per ton. we have
net profit Of twenty-five dollars TO the
acre. Those who have experimental
with cane cultivation will report. that
with proper attention. or that usually
given to corn. ten tons may be made a.
easily as twenty bushels Of corn to the
acre.
The New Orleans Sugar Borl end
Farmer refers TO this matter n regards
the farmers Of the South with the Rib
bon cane. and writes as follows:
We are pleased to learn that the low
price Of sugar has not altogether dispir-
tied small planters. who sell their cane
BY the ton, nor the buyers thereof
large quantity Of cane Is this season
being cultivated in that manner. and
we learn thai as much a. four dollars
per ton Is now being offered for IL There
j. a fair margin Of profit in cane ct that
price, with present low prices Of sup
plies Of all kinds. and we believe an
other year will see more cane cultivated
e0r central factories than ever hitherto.
tine Of our valued correspondents
thus writes rs on this subject:
! see no hope for small planters. ex
cept they become willing to sell their
cane to the larger and better factories
SO many radical changes are necessary
% make such a programme general,
and rcmunerative to both parties. that
i fear that IL will end in the former
class either being driven from their
lands or turning % other and less fas
cinating lines Of agriculture.
We are glad to know that our friends
fears are groundless Those who are
unable to make the necessary improves
mcnts still realize that there ID more
money in cane than In any other crop,
in the long run, where they can find
purchasers for their cane, and they will
only too gladly sell where Offered n fair
price rather than lose by detective
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