Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-06
Raising Of Sorghum.
WOODSTOCK, Sept, ,, Is


Mr.. Editor:
have received series Of letters written /
by citizen Of our county on the raising F.
Of sorghum and the benefit to he derived /
from the building Of "a sorghum mil at
Woodstock As they Will De Of -eaerai /
interest to our people, ! send them 10 /
you for publication.
To those who arc Interested and desire /
to form "a JOINT stock company for this /
purpose, / would Doe pleased to have thrm /
call at nay Office aud examine itemizei /
statements as to cost OF mill, aud the /
profit to be derived, &c.
A. G.. WYNKoor.
The attention Of tho farmer At thus par
ticular season IL more especially occupied
by two ito hlm) very important facts
!. e.: the very large SIZE Of his bushel OF
wheat on the one hand and the very
small quantity Of Uncle Sans currency
he is receiving for IL on the other, and
the question naturally rises up before Him
with an accumu lated force born OF years
Of experience and continued losses-l'oes
wheat farming payi Wheat at seventy
two cents and sugar At twelve and hail.
with lower prospect Tor the one ADD
| higher price for the othcr-a Gran TOM
biRqtion to bear one down, Sugar 1rWt
10 force the other mp. The juxtaposition
of these two staples, both agricultural!
products, seems TO invite solution OF the
difficulty and while an entire cure may
not be possible still a remedy mere or less
enectual is attainablc and an ameliora-
ton of the farmers condition 10 very
considerable exent may De accomplished.
The substitution Of some other crops in
/ place of wheat either entirely OF IN part
is no longer question of cxpediencc bnt
one of actual necessity, and the crop that
/ is best known and approximates % iAe
necessary requirements should naturally
/ be the one to he adopted. Tie Depart
ment OF Agriculture has devoted much of
Is attention during the past nia2 years
/ TO the investigation of sugar and especi-
ally sorghum. and while il has not as yet
fulfilled all is earlier promises It'll much
has been done and sorghum today has
taken stand among the profitable crops
Of the country.
Kansas, Wisconsin, Missouri and
throughout the states west Of tie ONO
here and there hundreds Of l.;:le factories
have sprung up, whiie in many places
/ large and expensive establishments have
been erected Even throughout this
State many mills are in operation and
there is hardly farmer 10 bee found who
does not raise his little patch Of sorghum
to sweeten his winter pan cakes. The
virginia Diffusion Sugar Co., located at
Morrisville ,Farquier county has this year
erected a plant of the most improved
kind. capable of working forty tons OF
more OF cane a dag and under tie Hughes
system Of Diffusion confidently expects 70
make large returns to us stockholders.
THIS establishment is intended 10 be the
neucleus Of larger and more extensive
works which the promoters expect 20 ass
results and experience justify. Rverion,
too. has It's mill, though on a smaller
scale. and when one looks down the broad
valley of the Shenandoah be naturally
asks himself-whr should not Woodstock
have a factory too Eyerthing is az band
Gue soil suitable climate % good home
market for syrup aud sugar pioluct,a new
source Of profit for our farming commr-
mtg and a profitable inve,;nen. for cur
local capital.
a bright, Gear aruc.e o. syrup cgual io
our best New Orleans. or Refined Cold
en- Syrup as principal product with
such good pure sugar rs may he w'ideHi-
aHy manufactured would mos. certainly
command ready sale particularly wa,u
we consider the continued insults we pay
our stonachs in the consumption OF the
present adultcrated goods that We are
compelled 10 use Mola-,c. Golden
Syrup, Yes, that is what they call thea,
but the chemist will tell son glucose, sui
phuric acid tin salts, and % dozen other
equally injurious compounds, The results
of the assaults OF modern science or na-
ture.
IN ms next Communication shall treat
of the methods Of cultivation and advan-
tages this crop presents 70 the farmer TO-
gether with lis profit as compared with
,rLeof aud e0ru