The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
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Sugar Cane.
 Below is given a brief synopsis of tfle principal points made by MT. E' Smith, Fairhope, Alabama. in ms Ie- cent talk at Auburn on sugar cane. His stand of cane is better when, in- stead of planting entire lengths ne cuts the stalk into sections or tnres joints each, planting single me ol these at intervals of three to nve inches between the pieces. He never plales cane except on land that the previous year has ben in COW peas or ,.,se sone eoI1iyalent crop, and which is hence hfghly enriched He has not been suc ceEsful with stubbIe cane, but reports that in Mobile County good crops aI Etown by merely throwing l1st on tie stubble. which springs up the ioi Living spring. as in Louisiana
 He blows dep in the fall even as leep as fourteen inches. In February hrrows are opened fertilizer distrin- hted and seen planted during the lat fer part of the month. His usual dis tance is five feet between rows, put some neighbors like seven feet better. The wider distance has the aeVaneSs sS of growing cane that is less tangled and hence more easily harvested In | Addition to the cowpeas which grew on the land the year before, ne uses her acre 505 pounds of cotton seed meal. 400 pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of suiphate of potash. The fertilizer applied in the drill may oe mixed with soil but even of tnis $ not done he finds that the eyes oI he cane are not injured. A siignt tst is made over the seed cane The lyeeder is used both ways before the ane comes up and continuously once week until the plants are eignIeSn hches high. No hoeing is done. WhiIe sing the weed to sove hoeing, ne sso cultivates with one-horse cuitl- Ttor In planting the sections or tane as above he is careful to step on Ach section and to plant deep, so hat the cane will not easily nlow own. Cultivation is continued untii tte into July. kfore cutting at so much per row. lit if badly tangled 1t may be neces- Arv to cut the cane and afterwards trip, 1t. In cutting two rows are arown together.
 With a i've roll mill he gets an ex- action of at least seventy nVe pS pss q snf fifteen horse engine anu biier drives the mill and twenty ve horse boiler furnishes steam Tor he eyaporators. With this outht anu k,itabIe pans and steam. coils ne ID bIe in twelve hours to make 400 gall ,ns of syrup. Cooking requires lour ours when the steam pressure IS only 10 mounds. put OInGTS ICPOt SSN york. He had not succeeded Tn max nr sugar but MT. McQuarrie had nund it practicable by much the same 6etbods except that the latter cooked bore quickly, boiled to S6, or SI or s degrees of the scale, and then par. eled the thick syrup Tor seVeIal honths prior to sacxing and drlpplnS.
 MT. Smith strains the Juics tn 1,, 2, bnss. and later through cloths. m lha first pan which the steam coils re of 3-4 inch galvanized iron, ne hoils skins. shuts on steam, anu anu lettles the juice. In the second pan which the coils are or copper, he toils down to 22 or 2s degrees, then Itsa tbicl juice is strained lnto d lns ltsa nan a1so supplied with copper lnjIs where the boiling is completeaur'
 Wy smiths plant was put In wltn l.o advice of Prof. z B. ROSS anu lnS1,a of inc well known experimentaA r,ortx Of the latter was done there.
 Tn making syrup MT smith mus that two sets of evaporallas pS. snr Located alongside, can be cared Aot S;, inc same man. His product IS Banned in gallon cans costing eight or nine cents piece. 4N,s
 Tn fine discussion following this hect,.re Prof. Ross cautioned parties Iroaling syrup in accordance with tne .aathods recommended by him in the kNN Station to avoid an excess of alkali S.n,,, timing and preferably to buy the aisrifvine agent "clariphos, In eartn- o.A, oIs ,.,ore sa or glass cases as it way pc s,,,,rad bv wood or tin under some MT smith Is not pleased with Japa-
 sn cane because of its low yield ana dificulty of stripping. MT. Mo 0uarrie however recommended IL bighIy as a hog feed, employing It ths,. in all stages of growth. The lat t ,,ses with success the cane stripper Iet Aa s' bv inc Weltz Manufacturing Co.,, The .aasville, Ga.
 usr.uta for Winter Pasturase.
 .orrespondent in the mineral re- , of North Alabama asks what are glon ast nlants for him to use for lns nasture and also desires to tsnn,., whether another breed of sheep Sr to be preferred to the Shropshire TOT ryn bave not yet found a thoroughly .ot,ssactory perennial plant for winter na stures on thin sandy sal The ~neaI- ~ a4 snnroach to a satisfactory winter ess .,,se niant for such soils Is found poS,r inc annual plants. and of these F H,c11d especially recommend hairy .ak and burr clover both of which ts,,Id he sown in August or Septem- sae Fither can be combined with Ssar,ou6a: and vetch is often sown s,Sth one of the small grains.
 think you will find the Shropshire as good a mutton breed as you can neslre. rD
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