| Show CHINESE SUGAR CANE CULTURE AND harvesting abroad it has been usual to cultivate it in n hills contain containing illg trig eight or ten stalks gov hammond in his experiment made last year with it orn on his farm in south carolina dropped the seed in drills three feet six or eight seeds about eighteen inches abunder asunder richard peters esq of gordon county counts georgia sowed bowed in drills se separated M abated about the same distance dr robert battey of rome georgia who is a practical chemist and has taken great interest in mr peters experiments recommends that where it is planted for fors fore eed seed the drills or rows be even four feet apart and that the seed be dropped only one or two at 1 a I time 24 inches apart tiie the cultivation throughout is much the same saine as corn requires upon dr batteas Batte ys plan of plant planting 9 the shoots or suckers from ilia iha roots should not no t be removed when seed is wanted but afterwards when cultivated for its other products lie he advises that the space between rows be narrowed down to three feet and the seed be dropped every three or four foun inches indies but when well cane should be thinned out by pulling tip up the tile least promising plants and each that is left should be suckered down to a single cane for fr each root gov hammond pid planted n t his liis on oil the of march and cut his canes the tile latter end of july planted his on the of april aprilano Ap riland rlland and esth of hla Ala may nay yand und and found fully ripened on tile llie of september M Vil morin desirous of ascertaining aceita ining at what time sugar bugar begins to form concluded conc it was at the time thile the spikes or ears began to appear the sugar sigar increased as the ears advanced to the milky slate state BI beauregard Beaure gord in a report he made to the tiie toulon society considers that tile the ripening ot of tire tile seed does not interfere with the amount of sugar produced but gen mapes tiie the distinguished fanner farmer of new jersey recommends that for increasing the llie quantity of saccharine matter the tiie heads or ears be pinched off as eoon boon as they present th mcelvea if the life object is to get seeds fodder and the juice the cane should be cut justas just as the seed ripens tile the blades being stripped tripped mid and the heads cut off while the body of t the lie lle cane is a taken through the syrup mill if fodder is the only object the seed may be broadcast broad cast care should bt ba taken not to sow bow it near where broomcorn broom corn dorrah corn or any kind of millet is cultivated since the seeds will mix aid ald nid mid spoil the product of the chinese cane TS OF THE PLANT taif as to the products of the tile plant are trul truly y wonderful it yields in it blades or dreaves leaves leases eaves af and d in the stalks after tile the juice has been expressed from froin it a fodder which is highly relished by farm stock A correspondent of the wisconsin farmer says 1 I have several times fed it out both inar in green reen and dry state to catt cattie cattle le horses and hogs for iii ill tila sake salto of testing their instincts and preferences I 1 mixed it with corn stalks in every case the cane was greedily sorted out and entirely consumed no portion being left while as is well known there is a large waste in our fodder the juice yields a sugar identical with that of the sugar cabean cane an alcohol which the tho cordial in flavor and a fermented drink naia nala gous to cider the tile meals or flour from its eed seed mav may be made mada into a sweet and palatable pala able abie bread the tusks which envelope this seed afford a sp splendid lendil dye this dye is so abundant bun dant as to impart a violet blue color to the tha mouths of the animals feeding reading on them the sap if set wi with ili ill the oxide of tin dyes silk a beautiful pink I 1 of course its most valuable and import imports nt t product is its juice this juice is by beauregard beau regard set down at brorn 50 to 69 per beut of the weight of the cane dr battey is satisfied that with proper Irti treatment neilt nellt the tha cane will wil wll yield an hn average of 70 per cent the syrup from the juice is very palatable and quite equal to what goes under the tha nime nama of 1 golden goiden syrup modice OF 07 THE ACRE ACHE mr peters calculated the va yield bield d of fodder per acre ecrett at MO 1200 pounds of seed 25 bush bushels els eis weighing each 36 pounds and arid of syrup at gallons beaurgard beauregard states the yield of grain at 50 bushels and of juice 2690 gallons this fodder is what is gath gathered ered aside from the j juice u ice a and ii d seed where an acre is sown for fodder alone the supposed yield is twenty five tonsa tons wilen nitis it is recollected that a large yield of hay per acres acre s two tons ions and illa ilia chaston toil for ton the tile sugar c ine lne fodder is fur far more nutritive than tharl hay the immense value of this tills crop for feeding s tock stock is apparent at a glance nothing else like it is now grown on american aaril drilled dri led with a view vla via to the syrup crop the weight of the calies canes per acre is reckoned at pounds taking 70 per cent af 0 f this weigh t as juice we have pounds pound gor lof of juice which dr battey says bays will produce AO gallons of syrup rup and ought as beauregard calculate calculi testo sto yield 10 per percent cent ot of its weight in sugar or 2100 poll poli pounds ads VALUE OF tile THE CROP if wo we reckon the mon money e y value of the crop from uch such data we are astonished shed letus lotus let us see what it amounts to 1200 pounds or of fodder rodder Todd rodd cr worth one ton pt hay 10 CO 35 25 bushels seed worth say ay 60 50 cants cent 12 12 1200 gallons syrup at 50 cent cents OC oo total 00 manufacture OF SYRUP mr tr peters in order orden for crushing tiie the calie he raised ra ased got a pres press consisting of two vertical rollers which he worked with two mules and one hand to feed the machine and a boy to drive the mules general mapes recommends the use of a press iress pross press having three rollers placed horizontally one of hem ahem just above the tha other two the boiling kettles should be placed pi iced leed over furnaces which admit of easy regulation of the fires S I 1 when the juice is poured into the boiler it be gradually raised to a simmer and there maintained until a thick scum u aich rises to I 1 the he surface is ready to crack this tills scum should then tilen I 1 be skimmed off the tile juice is then to be boiled actively until it geis gels to be reduced to one half its original I 1 bulk buik it is ia then to be removed to another kettle ketlie and there boiled with a heat gradually moderating as us tiie the syrup concentrates so as to avoid burning A sign that the syrup is made is its haggins han gins in flukes from the rim of the ilia ladle but dr battey has constructed a little instrument which determines the ilia precise moment when tha syrup should be removed mr peters says lie has obtained the clearest syrup without the use of lime or other clari clarl clarifiers fiers flers but as lime is useful in fit neutralizing the acid of the juice it jj ii advised that when that is used a teaspoonful of cream of lime to about ten tell gallons of juice be added just after tile scum has been removed the above is dr Batte batteas ys method of ma manufacturing li u fac t u rin tin esy syrup r u p a manufacture OF SUGAR bugar in the manufacture of suar sugar gen mapes directs the tile operator as follows get three kettles one of which need not be so large as the other two the tho moment thea the juice julee ulce nice Is expressed it should be conveyed to one of the ilia larger keules kettles and to it should be added for every tell ten gallon gallons a teaspoonful of cream of lime one ono pound po ild iid of finely powdered bone bode blackann blac blae kand the whites of two eggs beat up p or half a pint of skimmed milk tile juice in ILI this kettle should be heated slowly alid and not allo ailo allowed w even to si simmer bimmer miner the bicum W when hell heli it cracks crack open should be skimmed off iff the e juice should hen then be placed in kettle xo no 3 2 and arid boiled as rapidly rapid y as us possible until a thermometer ther rno rao placed in it will indicate deg fahrenheit when it should bed bel begam again bil fil fili ered the tire first portion passing the filter should be returned as it wiil will not be quite clear the whole will then be brig litand tand may be put into kettle no 3 which need be but half the tiie size of the others and so arranged that it can ba be readily taken from lile ilia fire at short notice his a a thermometer it will commence boiling boi bol lingat at deg and nd gradually grad nally increase inc reuse to 2 glo 10 deg dag the itis it reaches that point it shou silou d be taken from tija ilia fire suddenly for if permitted to rise rise to deg or more moie it can never ba be purged let it stand in this k ettle ettie until a slight crust commences to form on oil the tire sides and add top then scrape this down with a wooden spatula spa epa tula tuia thin thia at the end and arid edges arld and stir all until ti evenly mixed with the more fluid portions then pour into a conical sugar mould stopped at its lower end and place thy tin nose of this mould oil on a drip pot this sugar mould be of tiie the kind known at the 3 aster mould and it and arid the drip should stand in a warm place the next day the sugar in llie tile mould will wili be soli soll dand the plug pug in ILI the bottom botton of tiie llie mould ma may y be withdrawn arld and an incision made with a pegging awl replacing iii ill tho thu Q mould oil on the drip pot the sugar or molasses will grao grac gradually lually drip from tile the no nose noso so of the mould into the pot and arid tile the tim time a necessary for this purging will depend upon the heat of the apartment where it 11 is placed usually the syrup wl dilall I 1 all ali run off in the natu natural ral rai way in a week or ten days leaving tile the sugar in the mould of a light straw color olor c |
