| Show HARVEST IGNI loni alm AIM cane CARE OF 01 iv I 1 aek ae K Sorg lium ilum Is essentially essential ty a perennial plant it would produce reproduce re itself frow front the roots root silke ilke like other grasses if not killed hilled by frost the inference then ig that the excess of sugar after furnishing the material for stalk and seed tends to return to the the tho roots there to constitute espital capital stock for another growth if this bo truc true the period of greatest saccharine wealth health must be at the time the bcd is forming and before the counter march of forces sets fus in the notion that fully ripe cane only produces crystalli sugar is not well efell supported natural to infer this but the facts do not support the theory sugar is made from both ripe and partially ripe balej cane hs as often from the latter as the former 7 and oft ener wo we think from slightly under than that which is over ripe wo think cane should ba cut when the majority of the ewis awls havo have acquired a matt maturity irl iri it corresponding with that of wheat wien when it is considered ripe enough to cut oan oab oase oane E in this matter operators will bc ber govel governed ned by circumstances it is better to strip ahe the cano cane and ud bind it up in nice convenient bundles but it is not best to take the time for this if you must thereby delay or prolong tite the time of harvesting unduly incurring the risk of a freeze orif the tho work of plowing and planting all fall f wheat must be neglected or if other interests more important must bo be sacrificed cane may be worked without stripping but bat the blades should be dry and not mildewed mil dewed it is more cumbersome some gome to handle the operation of grinding is much slower the leaves take up considerable juice nd d with horsepower mills the drawbacks are sufficient to render this mode thode wholly unadvisable the blades may be stripped the cane is standing but in this case caso the cane should be cut as fast as strip dyed or without more than one days delay it maybe may be cut without stripping and put immediately while the leaves aro are green into Ino moderate sized shocks like corn this is in some respects a good plan the blades are better pre pro served and ate ato ate worth something for fodder when the cane cano is hauled the milli mill the blades go along mong at tho the same time and may bo lid stripped oss off in a convenient veni ent r place lace for removal to the barn or shed jhc the we thc labor of stripping when the leaves are cured we do not say dried 4 n the stalks is considerable they aro tough and it actual pull to disengage them when quite green and tender or when dry and brittle the blades may ie de rubbed oft off in various ways rays some of them very expeditious if the stalks are piled on the cart or wagon with the shi smaller aller alier out out nut all one way they thes may roay pulled out of the load two or three stalks at fit a time leaving most of the blades behind sime recommend setting up a board bonia I 1 N ith several augur holes of dilie dille brent rent reut sizes boral through at af a t height and ud employing oue one small boy to insert the iho small ends ends of the cane cano into tho the holes and another on the opposite gide side to jerk them through I 1 SEED one ono convenient mode modo of cutting seed heads is to whack them the knife at it the time the eane cane is cut cult and aud d before the handful of stalks which has been cut cutis is laid da downor anor put into the shock another is 1 when the tub cane ia is laid down in iii little bunches kunches on the tile ground with seme regularity t tit crop them off on the ground this is very conveniently done if a little care is employed in laying lay lug ing down the stalk stalks and it does tolerably well any way mray it 1 81 leaves leave the seed heads less scattered which is an object if they are to ta ba be eol col looted and if they are allowed to go to waste or if it is 0 proposed to turn stock into eat them wo we hope neither of these ae plans will be charged charge dupon upon us CUBING curing can CAE A curing process of at about two weeks is an advantage not only in concentrating the tho julee juice and reducing the quantity to be evaporated by fire but in also improving equality th of the syrup A brief period of drying fixes the chiora chlora phyl or green vegetable e matter which exists in the epidermis and shell of the cane also in the sheath which surrounds linds the stalk and proven td this offensive substance from being bein expressed C X out with the juice julee STORING CANE if cane is lato isto to be kept for convenience longer than the time appropriated ajr for curing it if will without keep without injury in shocks in the tho nield field if put up uv so that the rains cannot penetrate or if the leaves aro are cured it may when quite dry be put into large lange stack stacks and sand covered with straw to pro teet it from rains and suniti bunsh sheds pre arc are arc most secure but they should be open at tho the sides there thero is more danger of ifert h eating with cane cand that has been stripped than with that which input is put up with its dry leaves on hence more care should be employed with the tho former to secure ventilation if put up in large bulk leave air pis Vis passages sages gages through the centro centre or what is better petter support it up from the ground or floon floor upon a low cribbing of rails tails allow allowan allowing ln the air to circulate bb neath beneath avoid avold leavin leaving cane an unnecessary length of blindin timo time in small bulks exposed to tile the sun and wind The jnice julee evaporates rapidly and it will s soon loon be comei comet eom com so dry as to bo p a worthless i F ct CASC A frost that merely kills the leaves without freezing the cane does DO me injury except that it leaves tho stalks stallo exposed to the sun in much the condition of stripped cane it should therefore and stored or i shocked without much delay to prevent tho the undue evaporation of juice if the thermometer descends one or two degrees below the freezing point the he proba probabilities billt es arc that the juice is is frozen oje oze n Inthe in he stalks if this is theca the case ease seit it will be indicated in a few hours or as soon aa as thawed by av a various arlous coloring which f appears when the stalk is cut the juice cells become ruptured and mingle with the tho crude sap the sugar water staining the tho portion affected the depth to which the frost has penetrated can be distinct distinctly lyseen seen frozen cane should be cut down with all possible dispatch and protected as much as possible from the sun to save time cut it without stripping and if necessary y for greater dispatch throw it into close heaps on tho ground and aboon as as practicable iut sut lut it in shocks or if the leaves are ary dry ry it may be lie put immediately into sheds or shocks avoid putting it up j in a large bulk when warm from the I 1 sun and in all the operations have re to 1 gard gara to the importance of keeping it i cool if cut immediately after being frozen and put up and kept cool thero there the re D I 1 need be no fears fearm about loss or damage i it will keep for an indefinite period but hours and oven even minutes are im por tant if neglected and exposed to the warm sun fermentation common i ces ees immediately and in a of i warm weather such as usually follow early frosts tho sugar is gone to the tilo i winds an untimely frost that is one which occurs early while the tho cane cano lagrow ia growing vigorously before itt its has liaa been stunted and somewhat hardened by moderately cool weather is more disastrous than a late frost even to eano cano in apparently the same samo or corresponding stages of maturity the cane cano is more moro tender and susceptible it contains more of the fermenting element clement and the weather which follows V frost is usually 1 unseasonably warm let no profi prof I ducer dueer beguile himself with the idea that i ripe eane cane is not liable to an injury frani a H freeze both ripe and creen green caldare eane cane are susceptible and in same de f grec A freeze freeza will caus othe otho utter lm loaf of either cither if not immediately protected prote etol ctol from the sun and ani it is lift al while into upon spda any adv dd vantage advantage ridvan tage tago which gin pin p I 1 iq mav pass possess ess over tho other othor if two lois lot s were exposed to the sil bajao no freeze we ve would secure the ripest first as it would bo be presumed to he the better worth bih tie curing B i Soro journal |
