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J ? STATE LIBRARY Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics and the Useful Arts. VOLUME VI. ttTGttJMLC>J*rD, APBIL, 1857-.. 1,'tr- UTTMBEB, IV. EDITED ~B-5T D. P. Holloway, and W.. T. Dennis. TERMS OF THE FARMER. Ct~~~"PATMEnr TO BB HADE INVARIABLY IK ADVANCE.,*"* One Copy, per volume.... .50 Cents. Bills of all specie paying Banks and postage stamps received at par. Subscription money, property endorsed stay bo mailed at onr risk. Address, HOLLO-WAY tt. CO.. PaWsbers ladiana Farmer, Richmond, Ind. TERMS Of ADVERT1SINO! Advertisements Trill be inserted in this sheet for ten cents per line for the first insertion, and fire cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Chinese Sugar Cane—How it Succeeds in Texas. Gi.S. 4»r^JS*~«~;/»*~w »f thc «7e%. Oilyaus Picayune, gives the following account yof. his success in growing the new cane on his plantation in Texas - For the last six months I bave • hardly opened a paper, whether devoted to agri- .eulture, politics, religion, sporting affairs, or what not, without seeing some notice of the Sorgho Sucre, or Chinese sugar cane. Why have I not a perfect right to add my experience to the general stock of information in relation to tbe cultivation of this new grain, or plant, or whatever it may be termed? To begin, then: In October, 1855, 1 purchased a small paper of seed. 1 do not think there was more than two heaping table-spoonsful of it, or three at the outside. I brought it with me to New Orleans, and on arriving sent it here to be planted. When I reached this place, early m May last, it was jast peering above the ground, two rows of it in a ten-acre field, which had been devoted in. the main to millet, oats and a little Indian corn, and four short rows in the garden; the latter planted last. , About the 8th of July, the two rows in the larger field had shot up, headed out and ripened, notwithstanding the drought, and heavy heads were cut for seed. The oats, meanwhile, had come np, the millet was hardly above the ground, while the Indian corn was parched and dying for want of rain. Two or three mornings afterwards, on looking at the field from a bill close by, I noticed that the two rows of Sorgho Sucre had entirely disappeared, while rows of Indian Corn on either side are still standing. On close examination, I ascertained that a lot of hogs—hogs are apt to do such things —had broken into the field, and devoured the Chinese sugar cane root, and branch: ai*ci3sr*BS*B s-o-#v~Rip-^v.~N-~B -—^.^ tasting the cane, it seemed to mo to be as full of saccharine juice as the ordinary sugar it was cut clean to the ground by the pork- j cane of Louisiana. At tbe same time I had ers, not a sign or vestige was left, while, as already stated, the stalks of Indian corn on either side were left standing. I was thankful I had saved the seed, and thought little more of it. ^ Some few days after this—perhaps a fort- , night—the rows planted in the garden were examined, the heads of seed found to be ripe, and the greater portion cut and brought to the bouse, leaving the tall stalks still standing. On cutting down one of the latter, which must have been ten feet high, I found it to be exceedingly heavy, and on two or three imported French merino sheep in my yard, in great want of green fodder, and on cutting the cano into small pieces I found tbat they devoured it with the greatest avidity. After, this I fed them daily on it for some time, a single stalk furnishing a good bait. I also gave some of it to a good mare, she eating it even more greedily than the sheep. Some three weeks after the ripe heads of seed were cut, I noticed that new heads had shot up from tho same stalk; and theso new heads blossomed, filled and ripened in September, and were cu|nd b>i ghf to the house. All this time yimustricollect we were suffering from iiileced-il 3d drought, and Indian corn ariswee* lotatoes, water melons, pUmp- ki| and 1 e like, had died down to the %rdut. I no- lecame more interested in the Si ;ho £e-e;than ever, and although I st fed ot daily to the merinos and mare, le i port i of the'stalks standing. Soon nc head* ere seen shooting out, and these in im li ssmed and ripened as did the fir I If i no account of dates, but think tlikhird" ip of seed from the same stalk, if I I m.' call it, was gathered about tho fir|of Oiler; it might have been during the second week of that month. I planted gome of this last seed, by way of experiment ; it came up,'rapidly, looked, thrifty, grew until it was nearly knee high, and was finally cut down by frost in* November. A great number of shoots or suckers, which had sprung up from tbe stalks first planted, were cut down at the same time; the Sorgho Sucre can stand any kind of drought, but tbe first sharp frost kills it to tbe ground. And what amount of seed do you think I gathered from the little paper I purchased in Paris 1 Nearly, if not quite, two bushels! And had not the hogs broke into the field, I believe I should liave had three. It certainly yields in the most miraculous manner ; beats everything for dry weather. Of its properties for the production of sugar I can say nothing ; I only know that it tastes like common sugar cane, and is full of juice about the time the first heads ripen. As a green fodder, it, also beats everything, which grows: horses, sheep and hogs are certainly inordinately fond of. it, and *o full ^s*~ti*re------.i-Ki^ they must be both nutritious and fattening. I cannot say what kind of bread or cakes the seeds will afford, nor can I tell what kind of dry fodder the plant will make when cut green ; these experiments I have yet to try,,and now that I have the seed I intend,;, to do it on a grand scale. I shall plant it in rows, or drills, shall sow it, and shall cut it at different stages, to try its quaiiies as a. dry fodder. Let me repeat, over and over again, that it stands a drought better than anything we have—does not seem to require rain after it is once up. Tours, &c. G. W. I An Item for Trout-Fanciers. We find tbe followingiu tbe Hartford Times, relative to the cellar process of trout-breeding: "During the past Winter, Mr.E. C. Kellogg has succeded, without much trouble, in breeding Trout in his cellar. He placed a box; with proper partitions, in his cellar, and put some sand, gravel aud stones in tbe bottom. He then procured two trout, a male and female and went through the process which has proved successful in France, of pressing tbe spawn from the female, and placing it in his box.— He then filled the box with Connecticut river water, and kept a small stream constantly running through it. This was about seven weeks ago. He has now seventeen tine, lively young trout, from half an inch to aa inch in length, and more in the process of hatching. By holding the eggs to the light, little fish can be seen in them distinctly. The old ones are kept in a tub, and are not allowed to range among the small fry. The little ones ol a week old have all the characteristics of the old fish and they will dart under a stone with great rapidity, when the water is stirred up a little. Our popular water-works are constantly developing new sources of comfort, not tbe least of which is tbat which furnishes a good supply of trout, fresh for the table, in tbe cellars of our citizens, at all seasons ofthe year." Ill — I The Gtarrote Cotillio--.—This is tbe name of a new cotillion which is becoming very fashionable. The ladies swing corners. Having done this, the gentlemen place their arms around their necks and kiss them on the left cheek. Yonng ladies screech aad fall into young gentlemen's arms. Gentlemen seize young women around tbe waist and waltz to t'.eir seats. «T AVI
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1857, v. 06, no. 04 (Apr. 1) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA0604 |
Date of Original | 1857 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Coverage | United States - Indiana |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 25 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | J ? STATE LIBRARY Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics and the Useful Arts. VOLUME VI. ttTGttJMLC>J*rD, APBIL, 1857-.. 1,'tr- UTTMBEB, IV. EDITED ~B-5T D. P. Holloway, and W.. T. Dennis. TERMS OF THE FARMER. Ct~~~"PATMEnr TO BB HADE INVARIABLY IK ADVANCE.,*"* One Copy, per volume.... .50 Cents. Bills of all specie paying Banks and postage stamps received at par. Subscription money, property endorsed stay bo mailed at onr risk. Address, HOLLO-WAY tt. CO.. PaWsbers ladiana Farmer, Richmond, Ind. TERMS Of ADVERT1SINO! Advertisements Trill be inserted in this sheet for ten cents per line for the first insertion, and fire cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Chinese Sugar Cane—How it Succeeds in Texas. Gi.S. 4»r^JS*~«~;/»*~w »f thc «7e%. Oilyaus Picayune, gives the following account yof. his success in growing the new cane on his plantation in Texas - For the last six months I bave • hardly opened a paper, whether devoted to agri- .eulture, politics, religion, sporting affairs, or what not, without seeing some notice of the Sorgho Sucre, or Chinese sugar cane. Why have I not a perfect right to add my experience to the general stock of information in relation to tbe cultivation of this new grain, or plant, or whatever it may be termed? To begin, then: In October, 1855, 1 purchased a small paper of seed. 1 do not think there was more than two heaping table-spoonsful of it, or three at the outside. I brought it with me to New Orleans, and on arriving sent it here to be planted. When I reached this place, early m May last, it was jast peering above the ground, two rows of it in a ten-acre field, which had been devoted in. the main to millet, oats and a little Indian corn, and four short rows in the garden; the latter planted last. , About the 8th of July, the two rows in the larger field had shot up, headed out and ripened, notwithstanding the drought, and heavy heads were cut for seed. The oats, meanwhile, had come np, the millet was hardly above the ground, while the Indian corn was parched and dying for want of rain. Two or three mornings afterwards, on looking at the field from a bill close by, I noticed that the two rows of Sorgho Sucre had entirely disappeared, while rows of Indian Corn on either side are still standing. On close examination, I ascertained that a lot of hogs—hogs are apt to do such things —had broken into the field, and devoured the Chinese sugar cane root, and branch: ai*ci3sr*BS*B s-o-#v~Rip-^v.~N-~B -—^.^ tasting the cane, it seemed to mo to be as full of saccharine juice as the ordinary sugar it was cut clean to the ground by the pork- j cane of Louisiana. At tbe same time I had ers, not a sign or vestige was left, while, as already stated, the stalks of Indian corn on either side were left standing. I was thankful I had saved the seed, and thought little more of it. ^ Some few days after this—perhaps a fort- , night—the rows planted in the garden were examined, the heads of seed found to be ripe, and the greater portion cut and brought to the bouse, leaving the tall stalks still standing. On cutting down one of the latter, which must have been ten feet high, I found it to be exceedingly heavy, and on two or three imported French merino sheep in my yard, in great want of green fodder, and on cutting the cano into small pieces I found tbat they devoured it with the greatest avidity. After, this I fed them daily on it for some time, a single stalk furnishing a good bait. I also gave some of it to a good mare, she eating it even more greedily than the sheep. Some three weeks after the ripe heads of seed were cut, I noticed that new heads had shot up from tho same stalk; and theso new heads blossomed, filled and ripened in September, and were cu|nd b>i ghf to the house. All this time yimustricollect we were suffering from iiileced-il 3d drought, and Indian corn ariswee* lotatoes, water melons, pUmp- ki| and 1 e like, had died down to the %rdut. I no- lecame more interested in the Si ;ho £e-e;than ever, and although I st fed ot daily to the merinos and mare, le i port i of the'stalks standing. Soon nc head* ere seen shooting out, and these in im li ssmed and ripened as did the fir I If i no account of dates, but think tlikhird" ip of seed from the same stalk, if I I m.' call it, was gathered about tho fir|of Oiler; it might have been during the second week of that month. I planted gome of this last seed, by way of experiment ; it came up,'rapidly, looked, thrifty, grew until it was nearly knee high, and was finally cut down by frost in* November. A great number of shoots or suckers, which had sprung up from tbe stalks first planted, were cut down at the same time; the Sorgho Sucre can stand any kind of drought, but tbe first sharp frost kills it to tbe ground. And what amount of seed do you think I gathered from the little paper I purchased in Paris 1 Nearly, if not quite, two bushels! And had not the hogs broke into the field, I believe I should liave had three. It certainly yields in the most miraculous manner ; beats everything for dry weather. Of its properties for the production of sugar I can say nothing ; I only know that it tastes like common sugar cane, and is full of juice about the time the first heads ripen. As a green fodder, it, also beats everything, which grows: horses, sheep and hogs are certainly inordinately fond of. it, and *o full ^s*~ti*re------.i-Ki^ they must be both nutritious and fattening. I cannot say what kind of bread or cakes the seeds will afford, nor can I tell what kind of dry fodder the plant will make when cut green ; these experiments I have yet to try,,and now that I have the seed I intend,;, to do it on a grand scale. I shall plant it in rows, or drills, shall sow it, and shall cut it at different stages, to try its quaiiies as a. dry fodder. Let me repeat, over and over again, that it stands a drought better than anything we have—does not seem to require rain after it is once up. Tours, &c. G. W. I An Item for Trout-Fanciers. We find tbe followingiu tbe Hartford Times, relative to the cellar process of trout-breeding: "During the past Winter, Mr.E. C. Kellogg has succeded, without much trouble, in breeding Trout in his cellar. He placed a box; with proper partitions, in his cellar, and put some sand, gravel aud stones in tbe bottom. He then procured two trout, a male and female and went through the process which has proved successful in France, of pressing tbe spawn from the female, and placing it in his box.— He then filled the box with Connecticut river water, and kept a small stream constantly running through it. This was about seven weeks ago. He has now seventeen tine, lively young trout, from half an inch to aa inch in length, and more in the process of hatching. By holding the eggs to the light, little fish can be seen in them distinctly. The old ones are kept in a tub, and are not allowed to range among the small fry. The little ones ol a week old have all the characteristics of the old fish and they will dart under a stone with great rapidity, when the water is stirred up a little. Our popular water-works are constantly developing new sources of comfort, not tbe least of which is tbat which furnishes a good supply of trout, fresh for the table, in tbe cellars of our citizens, at all seasons ofthe year." Ill — I The Gtarrote Cotillio--.—This is tbe name of a new cotillion which is becoming very fashionable. The ladies swing corners. Having done this, the gentlemen place their arms around their necks and kiss them on the left cheek. Yonng ladies screech aad fall into young gentlemen's arms. Gentlemen seize young women around tbe waist and waltz to t'.eir seats. «T AVI |
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