Georgia, historical and industrial . from five to six feet wide; then open the bed and in this furrowplant the cane. The part of the stalk selected for seed should be de-posited in an open furrow and well covered. In the fall this coveringshould be several inches thick. Eemove the extra soil in early spring tosecure early germination. The cultivation best for corn land is generallygood for sugar-cane. Let there be thorough and deep preparation of thesoil; then cultivate rapidly and as shallow as the soil will permit, andlay by when canes shade the ground. The fertilizers for cane should contai
Georgia, historical and industrial . from five to six feet wide; then open the bed and in this furrowplant the cane. The part of the stalk selected for seed should be de-posited in an open furrow and well covered. In the fall this coveringshould be several inches thick. Eemove the extra soil in early spring tosecure early germination. The cultivation best for corn land is generallygood for sugar-cane. Let there be thorough and deep preparation of thesoil; then cultivate rapidly and as shallow as the soil will permit, andlay by when canes shade the ground. The fertilizers for cane should contain enough nitrogenous matter toinsure a large growth by September 1st, Phosphoric acid is very bene-ficial to cane. Potash may be demanded upon light sandy soils. Experi-ments have shown that the limits of prifit in the use of fertilizers are be-tween forty and fifty pounds of nitrogen obtained from oottonseed-meal,and from forty to eighty pounds of phosphoric acid. If under favorable conditions the above formula is used on our best. GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AXD IXDUSTRIAL. 213 cane lands in South Georgia, we should obtain from twenty to thirty tonsof cane to the acre. It should be remembered that Georgia was the original cane-gi-owiugState of the Union. In 1825 she gave to Louisiana the seed of the nb-bon-cane, thus bequeathing to that State a mine of wealth. And nowthe genial soil of Southern and lliddle Georgia offers this same sourceof wealth to her own people or to the stranger seeking a home withinher gates. The establishing of sugar refineries will greatly promote the interestsof the cane growers. There will be no scarcity of capital for such enter-prises if sufficient quantities of cane are grown. We predict for the nearfuture the establishment of a number of sugar refineries in South Geor-gia. Syrup-making in Georgia commences about the last of October or thefirst of ISTovember, and continues until Christmas. At this season thetraveler journeying on a country road will see o
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