. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. THE SUGAR CANE. 207. Fio. 48. jret so late as 1813, the entire crop of the State amo anted only to 25,000 hogsheads. Steam power was first applied to grinding the cane, in 1822, and since that period, its cul- tivation has be
. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. THE SUGAR CANE. 207. Fio. 48. jret so late as 1813, the entire crop of the State amo anted only to 25,000 hogsheads. Steam power was first applied to grinding the cane, in 1822, and since that period, its cul- tivation has been rapidly spreading over the delta of the Mississippi, and the adjoining territory. The product of Louisiana in 1845, reached the enormous quantity of 207,337,000 pounds, and about 9,000,000 gallons of molasses, worth nearly $15,000,000 ; being an increase of over ten times the quantity yielded but 30 years be fore. Its introduction into other States.—The cane Avas introduced into Georgia from Otaheite, in 1805, and sugar was for some- time produced for export. It was an object of attention \vhile it commanded ten cents per pound ; but when the prices declined to five and six cents, it ceased to be manufactured as an article of commerce, though still extensively produced for domestic consumption. It has re- cently engrossed the attention of planters to some extent, in Florida and Texas ; and there are portions of these States eminently calculated, both in soil and climate, to rival the best sections of Louisiana in its culture. The southern portions of Alabama and Mississippi, as well as the Caro- linas, have also begun to plant the for the supply of their own syrup, and they have thus far proved it an object well worthy their pursuit. The i/itroduction of the Ribbon Cane, from Georgia into the adjoining States, in 1817, by giving a much hardier variety, has largely extended the area of its cultivation, and render- ed it a desirable crop, v/here it would not otherwise
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