FIELD CROPS. : '.;.'. 2o> 



izer for wheat. Too much highly ammoniacal manure 

 will destroy the crop. Cotton seed meal and acid phos- 

 phate is good. Before planting, soak the seed in a solu- 

 tion of blue stone (sulphate of copper) for at least twelve 

 hours in order to destroy the smut germ. 



SUGAR CA^E. (Sacharum officinarum.) 



Plant in February or March in very rich ground. Sandy 

 loam is to be preferred. Procure well matured, sound 

 canes ; lay off rows five feet apart and five or six inches 

 deep, with a wide one-horse shovel-plow. Lay the canes 

 in the furrows, one after another continuously ; cover 

 four or fives inches deep ; cultivate same as corn. 



SORGHUM. (Sorghum vulgare, VAR.) 



This is a most useful and staple crop, and is adapted 

 to every section of the United States of North America. 

 Every farmer may easily grow his own sugar and syrup at 

 home. Plant from March 10th to May 10th. Lay off 

 rows in well plowed soil four feet by two feet apart, six to 

 eight seeds in each check. Cover lighly with the harrow 

 or board ; let four to five plants grow to the hill. Culti- 

 vate shallow ; keep the crop clean of all grass amd weeds 

 until three to four feet high, when it may be laid by. 



Some prefer planting in a continuous drill, leaving the 

 plants one to two inches apart. Sorghum prefers gray 

 soils naturally well drained. Heating manures are not 

 suited to it. Ammoniated superphosphate, bone dust 

 and hard wood-ashes are good, also acid phosphate and 

 cotton seed meal. Harvest when the seed is half ripe. 



MILLO MAIZE. 



This new and most wonderful forage plant is now gen- 

 erally introduced, and is a valuable acquisition. Plant as 

 early as possible after frosts are over, on any kind of soil, 

 on high or low lands. Prepare the land very thoroughly, 

 making it finely pulverized ; the richer the land the 



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