EXPERIENCE IN SORGHUM AND IMPHEE. 
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ure in our State; and to encourage the many in another trial of 
this most valuable, and, we believe to be, most successful 
branch of culture. 
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From our experience, we are led to the conclusion that a good 
crop of Sorghum or Imphee, can be raised as easily and cheap¬ 
ly as a crop of corn, and recommend the following mode of cul¬ 
ture, &c.: 
Having secured a piece of warm, alluvial, or sandy land, lo¬ 
cated high and dry—if rich, all the better—plow deep, as early 
in the spring as possible, and give it a second plowing, or deep 
cultivating immediately before planting. The land should be 
in the best of condition, as the seed starts feebly, and requires 
the best of care to get it along vigorously, until the regular 
corn weather of July. 
The seed should be soaked a few hours in warm water ; put 
in a small bag, and well enveloped with woolen cloths, kept in 
a warm place, and frequently shaken, until it begins to sprout, 
then rolled in plaster, or fine loam, and planted with care, one 
inchdep; rows three feet apart, each way. We recommend 
marking the ground both ways, that the rows may be straight, 
and the hills prominent. Put a handfull of plaster or fresh 
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ashes on each hill, immediately after planting, and on the first 
appearance of weeds or grass, run the cultivator both ways. 
Stir the soil around the hill on the first appearance of the 
plants. Prompt and early cultivation with the stimulus of the 
plaster will secure an early growth. 
Experience proves that nine-tenths of the chances of success 
and failure lie in the first few weeks of the young plant, and 
one acre extra-well started and cared for, will yield more profit 
than several with ordinary care. 
Plant only upon dry soils; sandy or gravelly ridges develope 
far more of the saccharine matter, in proportion to the bulk of 
cane, and are about the only suitable places for Sorghum. 
Our experience has not convinced us that any of the varie¬ 
ties of Imphee are much superior to the Sorghum, all things 
considered. 
