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correspondent mere; IL ast becoming and indeed
now u.s. place Of great Importance, not only being
the eastern terminus Of the Long Island Railroad but
also In commercial point Of view
There eleven ships here concerned in the
whale fishery, and very large number of smaller
sells engaged In the coasting trade its growth has been
exceedingly rapid having been built up within compare
lively but few years the location Is admirable, having
viii bear favorable comparison with any in the country
The scenery here Is surprisingly grand directly oppo
site Is Shelter Island, whose hills Of evergreen CON
tinualy cheer the sight on the west Is the great
Peconic, embracing in its mighty folds Southold,
Cutchoge and New Suffolk on the east seen the
the mist-whst still farther may be the waters
Of Gardeners Bay as they comminge with the ocean.
bosrd viii compare with ths for beauty Of scenery
This village Is the place Of residence Of Dr. w
italy conceals by pair Of gold spsctsclss.
sent critical period in Colonial affairs, we con-
ceivs that every opportunity should be made available
by the conductors of the colonial PRESS to bring
the several classes of which communities COM
posed Actuated by this motive have, from time to
provemsnts and discoveries made in the culture and
manufacture Of the staple products-which have arrest
ed our attention in the course of our ord
that those engaged In those pursuits in this colony
might profit by the experience and scientific abilities Of
their fellow colonists In present number, We have
Barbados Agricultural Society which will be found
contain several valuable hints, to planting and ma
.uring Of land well worthy the consideration of our az
There are other articles however besides sugar,
mSh Verv be and rhch ooad be-
attended to without interfering with the cultivation Of
the staples one Of these articles Is the Of
grows abundanty in this Island the trouble Of planting
is inconsderable and the profit arising from its manu-
facture, by the common process Of hand grating
is immense The subject has been suggested to by
the perusa Of the following article which Is contained
in the Guiana Times of the 23d ut and we notice it
with the view Of inducing the enterprisDg amongst
to give 1t trial. we'll to encourage the present
to increase their crops and improve the quality
Of the article:
The manufacture of starch will Of these days be-
come productive source Of colonial wealth Since cas-
sada first grown amongst its capabilities as
starch producer have to certain extent been known,
and for that purpose 1t has been In limited 1t re-
as an article Of export and to add this to the other in
dustria resources Of the colony That gentleman has
erected machinery Pin Haagsbosch for grinding the
root and preparing the starch Of the bitter cassad he
has already shipped the article In considerable quaut
ties to Europe, and 10 has been sold price which
puts the profit upon sugar cultivation completely to the
blush His agent in Glasgow writes that any quantity
such already shipped command ready sale at 90,
per h. We are quite aware that its use is
nearly 30, with that Of sugar But the Glasgow gen.
eman does not know the capabilities Of the soil OF Brit
sh Guiana; is it necessary, shall show pre-
sent that to pay the grower here 1t should bring even
half that price
A sample OF a ton just prepared at Haagsboseh has
been sent To Dr Shier ana may DO seen Dy the
at the laboratory. 1t Is admitted by the DR. to be o
beautiful specimen of starch although it has only un-
dergone one washing The cassada from which 1t was
made planted ABOUT eight nine months ago upon
Of pegass soil which had been weeded, but which
had undergone any Of shovel poughing
been broken and turned up In any way. The plants
weeded after they had begun to spring. nor
they tended or disturbed until they ripe and
pulled up. The expense Of planting the was five
dollars and reapng the crop would suppose amount
to much more We believe that the green cassada
weighed but the has given fully ton Of
stsrch-equsl, at Cd per Id, to $4s3 20.
The researches of DR. Shier have led him to believe
that the green bitter cassada will give its weight
in starch fthis be the the return per would
under favorable circumstances where the land Is pro-
perly worked be enormous On estate in EsseQuebo
short time ago. of cassada grown In fine per
meable soil lifted and weighed 1t yielded IS tons Of
green cassada Such return this acre would en-
able to nundate Great Britain with iood and at
which would make -four be considered . luxury. The
doctor is convinced that in thorough dried land where
the could penetrate the soil and whsre s permea
bity would permit Of their indehuite expansion re-
turn of % tons might uniformly Do calculated
upon What blessing, not only for the colony but for
the world would the Introduction be- Of this cheap and
nutritious substitute for the potato Grenada Free
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