New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-11

plant The other mode is by b0ping without
rideipg. OF course the advocates of each system
affirm that the largest yields OF ST. gar are produced
by the one they practice. Inc plants come 70 ma
turity in year; when taken off the leaves trimmed
from the canes are permitt:d to lie and cover the
ground to protect the stumps from the sun, and
Keep moisture 10 them till they sprout AGAIN
They are then raked off between the rows where
they lie and rot for manure, else are transferred
10 some freshly p,Owed piece. The second crop
taken from the came planting is called rs'eoxs,
from the name Of the man, am told, VINO said
there was % use of planting every year mat II
was ~ vel, TO let the canes spr0ut up, and cat
them agsUi and again. There are second, third ana
fourth rutoOns, according 20 the strength OF the
land. Whether or not this system OF ratoOnlng
may drain the land TO an impoverishing degree,
should think serious question.
The plan Of growing canes without manure is OF
late abandoned Mature is the great desideratun
il is impossible to make enough for the grounds
actually occupied The amount of lands under
canes has for this reason been diminished, and the
best and most practical judges think that more
sugar would be made By even greater dlminutlon
They have tried guarO, but the expense IL 700
great and the success doubtful The manure is
ploWed in spread on the surface, or put around
he plant, at the fancy Of the culturist. Every
means is adopted for the accumulation Of manure
The tops and leaves Of the canes are carried into
tie cattle-pcns for them TO feed on and trample
under feet. and all manner Of refuse is carefully
thrown into this mass. A hundred head of oxen
cows and mules dozen or twenty horses, serenity
FIVE or q hundred sheep on an estate make large
quantities Of manure but yet not enough. Yet
The lands are improving BY the use of what they
have.
The more general substitution Of the steam-en-
zine for the windmill, and improvements in the
process of making sugar aud rum. are also giving
Tndrr HunIll IL kFlF
feeble and ftful power; often there is no breeze
and then cutting and grinding cease, While the
canes already cut wilt and sour Much time, labor
end stock is thus lost often where the dependence
is upon this power large portions of the crop have
sometimes TOtted before they could be taken OIL.
The engine on the other hand, saves and ecOnO-
mixes all those employed here are small, from
eight to twelve horsepower. yet sufficient for all
purposes. The first in the Island was introduced
several years ago, by Benjamin De Forest Of New
York. There are now about forty, and every year
is adding TO them.
These various circumstances indicate improve
ment here and point to future condition of stable
prosperity. Still greater improvements may yet
be made variety of crops might adyantageOusly
be adopted grass or clover seeding for eDriching
the soil should be tried Indeed, much as the new
race of planters have done for the island we can
not but believe that Yankee prOprietOrs would
bring far more energy and ingenuity into exercise,
and that under their hands the island would ap-
prosch M re nearly IFS former productiyeness than
it now will. That it will be recovered entirely
will probably never be the case; we are sure that
Is, 600 hhds of sugar will never again under any
hands be produced here in single year. though
undoubtedly the best sugar and rum in the world
are made here. The great extent to which these
are produced elsewhere robs St CrOix of its former
importance in the worlds markets; besides, the
duties in our country are against her
81. CrOix never will be again what it has been in
point of culture and productions; but it may be,
and there is every prospect that it will be- pros
porous and enlightened island, furnishing happy
homes to it's mixed people, and giving pleasing
illustration Of the benefits of emancipation in the
order, industry, thrift and gradual Improvement
of large body of emancipated blacks. W.