New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-09

made sn Interesting statement IN res,ion =. cals-
v.t,, n of the imyby African sugu.csDe both IN
Africa snd Frshce, where :'Iy pr cent 81 .ls
mil which gave "a TO IL pr cent Of sues' Ia SPAN,
ha csoe ttin richer IL ia true tns some diifl-
enny has occurred in u,aking grsbpl sd sugar v lco
II SD ~ Ia enty tun and Of Feed sb m. FIX clrn-s.
Mr. WIsy eIumers&es si1teen varieties ii re African
sugar cane, shich all go uoder TIE general nsn, OF
Imply, a, gives the foI'oeins OF pans a. toey
supd VII. spok en- in the Zulu fir !Ing1ass OF tie
di8eres sor's. which probably vary soort Ike osf
vaIis ties o. Indian corn:
No. !. fsee-sIspA No. g. ses,sof'nA
No }Oou,.see ana. No II Elm -sA
ne fs,..osSs No. No. i i sSS% s.'A
NO f fm NJ H. poo.ee-aSL
TIE vsrietes from No 10 No. g. 10 the order taey
stspc be rec mmerds for culture 10 the Nor5hsro
States for the same rtsson that orr sns vare<-s OF
b,rr grow very large, Sd will oe yell su,ed 10 :os
suRsr plantations Of Louisiana. Nj Way thinIs ia
te Iupby viii produce ssloao crop Id z0y ioca
~ gter, th 70 a;e three snd half months OF Sum Dsr
IN rich roll this cane mn.t be planted T.ds so1ri 80
81 70 give eosd room, aid The seed shouid 20 u,
lightly covered
The Chinese sugsr.care Juice ia more mucilsgi1ous
than The African. He does no. believe taa. tee Cci,
D. sc .v.r made sugar f IN the hind Of cane c1 lyss1
BY tbem, ihongb II will make a rich sirup. 90
pate, It'd proc,ss Of his own, he thinks sugar caI
be ads succe sfuly Of all varieties Of tnphy Gaze
He did BOt make sugar a. hret IN Afncs, .honso DC
grew aJle quaDies Of cane ano made siroc IN anuo-
da &C. with great care he related aoecdote 81 &C.
OtheI person who bad made great ehorts TO sranaise
the BIZ up foied. Mr. Wray says that no Can gran
usie great per cen'sgo OF The JUICE IL tre Impny
80 of The COMMON sugarcane by the use OF the Sane
sppsyo'us ia use ON any sugar estate, and produce
equally good sugsr and molossts.
In africa, the Ksfirs slwsys take of me 'ee1 head
before maturity, yet edheads aise E'Td fo'm npIa
eh, hntf h.u ant tnQp hpf N
stuIe; and he thinks the plant 10 be ter fJf sugS,
whom producing reed. The juice Of s'alas Do. poo
duciDg ssed "a more mpid and more inclined 70 cry>
tslbze than f ON stalks nat ripened seed. Mr.
Wrsy sisied that alcohol maze from Celnsse OF African
cane is very soperor. Juice that marks - B,anme
produces per cent of scnho In d. ias cane'sugar
OsIy baf the weight Ct sugar oan be obt-ioed II
alcohol In using the fresh juice Of the !nphy :he
uucilsgipous Part ada 70 t1e va'ue for sicob1,.
He says the valuable for bfeso bat more % for
mailing starch, IA he seed Ia very rich In that sub
s'arce. lDe bTaggaee he Goes not corsioeJ OF any
value for Iee0 fUJ cattle lie thinks The lmphy 9o1i1
be valuable crop grown tor seei sdd forage aione.
He has seen il grow seven feet in littls over 70
months. TT X 9ffrs DO not the seed tor food,
lhkiDg j, not good; but 10 Ff,nce Ill sorts o. Gomes
tic aJiuals suue it gr,e0Iy; and one remark abe
fact IT, thai The co'oriDg mstter aims the very o1n9s
of iowlt. For cd for cattle NJ. Wr.y inside inc
stalks of the In ply very valuable either for ia*nng
or wO,kI z animals The pau Thai he adopts With the
is to put them in sscks and thr ssh tie a,
which freesihe seed from toe outer busk Thee nuskt
weigh about ole fifth of the whole wes Of tie seed
He doubts the vaiue Of the hu for coorng purpose'
He lOoks upon the idea Of getting wax from tue oaae,
d. er worth tile east attention Of the
cutvsrOr in regard 10 the sOunDg OF ca-s after cut
ting, he has found that canes that had beea ca: 20
weebsweIe only eoureo ai'ue 90 tue ENDS Ace hsnfs
cut auo bury this and keep seets Elk inntos lie
slto 7. ad letter from Gov. Hammond OF SGdta CDo
Inns eairg that he had ca1ts sent 70 him ny raifoao
800 mice, and tten buried AID kept some week.,
when sli remained sweet; at iS sSest 90 ,nsn -
L. l. 70 4 ~
M. Wrsy said Re had mace cryst4ilized s1gar from
canes tho, had been cut a fortnight. The CAGES, II
fozsn will keep oily length Of time aud IN AXE sugar
ngrGuLd while frOzen aud Immediately oohed.
He exhibited t~o sJec,1 ens of Sugar mt0e by OILS
process hat exhibit much the appearance o dry 'plt
sugar 10 snall g'Ooular masses; tbe Angles OF the
groipe berg email and Lot very sharp. Inc tsste
gives a decidedly pleasant favor. Toe most hsrds
varieties Of the Imply have grown perfectly At Paris
but not So well IN England. He thinks il vii! gre"
perfectly in CANADA.
to view toe implement. He sso spOke OF a new mill
got up at Philadelphia upon chesp plan to gri6d tIe
NEW fugar-csDe. He also has Dew boiler IN opera
ton in hs city, which he wishes the Clab TO see, as
one particularly valuable for farmers
DT. WATERBURY thought the production OF alcohol
frcm Sorghum for the purpose OF mssing cheap hgcs
for the people, woulo o,e render 1t worth covatiGs
l. qpid Maaures.- Prof Mspes spoke at length upon
this subject, enumerated several of the advantages
of using liquid instead VI cold He illustrated
bis srkum,ht by comparison OF Parian mrbie and
chalk wh ch the chemist Gays art both carbonate Of
lin yet lie cha he ,ps fertility vhile the other does
not This If bee contains lime from organized
ber es sno the other pJt. So also of bones and apa
ute iock-toth phosphate Of lime. Oae possesses
great poe er OF addisg the fertility Of land the other
OF little vslle. So as Of the potash 10 Anure,
which is far more valuable for plants than potash
fIUm felospsr rock The value Of liquid manure arises
from the fact that the f,Itziug proper Ma are in aon
dtioD reacy for ,muedate aotoption and assim1ston
by whstver growing plant it comes in contact With.
MIR. WRAY-I 90 not tniLA the object of potash IL
when obtained ON the hest cry &nzstion, it Is of
the greatest value. Potash is very rapidly exhausted
f III the coil by some crops: TO ins'snce tob soco.
Grading o. ster SheIis.-Piof MAPS, In suswer
to question stated tia. ground oyster sbels 1oourned
of adv snt we 20 ia except far the
nechsI ical oeii trey ston Il the soi u ahec I'd.
The subject Of liquid msnures and other matters viii
be discussed at the next meeting, Tuesday. April Ia.