The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-09
Cultivation of the Imphe in Georgia.

The Jnrndi Of Commerce contains the fol-
lowing letter, from DR.. Daniel Lee of the South
crm Culf;raior in relation to the cultivation oi
the Imphc. and the manufacture of sugar.
The wrtcrggivcs it as his opinion, that the
juice of the plant is nearly rich is crystal
liable sugar a$ that of the West India cane,
and that though it is more difficult to clarity
the juice, Vet that this with n little experience
will be entirely practicable
The writer, i, seems. regards the Inrhr n $
superior TO the Chinese sugar cane for tho pro.
duction of sugar; but lcarn]'fr"m friend
who has convcrs"l with Gov. Hammond on
the subject. that the Governor decidedly pre-.
fcrs the Chinese cane, and regrets that he was
induced +" experiment so largely, during the
present year in the cultivation "f the Imrhc
ATHENS, G.. Sept. 18th. 1857.
Seeing Mr.. Wii,lcrS interesting letter from
South Africa in the Journal of Commerce Of
the 10th inst, i'll which he SAYS ian average
yield of ira t""S per acr" Of good sugar was
obtained there last Year, from the imJhc re.
minds ne that the cnltivators "f he new cane
at the North may like to hcnr something on
the subject, rs to our progress and success at
the South.
In letter before me Col. Peters writes ::
The boiling. you and Mr.. Wrnv mad" [nf sv-
rnr1 has .raincl beautifully" This was
juice of urr:pe cane that give on Bcaumc's
register only ] I deg, Whereas now. similar
cane shows s deg, and Col. Peters expects it To
go lu deg, hy the same instrument. when his
whole crop GOO acrcs) will b" worked up rs
soon ms practicable. lie has ~ acres Of the
Chinese. and 40 nf the African cnnc. and will
thoroughly test t lie relative merits of both for
making syrup and sugar.
I"u may have seen in the Augusta papers of
the 9th inst, some nnticc Of my success in ma
king good sugar from the Chinese cane. Sub.
scquent experience and information confirm
me in the belief that the juice Of this plant is
nearly rs rich in crystnllinahlc sugar ms that Of
the West India cane 1t is, however. arpa-
rcnilv more difficult TO dcfcrntc and clarity
the Juice and syrup Of the Chinese cane than
TINT of the true sugar cane but the art will
soon be learnt by all farmers who wish to
make sugar from ;liis new plnnt. / usc four tn
bic spnonfuls of Tie cream nf lime to three gal
Ions of recently expressed juice, heating it
nearly to the point Of boiling, and allowing
the scum (" rise, Which is all removed hy n
skinner. +" separate fine part iccs that pass
through the six INNER. | felt the hot Juice
through cotton bags lis Is ,lnnc in the manu-
facturc OF cane sugar. BY faithful skimning
and strnning, sugar may he made although
there remains sometimes glucose, dcNtrinc am.
cascnc to retnrl the formation of CRYSTALS
DIR. Evans Sugar Planters Manual is good am-
th"rity on the subject. Mr.. Wray's Patent
may he better
Although have good crop of Chinese seed,
and not one of the imphe, am inclined, from
what have seen Of both Of the plants To re-
gard the latter the better one for The pruuc
tion of sugar. ! have secn it ut Gov liam
mond's growing from cuttings precisely like
the cane grown in Floriln, which it far more
resembles than the sorgum saccllara,uln. Gov
H., regards the African plant rs the true seed
hearing parent Of the howering hut srcdIess
but grncrnlly cultivated in tropical climates
for making sugar. To increase the sacchuriac
clem'nt it WAS like the practice Mt the East 10
cut off the heads before they reached mnturi.
ty, which turned the reproductive energies of
the plant to the development Of buds on the
stem at its joints, and rendered the seed bear
ing organs abortivc This theory may or mny
not be true while the statements of Mr.. Viii
der, Mr. Wr"y and others. leave little room for
doubt rs to the value Of the indigenous Afrl-
can plnnt under consideration. When We
have fairly tested the relative advantages of
the lmphe and Chinese cane | will write you IL
gain Oh the subject. ID LEE.