Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-16

The tide is too resistless for the Little Giant"
to paddle his own canoe" in.
Sugar CuIture---CereaIs---Gr
The Report of the Secretary of the Interior
pays a deserved tribute 10 the Agricultural
division of the Patent Office, in exciting in
creased interest in the cause of improved agri-
culture and productions throughout the country.
The appropriations made from year to year ''for
the collection of agricultural statistics, investi-
cations for promoting agricultural and rural
economy, and the procurement AMI distribution
of cuttings and SEEDS" have already effected
material advancement; and great mass
of fact has been collected, collated, pub
lished, and scattered broadcast among the peO-
pie, together with improved seeds and new
plants, and directions as to the best modes of
cultivation. Agricultural societies, fairs, lee
lures, publications, and scientific research, have
been stimulated by these efforts, and although
some of the experiments and seeds distributed
have proved of little profit, others have more
than compensated for all the cost and trouble
attending many instances of failure. The Re-
port of Secretary Thompson cites the follow
| ing examples of this character:
The apparently waning sugar culture of the
United States has been re iRvigorated by the
introduction of IattOons of new varieties from
| Demarara and Caracas. The success attend
| ing the culture of the Chinese sugar cane in
| the southern, middle, and western States has
been greatly augmented, fully equalling all that
was anticipated fromit, 1t is believed that not
| less than a hundred Thousand acres have this
| year been devoted to its culture, for slrup-
making and forage for stock, for both which
purposes it is generally, if not universally, pro-
nounced admirably adapted Of the cereals,
the different varieties of wheat and barley, in
troduced from regions adjacent to the MedIter-
ranean, and from France, are highly apprecla-
| ted by intelligent farmers. The chuia, which
was obtained from Spain and extensively dis
tributed. has been successfully cultivated, it Is
believed, in every State in the Union From
the recent anay sis of this tuber, as well as from
the testimony of many cultivators, the belief IS
warranted that it will prove of great value
The cork oak, also introduced from Spain, has
found so much favor that a large supply OF
acorns has been ordered.
in conformity with plans for promoting the
culture of the grape and the manufacture OF
wine, an effort is in progress to collect the ln-
Jigenous vines, and, after series of expert
menls TO induce the cultivation of the more
approved varieties in their appropriate lOeali-
ties
1t is believed that the effort now making to
obtain information in regard to the several Va
rieties Of the tea plant, the soils and climates
best adapted to their growth, and the methods
pursued in their culture and subsequent prepa-
| ration for commerce and consumption, Is the
most earnest, and likely to prove the most de-
cisive, that has ever been made in this country
or Europe; and it is hoped that, before the ex
piration of another year, degree of progress
will have been attained in this enterprise upon
winch to base an intelligent opinion respecting
its ultimate success. In view ofthe facts, that
the importation of the grape and its products,
raisins, wine, and brandy, as shown in the av-
erage of four years ending with 1857, involves
an annual expenditure of Sc, ,235, and Of
tea of Sc, COZ, ,9S4, and that the domestic pro
duetion, by insuring unadulterated and cheaper
commodities in commerce, will increase the con
sumption, it will not be thought that too much
attention is given TO these subjects.