New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-19

srd vbch has been so eagerly looked for BY the
Sa,aSon;ors Ieycu.e me y Of the country. was
LsnJed in bS D. Jay Browne the Chairman, and
,e,d by the Chair. IL bears very conclusive testi-
mopy As 10 It's value forage crop IN au parts Of
the United States; states that about eieSen per
con, Of sucar can be made on dry. warm sOilst
from $50 10 400 esllons of sirup be had per acres
, lsroe percentage of good brandies and alcohol;
from 10 10 80 bushels of seed: an average oil %
inns of green mstured stalks, which grow IN soma
cases as high as II feet and attain thickness OF
two inches to!erable -four is made from the seed.
which is perfectly harmless food for stock, ana
for swine will tatten about as well as corn; ana
beside this, fair wrapping paper ma, 90 maSe
from, the fiber of the stalk. la conclusion' the
Committee hail with the greatest pleasure tue M
troduc,ion of the sorghO, think il endowed Win
GREAT virtues, aud that il will hl VOID long iei' IN
his country. motion To accept the report was
offered but was amended by DIR. LoriDg into re-
commitment to the Committee, which Two propo-
sitons were discussed at much length. Inc Com
mittee on awarding the medal To MI, Lowering
reported fayorably and their report was adopted.
Mr. Iornp moved that the report OF the Societys
Committee on the "Sorgho Sucre" be recommitted.
An animated discussion here ens,ied on the 'ari-
Gus qualities of the new sugar-cane, IN "hlch inuc"
was said on both sides. Several members hsd eA-
perimented with it, and each gave his experience ~
It's USE Some said il was excellent for fodder put
unfit for any other use in point OF quahts OF PROM
" lille others contended that II was very proh'aoi"
as a saccharine producer, but not iit for fodder.
Dr. Loring of Mass. and Col. johnson OF New
York seyerally reported cases which had fallen I'M
der their observation which seemed 10 show that
the cane was not profitable forage crop IN their
States Mr.. III. h. Burgwyn of North Carolina
was of a decidedly contrary opinion, for he had
planted twenty live this year and had largely
experimented with it for this very purpose; not
oniy himself either for at his state Show he had
met with many planters who had fed It With great
success. o., ~,
Mr.. Chas. L. Flint, Secretary of the Massachu'
sets State Board of Agriculture stated that ths
COWS at the State Farm would not eat II or touch
il. and therefore he agreed with DIR. Loring that
the report should be recommitted. Senator iar-
Ian said that in his district of country (lo"a) tne
cattle and animals of all kinds eat the sorgho stalks
with great aydity and he thought that perhaps the
Massachusetts cattle refused it because OF beng
unripe and bitter Mr.. Brooks OF Mass. had ex-
permented somewhat, and he was willing to give
i another trial He thought that both sides of tho
controversy had some truth with them. Mr.. Pratt
of n Y suggested a view of the case similar To
that advanced BY Mr. Harlan. Mr.. Byngton Of
Iowa refused 10 listen to any such attempt TO
smother SO important document as this report.
II had been prepared with singular ability, and EN-
bodied facts of the greatest value. tie saw No
reason why the plant should not be welcomed, II it
The interests of the extreme South even were as
much under the care of this Society as those OF the
North and because DIR. Loring could not make his
cattle eat sorgho in Massachusetts,, II was no rea-
son for refusing to believe that there were moro
sensible cattle elsewhere. He had tried his horses
on one occasion with chopped sorgho stalks and
oats and they had rejected the latter until the
.oroho was entirely consumed. The Hon. Frederick
Sm,th had made excellent sirup in NewHamp-
shire and had seen il made in Kansas at half the
cost Of ordinary mOasses. Senator Harlan sfid
that in Iowa alone 100 600 acres would be planted,
if this Society would give the Journals OF that
State reason to believe the plant was worthy
their attention and Endorsement; and he
did not doubt but that through the reports which
would 60 forth from the gentlemen of the press who
were here present, a great influence would be fx-
erted in favor of the plant. Mr.. OcOtt thought
any gentleman who should question the value of the
sorgho was but very poorly acquainted with certain
positive results which have been made public.
First and foremost, we have this testimony of Mr..
Lowering. This gentleman makes the follow ing COM
parson between the yield Of the ordinary sugar-cane
on one of the best managed and best appointed plan
tations of Louisiana, and that of sorghO his farm
in Pennsylvania. BY record of the actual product
Of this Southern plantation tor eight consecutive
years it is found that the
Aggregate yield Of juice 2G6 ISL 100 gallons,
Assss s., Yield d of of Ss1s p pad:
VII, L9s s,S ri; r'np'Sg, 4, ri:
bsnsit p Of Juice cBcaamer All 100 @
Yield OF gar per gall Of juice. 076 lbs. 066 lbs
Yield Of sugar per e stSo: S5 % ID.
lOas, f hStSss: s.sss:
Wood consumed per acre 3s1 cord a, 80 50 per cord
Coal for Engine, 0fi tun al 81 50 pr un
Labor per acre, 81 days
OF course, BY reckoning these latter items Ia aDv
part Of the country, and estimating the expense o
more or less complete apparatus, ii is easy tn
I.,o.. lax 4. =
which Mr.. Lowering has come is, to quote his own
language, ''Itis about as easy to make good sugar
from the Chinese cane, as to make pot of good
- mush, and much easier than to make kettle Of
"apple butter" Why therefore, should we re-
main even in doubt as to the value of sorghol AZ
ter the sugar question has been disposed Of we still
have the sirup but especially the alcohol which can
be made from its juice. Mr.. o. believed that in
our seabOard States this manufacture would be the
one most pursued. Alcohol could be made from
sorgho juice cheaper than from grain and its EN-
0,ment for this purpose would increase the quan.
tity of dispOsable breadstufs. He exhibited sam
Piles OF wrapping paper and pastebOard made from
sorgho fiber by the Hon. Jas. +. {. Hyde of Mass,
who says that in his State this will be the most
profitable manufacture.
DIR. L0ring said that these We're the facts which
should have been embodied in the Commuters re-
port, and had they been so embodied he would
have supported the report.
resolution was offered by Mr.. Browne. that
in view OF the importance Of the sorgho. and tho
similarity to ii of the imphee African sugar
Committee be appointed to test the latter plant
in the United States during this year, and report to
the next meeting its value compared TO the sogho
Mr. Leonard Wray, who introduced the imphee
into this country, being present. was invited to ad-
dress the meeting, and accordingly took the floor.
He had but just commenced speaking however,
when he gave way 10 the Nominating Committee.
who came To report the officers for the next year.
Mr.. Mray WAS assioned the Amor NJ O n,cIoai 70