New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-31

puey and beside pulaue mescal. and aguadiente,
are extracted from it. Sugar aqd vinegar are also
among its pp0dncts1 A., ....;,,I. 100. ~ ,ha
potent resources of this immense plant, In the
plains of Apam there are thirty yarieties only lew
of which are good for pulq1e anu lhe chlei 1i leoe
tbrse> meters and, a half. The principal maguey
crounds are the LlanOs de Apaln. which comprise
PARTS of Mexico Pueba Slascala but in the dry and
horren parts of OaXaca QueretarO, GuanaJuato, MI
cLoscan Tehuantepec. San Luis, and Iamaulpas' IL
NAV also be found. The famous Apam region con
tains, according 10 an authentic statlsticiati Do
Manuel Payne no less than COO square leagues o.
cultivated and wild magueys. The mdgueg de P!sa
yields abundantly the -Yucatan jeHeqmn 1or SHIP
ropes, upon which band and seamnachlnes are noT I
at work. From the ndgey rerdi come the Hesca ',;
tequila one a winish alcohol. and the otheT IN
made in Jallsco and Gaudalaiara But by lal ' iI
best of the maguey ls to he found IN LIS thf
fiber Don Manuel Payho long 1 se1 CRUZ CRUZ rs com
peted the Ixtle of Apam plains VIII DeaL eAp IA q
greater value than the jeiequin OF iucasn sb"ss
inner fiber supplying threads for os anu I'm
WAS AT last data, worth in England, t22 per tull,
while ie,e0uin was worth go. The fact tnnt oenoi
Payno was once Secretary of the Mexican treasury
lends an interest to bis views -, a,
The cultivation of the maguey rs simple ana Id
would almost seem rude. Before the old plant ules
If leaves about family of six or eight Alter grow
inc two or three years these are taken ont oi tuo
g5nnd and stripped of leaves excepting the three
Center ones BY some rancherOs they are immediately
transplanted in rows 16 feet apart; by O,neIS, ~
lowed to remain out OF inc
and then transplanted in order to prevent certain
worm entering the plant to kill it, which the worm
is supposed to do upon immediate transplanhng le
tween maguey rows various grams are sOWn IL tno
land permits. No extreme OF weather AFFECTS the ha
dhood OF the maguey: except when te p,a IL, Is
yielding its own elr ritz. At the end OF four years
some few haciendadoes prnne away the proxies OF
the plant and tear out four or five OF It's leaves 10
improve but fancy this usage, along Win others
connected with the plant, is alike boolsh ana crue
The maguey however; Will stand anytnlng 40 Nh
ness its uprooting and excelsior. magney taxes
from TO Is years to arrive at the productive PERIOD
and Yields LIQUOR from 20 days TO months, ana nom
500 TO 1000 pounds. Over 1000 magueys eau DO
planted in caballerih Of land each OF them ylelmlhg
at least IS profit so that according to the eXceent
Judgment of Mr.. PAYNE. to whom am indebted for
many of my figures plantation of magueys gives
at a very low calculation, so per cent per annum OF
profit 1t is worth noting that on the maguey grows
the large yellow worm, eaten rs maguey DulVer ny
the Indians and at one time by no leSs pefsohsso
than the Emperor MaXlmillan . 80
The maguey is in fact, an estate IN itself IL Is
fruitful mother of marvels-perhaps altogether the
most remarkable plant in the world. What is the
value of its milk as "nOurisher IN LIES least, Is
still among the mysteries. Coffee, mate beer, puQue
wine rum aguardente, tobacco, opium, hemp betel,
cocoa and what not are supposed TO supply mankind
with a necessary Lethe wherein the race sleeps
itself only to wake up refreshed at last according 10
an admirable semi-sophsln of the late Hon. John A.
Andrew But those who lave been graduated quito
out of the circumstances of these creature comforts
will doubtless set no price upon pulQqe; even II o
magueys heart has to be taken out 10 yield IT, no
plant is to be priced for its mighty sinew, ana II
would not be wonderful if over and above It's capa-
city as q wine bearer the maguey should yet turn
out to be the greatest OF Mexico after mining
Not enough experiment has been tried to determine
the utmost utility of this worlds plant; and along
with the sinewy nOpa it still invites the inventor
and the man of enterprise. n Cd.