1857.] Sugar. 43 



Another advantage in this process is, that when land is thus pre- 

 pared, it dries out and warms several days earlier in the spring. 

 Again, there are some soils that are exhausted upon the surface, but 

 which contain poisonous substances in the subsoil. If this subsoil is 

 thrown up in contact with air and frost during winter, these poison- 

 ous compounds — usually prote-sulphate of iron or manganese — will 

 be destroyed, or changed to a harmless form, during the winter. 



The above practice is especially to be recommended in the garden. 

 One of the most successful cultivators of an acre of crround in our 

 acquaintance, digs it up in the fall to the depth of three or four feet, 

 making deep trenches and high ridges, so that the whole acre appears 

 to be covered with high winrows of hay placed closely together. 



We strongly urge every farmer who has not tried this method, to 

 lay out their plans now for experiment in this way, on a larger or 

 smaller scale, during the present season. 



Art. XIV.— SUG AE. 



The following statistics in regard to this article, which now com- 

 mands an exhorbitant price, will be read with interest. We copy 

 from the Traveler. It will be seen that there is no scarcity of 

 sugar in the great markets of Europe and America, but, on the con- 

 trary, the supply is unusually large. — West. Chris. Advocate. 



This old luxury, but n(?w an article of almost prime necessity, 

 droops in price under the accumulation which a diminished consump- 

 tion, produced by high prices, has caused. 



The stock at New York is larger than was ever before known, and 

 is very large in all the ports of the United States. In New York it 

 is set down at 73,833 hhds. and 19,231 boxes, against 26,469 hhds. 

 and 27,280 boxes last 5'ear ; in Boston, 7,301 hhds. and 14,4 12 boxes 

 against 692 hhds. and 6,325 boxes last year ; in Philadelphia, 8,387 

 hhds. and 2,242 boxes, against 4,802 hhds. and 2,450 boxes last 

 year ; in Baltimore, 5,534 hhds. and 2,582 boxes, against 3,265 hhds. 

 and 2,817 boxes last year. 



In Europe, including Great Britain, which is the great depot of 

 supply for the continent, the stock is not only lai'ger, but the im- 

 ports of the year thus far have been greater than last year, and the 

 business is limited, with a dull market. 



