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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
What is “ Smpliee ?” 
This question lias been asked by a great number of our 
correspondents. In reply, we would say that Mr. Leon¬ 
ard Wray recently brought into this country several vari¬ 
eties of seed which he calls “ African Imphee,” and 
which he claims is superior to the Chinese Sugar-Cane, or 
Sorghum. lie positively declined parting with the small¬ 
est quantity of it, even for experiments, as he pro¬ 
posed to retain a monopoly of the seed to be grown here. 
He is now cultivating it in South Carolina, we believe. 
A friend of ours obtained a quantity of it in France, and 
is now cultivating several acres. We have procured a 
little for a test experiment. Mr. Wray also brought over 
with him some 1,500 pounds of the Chinese Sugar Cane, 
or Sorghum, which he sold to a party in this city, and 
made out a bill for it as “ Chinese Imphee,” as we are in¬ 
formed, and this led it to be advertised under that name, 
(Chinese Imphee.) We are not aware why Mr. Wray 
gave it this name. He plainly stated to us that our Sorg¬ 
hum Seed was the same as his own sold here, and that 
ours was raised by himself and Count de Beauregard, at 
Toulon, France. 
Mr. Wray claims that the African Imphee grows more 
rapidly than the Chinese Sorghum, and that it is in other 
respects superior. This is yet to be proved, and also, if like 
the Sorghum or Chinese Sugar-Cane, it is adapted to our 
northern climate. 
.llidiigan State Agricultural College. 
This institution was dedicated on the 13th inst , under 
the Piesidency of Mr. Williams. In connection witn it is 
a farm ot 700 acres, three miles east of Lansing. The tu¬ 
ition is free, and the students w ill be required to work 
three hours a day, and be paid for their laDor. There are 
accommodations for 80 students. It is the first State In¬ 
stitution established on the Continent. Its first endow¬ 
ment was $56,000, the proceeds of Salt Spring Lands, ori¬ 
ginally donated by the General Government to the Terri¬ 
tory of Michigan The sum of $20,000 per annum for the 
next two years has been nobly appropriated by the enter¬ 
prising State of Michigan to this object. 
Trials of Implements. 
An Exhibition of Implements, including Mowers, Reap¬ 
ers, Clover and Grass Seed Harvesters, Hay Rakes, 
Jedding or Spreading Machines, Hay and Cotton Presses, 
Hay Pitching Machines, Grain Cradles, Hand Rakes and 
Forks, Grass and Grain Scythes, and Scythe Snaths, will 
be held at Syracuse, N. Y., during the early part of July, 
under the auspices of the United States Agricultural So¬ 
ciety. The exact time of the trial will depend upon the 
lorwardness of the crops to be operated upon, of which 
due notice will be given to each exhibitor. Full particu¬ 
lars may be obtained by addressing Hon. M. P. Wilder, 
President, Boston; Ben. Perley Poore, Secretary, New- 
buryport, Mass.; or J. E. Holmes, Newark, Oliio, who 
will be the Superintendent of the Implement Trial. 
There will also be an Extensive Trial of the above Im¬ 
plements, at Chestertown, Maryland, in the latter part of 
June, under the auspices of the State Society. For par¬ 
ticulars, address S. Sands, Secretary, Baltimore. 
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture will nold a 
large trial of MOWERS and REAPERS, at Hamilton, 
Butler county, commencing Wednesday, July 1st. For 
particulars, address John H. Klippart, Corresponding 
Secretary, Columbus, Ohio. 
Sliall We Use so MsicH Ssnu.ll Type ? 
An aged correspondent thinks we are introducing “too 
much small type.” It “troubles his eyes.” We sympa¬ 
thize with him and others, and have fought against the 
innovation for a long time. But though a bushel of chaff' 
may be crowded into a peck measure, we cannot do this 
with plump, sound wheat. The fact is, we abbreviate 
(“ boil down,” as editors say,) all the articles, cutting out 
a line here and another there, leaving out introductions 
and perorations from communications, and from many 
editorial articles, but still cannot find room for half we 
wish to introduce into each number. We have thought of 
enlarging, though adding two pages would cost us $500 
a year for the printing paper alone, and any addition 
to the present size would double the postage to each 
subscriber. Still, if our subscription list continues to in¬ 
crease as heretofore, we shall make each number one 
third larger, say on and after October or November next, 
and then we can do away with a portion of the “ small 
type.” In the meantime we must put several pages of 
even valuable articles in type like this, (Nonpareil.) as we 
can thus stow away twice as much reading matter; and 
we trust our aged readers will brush up their “ specta¬ 
cles,” choose a good light to read by, and look to the 
amount and quality rather than the dress it appears in. 
Farm for Sale. —We take pleasure in referring to the 
extensive farm offered in our advertising columns by S. 
T. Taber. It is perhaps enough to call special attention 
to it by saying that the location is on Chestnut Ridge, in 
Dutchess County, N. Y. 
Hack Volumes. 
We have now spare copies of Volumes XII., XIII. and 
XIV. only. Price unbound, $1 per volume, or $1 25 if 
prepaid by mail. Price, bound, $1 50 per volume, not 
mailable. 
B5P 3 With a single exception, the actual regular circula¬ 
tion of the Agriculturist to subscribers is about Fifteen 
Tlaousaitd greater than that of any other Journal in 
the World devoted to Agriculture and Horticulture only. 
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CHINESE SUGAR-CANE SEED, 
75 Cents per Pound. 
The subscriber has a few hundred pounds of the best Chinese 
Sugar-Cane Seed (called also “Chinese Imphee,” “Sorgho,” 
&c.), which will be sold during the remainder of the season, in 
small or large quantities, to suit purchasers, at seventy-five cents 
a -pound. 
UsF* Tliis seed was grown by Leonard Wray, Esq. 
R. L. ALLEN, 189 Water-street, New-York. 
r |PHE SHORT-HORN BULL GOVER- 
NOR, for sale at a bargain. He is one of the best bred 
Bulls in the country, good size, fine form, &c. For pedigree, 
see (541) American Herd Book,vol. 2d, page 153. 
J. F SHEAFE, 
New-Hamburg, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
OUSSIA OR BASS MATS, GUNNY 
BAGS, TWINES, &c., suitable for Nursery purposes, for 
sale in lots to suit, by 
D. W. MAN WARING, Importer, 
248 Front-street, New-York. 
C. S. WAINWRIGHTS 
FIRST PUBLIC SALE OF THOROUGHBRED 
NORTH ©EVOM CATTLE, 
TO BE HELD AT “ TlIE MEADOWS,” ON THE 17TH DAY OF 
June, 1857. 
•TpHE SUBSCRIBER INTENDS HOLD- 
ing his first Public Auction of North Devon Cattle, on the 
above-mentioned day, at his residence, “ The Meadows,” four 
miles north ot Rhinebeck Station, on the Hudson River Rail¬ 
road, New-York. The animals to be sold will number between 
twenty and twenty-live head, males and females, from calves to 
full-grown, all of which have been either bred or imported by 
himself, and have perfect Herd-Book Pedigrees. 
Catalogues, containing full Pedigrees, and all neeessarv in¬ 
formation, will be ready on the 15ih of April, and will be for¬ 
warded to all desiring it. The subscriber will be happy to have 
gentlemen visit his herd at any time. 
All sales will be bona fide , and no animal on the Catalogue 
will be sold until ihe auction. 
C. S. WAIN WRIGHT, 
“ The Meadows,” near Rhinebeck, N. Y. 
PERUVIAN GUANO, 
In large or small quantities 
R. L. ALLEN, 189 Water-street, New-York. 
tSf* Beware of adulterated or damp Guano, and of all other 
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The demand for Artificial and Commercial Fertilizers is now 
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in England, as to have called for the most stringent measures 
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so. I PERUVIAN GUANO. 
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BONE 
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60 Courtlamlt-st., New-York. 
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Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, Field and Gar¬ 
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Proprietors and Perfumers, 
63 Liberty-street, New-York. 
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