Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-22

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sec the interest taben in the subject ei agri-
culture III distant parts Of tho Union.
from the NrtB It7k 5'ribuBa
PROCEEDINGS oFTIlE FIRST FAR
MEtl'a Ciip' HELD IN TIE CITY
or NEW-fOttk.
The club met on tho 12l %t,itit1o, tfnfof-
,nable 10 notice, nj The Pacific llotoI,~=tllo
fret Of The kind ever held IN The City If Now
York. Ii was more numeroieiy attended tlla1
those who took an interest IN The call eNpct-
ted. | was truly ono Of the noet ininlIectli-
al and gratifying meetlngF we ever attended,
Agriculture and Horticulture were the al
etrfo=Hinr subjnttE that occupied tho whole
time. The subject Of SILK, among ntI'ors,
eatnn under consideration. II was unhrtl-
moualy agreed that tho public good ro4ljtod
that This great and rapidly growing j%nterHsl
should be encouraged: aud j Convention, hu-
ring The 4istoetth Annual Fair, was fneon-
mendpd. The Annual Itehott d tho Now
England Silk tonYentlon las opened lho
oYeH Of those who htlprn doubted the leaslbIl-
iv Of the production ofSiit in this Country.
+ was shown 10 DO rapidly increasing 'eynry
year. Legislative boHniies afford important
data. ms lar Ms they eatcnd, proving ia in
trHnrr.
In Massachusetts, fur Instance, 13Jb) Tho
bo,n,iee paid tn1or the law 10 l%icrca=n is
r,nyyth amounted 10 only @Il ~
II, lna4 800 ~
In l4lD f23S 80
IL tg44, to Oct. 53ol VI
Az increase in seven yeats Of more than
six thousand per cent, The Convention 70
commended the toniinnatfce Of boutiiIes II The
sitatta where they have been bestowed, and
their adoption IN tth'es Which hive neglected
10 trstow them. Silk will most assurediy, IN
a few years, become one Of Our great nation
nj staples. It's encouragement crnhtes no
sectional jealousy. as il Is successfully grown
in every State in the Union. A Convention
should not fail to be hold during tbs St#techti'
| Annual Fair, next Autumn, aud every 5ilk
| c,tlturiat in tho Country should mike returns
Of every pound of Silk he has produced. aud
every experiment and improvement should bo
detailed
The following valuable communications 10
The Board Of Agriculture by Houry HeiEF,
t,gn, was read before tlcsElub ut It's late ncoi-
ing at tho Pacific Hotel, OF tho "PorATo' Il
root Of nretlmablo value, when produced IN
uorfeetion md properly coobed-H}ingetl1nr n
modern discovery, imtnenealy Improvisation
a mare ground nut, Of ltttlG or no tonsiderh-
tian. IN lis l,iuliezt perfection. II is Il luxury
aud vet low careless are many IN selecting
and brrpariur tl,ttu for The table. IN eating
house that does not furnish Il good potato Dc
serves To he deserted. Tens aud twice tons
of thousands of our ]ci'izoils arc compelled by
mrfe business, their uptown locallon or other
inpefa,ive circumstances TO resort to those
NJ. t...-, ..,J l,t.y ,,.bt,v Tnu hear viii
nags 10 ibe aoprY, watery, uuEnYorY, VllIannus
article too often set before them Inc, ees'
,ura,e never can make amends for this deinct
No cook should be employed until he or she
can rive evidence how a potato should he
cooked. We say to iIloee Who nave charge
Of eating houHes=~roIprm. There IS almost d
universal call for reformation III THIS Phrtic-
ular in our eating houses. Tho large guam
iitiea Of potatoes which find 'hetI Wayto mar
ket Git only for cattle, do not hall equal the
atnn'tty spoiled by bad cooks.
The Board Of Agriculture feeling It TO be
their grateful duty TO tRe all thotr knoWi-
edge for tho advancement oil tho first ahd gfea.
test Aris-tllling The ground, avail themselves
of tho present 10 the Farmers oI our oroat
Republic, some considerations winch appear
to them Of higl, interest, on the subject o'
The Potato.
shaknrpear felt ,ho early prejudice against
this very important article oil llunat
rbod, and infatuated some strange objections
toit' tobbctt whose genius often led him
wrone il, political matters, died an enemy Of
the potat5. But this humble Soianupa Iubcro.
s,t5,t sttbirrraacan though he Is, llasat last car.
ried he victory to every dinner table Of the
civilized ,4nrld-and whether honest, warm
hearted Ireland shall ever gair her lndepon-
denre of her triangular neigibor or not, she
has eiycr her nane to tho second best bread
Of this plonet--thc mcaly potato. a,
Ono hundred years ago, in Connecticut, ap-
prenticea stipulated in their lndentnres, that
tbev should not be compelled TO est potatoes
more than twice a week. The potato of that
dav was truly a bali Of wax. Long cont'n-
ued planting without new varieties from tho
seed, had rendered the potato too bad to give
the hogs. III So
Il has since been discovered that this IL
valuable root can be produced by means o.
tie seed, in great variety OF torin' color ana
flavor, That a few years continued planting
of the root, especially on the same soil, viii
steadily depreciato them all. And it 10 ttonght
that even 80 short a period as seven years,
s~ullices to produce that evil. r. ,.-
# ia hipI time that we should commence a
gvatem Of nurseries for the potato.
The most direct method to obtain this object
- for the Institute to offer premiums and d.
vlomas for best specimens 81 seeding p0ta-
toes.
AS It requires three years TO produce a po-
tato fit for the tatlc-no time ought to be
lost. d. ..
Ten barrels would be a reasonable guam
titv to cntitle the producer to premium, d.
nloma and the thanks Of an intelligent CONT
try.
There ID no difficulty inthc nursery. The
balls are easily gathered from the vine. The
planting is as easy and similar to Onion. The
same wedding andhoeing will servc-a little
more nicely perhaps, as the first seeding is
small and delicate.
The potatoes of the first year are usually as
large as the Spanish hazelnut. The second
wear they should be planted twice as far apart
as the first year. The crop will be as large
as horse chesnuts. The third year they should
take their proper distance in rows. The crop
will be as large as hens eggs. Then let the
master of the nursery select by all manner Of
trial the best kind for the dinner table and keep
them entirely scperate from all others in the
field. r. ..,
Whosoevcr will produce ten barrels Of good,
new, sound, heart-whoIe, we'll favored meaIy
potatocs-will be entitled to more premium,
more diploma, more gratitude than if had cap
tured from the enemy ten man of war steam
crs carrying each ten Paixhan 2io FOUNDER
guns, ~ mEiuo.
have sent by my son-in-law Lieut. Weade,
TO Peru for a new potato growing much like
the Tomato-whcther he is equal TO the sub
terrrrea3 remoins to he seen. II. NJ.
The following letter on the cultivation d
tic .EIe, fnr-the New York Markets is wor.