New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-23
THE TRIBU u n E
AcpIrII. .TIIRAL.

:, -; - ,bs Farmers Club, March 5.
PoTAToEs.-Mr Garter presented long re-
mort on potatoes their culture ana the pest ihoae
af n-eserv;ng them, directions for transporting
them to market so as to prevent bruises ana IN
iury. with drawing of Potato flsnter. lie
saws they should be planted on level surface
near the top of the ground lfplanted on a stone
or board and good soil put over them they wn.
produce good potatoes, or on new lana ai,ions
stumps where they get root downD,sro pIonoh ~ u
yered with earth they will produce well rious Il
shallow for nlant;ng and harrow well SO as TO
make it level. Then plant In rows iiao 49, 20
anart each wav, lS inches distant another set ol
rpvvs IN tho same way He gives the plan OF an
instrument which passes furrow one loot wioe
e-actly between the setts Of rows, VIZ. three feet
anart turning up the mole each side, deep enough
to afford two inches covering, which IS 10 De
drawn over the pot ltoes by hoe, making OF tiie
whole Ridge fiat surface, leaving magin oil
each side of the potatoes, about tlree iilcnes III
width.
CuR,ous WAY TO PRoTEcr ENGLISH FARMERS
Gen. Tallmadge read from. an English paper calieo
the League, showing the lnexorablc detefihina-
ton of the British Government to protect their
farmers AGAINST the competition of foreign grain.
The whole market was secured TO them, except
in cases bordering en- famine, when there was
little let DID by means of the corn law sliding
scale. He read an account Of large quantity
of heated foreign wheat that was carted to
dung:hil and mixed with manure, to prevent It's
being consumed as food; also OF several hum
dreds of frkins Of butter, which was mixed with
cow dung and tar, because 1t was not the produce
of British COWS Also an account OF quantity
of foreign corn thrown by the custom house ottl-
GERS into the Thames, which the hungry people
were scrambling sor. The officers forbid them
to pick it up and ordered them to throw what
they had gathered into the river. Quarrcls en-
sued aftcrward vessels were loaded and sent
down the river out of the reach of the people.
He also read an official return made to Parlla-
ment of grain destroyed, more than 5000 quar-.
ters, under the inspection of the proper ofhcefs-
enough to supply six thousand persons one whole
year. Great Britain, at any sacrlhce, secures the
home market to her farmers.
Mr. Sharwood said he was here only for the
interest he took in Agriculture and the Arts, and
demonstrated in warm terms against introducing
subjects foreign to the Club, which was improve
ment in Agriculture not Politics. He was sur
prised to witness an attempt before this Club to
create prejudice against his native country, and
LII feeling towards Great Britain.
Gen. Tallmadge stated that the wisdom OF
Great Britain was manifest in securing to their
farmers the home market, which was essential to
their prosperity We ask the same for the Amerl- |
can farmer. They have right to destroy foreign |
corn under their law. 1t is good policy IN them.
But ask, of what avail is increased crops and |
great production without market? and if our |
farmers are denied that protection which is the
only security for one, have they not right, and
is it not their duty on all occasions when their IN
!erests are under discussion, to alude to ito
point to the better policy of other Governments
or an example? Why should we busy ourselves
about increasing production, and acquiesce in
avs that render that production OF half value?
SHEEp-Itis estimated it would take 2OOO,0OG
acres of land to keep the sheep we require. We
AVE now about 2O,OO0,0OO sheep; and the clip of
L640 is put down in the Farmers Encyclopedia
It $500, Id pounds. The sheep of Great Brit
ain were estimated in 1894 at 32,0000OO. She
imported in l84l for her own consumption, be-
'ond her own production of wool, 52,S62,O29
,ounds, almost twice as much as the quantity
,rown in the United States. We require for our
wn manufacture and consumption or shall by
he time we can grow the sheep, at least twice
he quantity of wool we at present grow, and our
locks may safely be doubled.