New-York daily tribune., 1844-12-05

farmers CLup-Tuesday, December 3.-Mr.
Traoers of New Jersey, in the Chair. A series of
resolutions were offered by Mr.. Pea to the
memory of the late Samuel Stepens, Esq. who
YVES an active and important member of the Club.
The subject before the meeting was the prepara.
| ton of Muck" for manure. Before proceeding to
discussion, Gen. Tolimadge presented two speci-
mems of corn, raised the farm of P. S. Van
Rensselaer,, Dutchess Co. one kind being the eight.
rowed yellow fint corn, theo:her white eght.rowed
corn. This yellow corn is a fevorte in Duchess,
being dense in the ear, the stock risipg to about
the middle hight, rpcning early, and good for this
latitude, and from its weight ard hardness valua-
bic for shipping. The specimens of corn presen-
ted to the Institute at its late fair, and in fact
most agricultural products which are sent in, are
not described with sufficient care; he hoped the
hint would be taken, and specimens that were
sent be accompanied with an accurate description
of where and how they were raised what was
their special value, &c. A gentleman, whose
name we did not hear, said, in relation to 'muck,"
that the Western prairies, the lands on the bor-
might be considered original depositions of
muck" they wcro very fertile; and all we need
ed waste cart the "muck" upon the soil, and ma.
ture would do the rest.
Gen. Tallmadge remarked, that gardens re
qured one sort Of cultivation, farms another, that
what might do perfectly well in the former would
not be applicable in the latter. We must add
something to the cultivatable soil: and with re-
gard 10 "muck," if the mode that had been re-
commended should be pursued, it would be lar too
expensive for the common farmer. AS an expert
ment, it might do to dig out the muck, dry it,
cart it 10 the barn yard, combine it with lime or
animal manure, shovel it over, let it remain
couple of years, and then cart it out and spread it
upon the fielcs but for the farmer it would he to
spend as much in labor as the value OF the muck
as manure would finally come to- He recon-
mended to cart the muck at the time Of summer
drouths directly upon the land, spread it, then
SOW freshly slaked lime upon it, and turn it under
at once it would decay of itself, and one third
of the expense attending the old method would
be saved. We must compromise between the
best mode and doing nothing at all.
MIR. PelL SAID that he had tried muck f" on an
| exhausted soil, with good results. 1t must be
taken from a swamp, where there was not run
ming wafer. His method had bsen to drain the
land in the summer drought, dig out the muck,
pile it near the pond, and mix 1t with lime, and
put it on the land in the winter. However, be
considered it heier to cart 1t into theibarn.y ard,
and let the cattle work it over. He thought that
he got out $50 norse loads of muck, at an ex.
per Sc OF twenty dollars.
DR.. Gardner. in answer TO the qu ston as 10
Tie btst meihod IF composing, ssid that ii
"muck" wss composted ory, well broken, ana
occasionally moistered with uure, the greater
part OF the Ammonia would be retained; por-
ton might rise into The air IL the form of CaIbo
nate OF Ammonia, but the greater part would be
converted into Creme, ApacIenic, and Nitric
acids, and if we add lime and ashes, nearly oil
the Ammonia will be oxldized. If compos,ed in
MOST or wet state, more Of the Ammonia will
be lost.
Mr.. Roland of Long Island, said in respect
to The raising OF oats" Mr.. Pell having ex-
hibi,ed an excellent specimen raised on his ex-
heusted land, after the liberia! use of muck.-that
he had this year obtained the premium for oats,
which weighed forty-one pounds 10 the bushei,
when his neghbors could only get twenty seven,
by sleeping his seed Zone bushel and half IN a
solution of II pounds Sulphate of Ammonia to
about 5gallons Of water. Inrespect to muck"
he had tried it on three acres of light and warm
,loamy soil, much exhausted he put it on in the
fall droughts, ten two-horse wagon loads TO the
acre. at the first frosts spread on ten pounds oil
Lime to the acre, and ten pounds of Sulphate
Ammonia, with some little Suphato of Soda
From this land he obtained thirty bushels of
| Spring Wheat to the acre. lie throws up ridges
of swamp. muck in the fall, and when the ground
freezes carts them of: Hethrows itinto his hog
pens, with stalks sea weed, and other refuse,
| then puts it into his house for manure, and ap.
| plies Lime, sometimes Sulphate of Ammonia or
Suphate of Soda, and has tried Guano. MIR,
Townsend gave some interesting statements IN
respect to the use of Muck" about peach.trees,
| which produced excellent results.
| Mr.. To,cnsend of Long Island, uses peat In
stead of 'muck" Es throws it out, then dries
and houses it. He has G. gutter behind his cow
stable, into which he has peat whceled 1t alb
absorbs the depositons from the barn, and is th'n
put out upon the land and equal TO animal ma
nure AS to "muck," great care should be used
in selecting from ponds, and it is worthless unless
mixed with lime and allowed to s,oeeten He has
| tried the method proposed by Gen. Tallmadge,
and found it useless. But for every farmer in the
immediate neighborhood of New York, city ma
nure is to be preferred; he gets this from stables
for furnishing them with straw. Ho has used
poudrette, and can draw out at once sixteen dol
lars worth-equal TO sixteen loads Of street dirt.
OyERwoRKED CHANCgLLoRs.-Thurlow, en- be-
ing asked how he got through all his business as
Chancellor, answered. "Just as pckpecSet gets
through Ii hersepond-he must get through" Dun
ming, when similar question was put 10 him, an
swered in much the same spirit, though in more
professional style: +" divide my business into three
par,s one part do, another does itself, and the
third goes nndone."
TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING OFFICE,
No. leo NASSAU-STREEr.