The New York herald., 1845-10-12
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Meeting Of ths Sstisnsi :: csnvsntisn os v's'
This body resumed its sitting yesterday morning |
General Tailmadge in the Chair After the election Of
Central Committee to gather nlosMa0n e To-. os sent ts
Of the committee appointed to prepare address to ths
people Of the United states submitted address, which
Mr. MEIes called the attention Of the Convention to
that part Of the address which referred to the rot IN the
found that thc tbs disease in that almost in
dispenssbs vegetable bawe almost been astounding.
Mr. SoLos RosSsoS referred to that part Of the report
which stated that wheat could not be to any
tent south account of the weav which
although southern insect Is acclimang itself gradual
ana travelling northwsra % He would propose the fol
after being harvested the grain be exposed to the
and when hot to be removed to tight bins, and one
bushel of lime to every hundred Of wheat mixed
with it.
The PaEsIDrsT suggested whether kiln.drying would
not answer to which Mr. Robinson replied that he
not any positive information as to whether it would
not-but in the West,wher man will SOW 500 acres
OF wheat and where he has seen the most beautiful
wheat rot the ground for want of labor to harvest
tit would not pay to kiln dry III where he lives ven
without that labor wheat raising hardly pays. If the
abandoned in his region The President enoured of Mr.
r.. whether the weavil is the same insect which has
been working its way from Canada to the Northern
States for years past and attacking the grain when
II is in the milk, the farmers say.
Mr.. RopINsoN said he did not know whether il was the
same OF Dut the Weav attackod the wheat tho
stack in the evening one would see myriads Of flies
around the stack and In short time the substance of
grain would be eaten and nothing but animal matter
would remain Wheat attacked in this manner makes
very nauseous -four which nothing but hunger would
m AXE him eat.
Col CLAnK, of New York gave an account Of another
insect which inecs wheat it breeds when the grain in
the milk He has peach trees suffer from an insect
resembling wasp which deposits egg the
OF the tree ana turns into about three
of an inch long; a remedy he recommended white
Washing with lime and solution Of glue, and pre-.
vsntive. the grating Of the peach on Virginia wild
cherry or plum trees The gentleman then spoke of the
grape which grows wild in almost all parts ofthe United
States, and which required but judcious pruning to
make excellent wine and raisins. The Zante cur
rant, the date, and the prune could all be raised
to perfection in the United States and from Maine to
Texas the silk worm can be rased and the fifty millions
which we send annually to France Italy and other cou-
tries could be saved In France he sad the people
sometimes obliged to carry the eggs their to
me heat to hatch the worms which is
Mr. RoBINsoS said that his friend Col Clarke had been
talking Of grapes and other good things but if We too
much OF them, we will require medicine, and that we
should grow too He then exhibited section of stalk
the castor oil bean which grew twenty feet hgh and
bic Of sustaining his weight
Gen TALLMAGE then said the subject under debate was
he disease in the potato and if gentleman had nothing
remarks on the Hessan fy The reason it is called the
aessian ny, because it Immediately after the
and it is presumed that it came in some straw
which those troops brought with them, it is also
called the Canadian fly. Another fly has appear
cd which attacks the wheat when it is in its milky
state; it came from Clinton county to Albany and within
three years past has showed tsefn Rensselaer, and
lumba countless and two ago Ulster and Dutch
ess countless but has not below these counties
he had crop OF very nice looking wheat twenty five
acres but he observed rpening with the heads erect
which is not the regular way and when he Commenced
TO harvest it, he found the heads contain nothing but
cha IN consequence OF this fly, he has not sown any
wheat ior two years past On the subject Of the potato
opinion is that the American Institute should Of
Ter premium for the best essay on the dis
ease OF that vegetable, and the committee should
correspond with Europe and South America on
class OF animals have existed which is now extinct
10 the vegetable Kingdom he thought the same thing
happened. and cited illustration the weed called John.
smart which formerly the greatest pest the farmcr
had 10 contend WITH and Of which it is very difficult
20 procure even specimen. The Lombardy poplar is
likewise almost extinct in this country and no man has
ever seen twg Of that tree grow from the seed Il has
oeen propagated from cuttings life has been in
into IT. but all of the which has existed in
this country has been propagaed from the slips which
were introduced into this country and the are now
stuned and will soon be extinct The same life in the
potato was brought with the first seed and We have
gone on raising from the Seeding which originally
came from the country of its birth He recomme aded
ed IN the tops apples of the vne and the importation
from Mexico OF some to raise that the
decay OF the potato may arise from the cause as
he decay OF the poplar He stated that required from
TWO 70 three years to raise potatos from the seed.
Mr MgGs succeeded in getting potaos from the seed
Ia Two years, which werc and quarter inches in
diameter and recommended the substitution of other
vegetables for the potato, that vegetable may be-
Mr. SoLoN ROBINSON thinks the best way is for people
NOT to eat either poatos wheat for couple of years
and go to the West and live on hog and hominy-
rsaughter)
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