The New York herald., 1845-12-05

Tuesday being the first OF the mouth, the Farmers
Club assembled for the purpose of enquiry upon
two important subjects
"Ths Of Cattle In winter, and the most suitable
Of mulberry adapted to the soil and climate
Of the country"
Col. CLARK being unanimously elected to the Chair,
and the reading OF the last days being dis
pensed with-a communication from Mr. Henger of Gu
racoa read, accompanied with specimen OF the
ked nut growth of the Archipelago and stated by
producing OIL made use Of by the Turks 10
adulteratng otto of roses and valuable to watch
bers purer quality for their delicate and special
Mr. MEras read the memorial to the State Legislature,
which recommended at the last meeting OF the Club,
which adopted and submitted for signatures.
Mr. MEIas also read long article from the Planers
Banner, highly complimentary to that portion Of the
northern press that has 50 warmly advocated the cause
Of agriculture.
An invitation from Dr. USDERHILL read and adop-
ted visit his establishment at Bedford this day and
from the Commissioner Of the Patent Office offering
such documents in his possession, were calculated
to throw any information upon the subject Of the disease
Several (translated were read from the trans
actions of the Royal Horticultural Society of Pas in
which the doctrine Of ammonia and its fertizng qua
lities sustained with apparent plausibiy There
also during this misce laneous hour, letter read
from Mr.. Romulus Gildersleeve, OF Pennsylvan
hbiting the comparative value of land in Yates county
in parts Of which, by cultivation from thirty 10
seventy bushels Of wheat have been raised by tho
There was another report read from the Paris
Horticultural Society, the cultivation of mushrooms
by raising them in close cellars: BY this process nov
annually sold in France. The Chairman said that
with horse manure, in sandy soil he had made equally
successful experiments.
The regular subject was then taken up but the atte
dance of members thinned off desultory conversa-
ensued upon the best method Of securing the saccha
rne the stalks Of corn in the process of dry
ing, &C.; and then the mulberry plaintiffs nature
and application to this climate underwent a scru-
tiny that terminated in the appointment of com.
mittee to ascertain what species is most profitable
to the planter At this period of the proceedings,
DR.. Underhil entered the room when the subject of
" Care of Cattle in winter" was revived The doctor
advocated first the preservation of all the
next the comfortable housing. by which onethrd less
forage will keep them in good condition. medical chemis
try having established the fact that certain quantity Of
food goes to the support of the system as nourshmen
whilst another portion forms the fuel that keeps the
silent combustion of the lungs for the production OF ami
NAL heat In proportion to the degree of cold will be
the consumption Of food The doctor illustrated his pc
sition by reference to Norway Lapland and other
thern climates, where the of oil whales blubber AMI
ell tending to produce calorc that in the absence Of
the could not otherwise be attained All the heat
they derive is from the system and this further
proved by the debility and inertia that follows the
eaters OF fat meat in summer The doctor Of op-
that the long hair which nature had in the wiz
ter vobed cattle with although protection from
the severity Of the still proved Of
sttuona exhaustion. The doctor laid a strong emphs
sis on the modern practice Of permitting, in growth es-
peciay the unreasonable growth OF the human hair
extracting from Ae constitution the nutrment that was
intended to be conveyed by that channel and nsanced
of constitutional debility in the human result
ing from the practice, by analogy, proving that tho
length of hair in the neglected and exposed piute cea
ton, necessarily demanded more comfortable
nclement seasons and that the principle humen
nature was equally applicable This subject was be-
coming highly interesting when the stipulated hour
exhausted and the further discussion adjourned the
Club.
This subject is of peculiar and inexhsusble inte
rest agrculturss and the club could not have adopt
ed for the discussion Of more momentous ine
to farmers in general The adaptation oil such y
pics to suit the season OF their immediate application, is
as considerste as it must eventually prove to be ud-